1832 cholera epidemic among Irish railroad laborers in Pennsylvania
 

Interesting story in this morning's paper about Duffy's Cut near Malvern, Pennsylvania where a mass grave is being unearthed:

With Shovels and Science, a Grim Story Is Told

A cholera epidemic broke out shortly after the John Stamp, sailing from Derry, docked in Philadelphia in late June 1832 with Irish immigrants aboard. Some of the surnames quoted in the article are Ruddy, Devine, McIlheaney, and Skelton.

The youngest found so far, John Ruddy, has been linked to some Ruddys in County Donegal who are unusual in their absence of an upper right first molar. The remains of John Ruddy were lately interred in a church cemetery in the small Donegal town of Ardara.

Thank you, Janet - I enjoyed reading the account.

Thanks, Shona. I thought I should put those surnames up in case anyone has lost the trail and wondered where their rellies went. Poor John Ruddy, though, still a teenager and only just starting a new life. He might not have left any direct descendants at all.