Oh Ammanda how sad, but you cared enough to persist and that is very important. Hugs. Life was so hard in those days and the infant mortality rate was so high. It makes you realise how precious life is and what sacrifices they had to make to survive. Often there was no help when tragedy's ocurred and many diseases were not understood. We now have a much better understanding of PND, Depression, Alchoholism, Eating Disorders, Childhood conditions - things never heard of then and not understood at all. You now know the tragic ending of their lives, but there were obvious many joyous occasions too, so their ending is not the summary of their lives, but only a very sad ending and they had descendants to continue their story.