Thx Ron for the reminder MANY people need today as they wander around without face masks
Jim McKane CoTyroneIreland.com On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 9:22 PM Ron McCoy via CoTyroneList < [email protected]> wrote: > My Dad talked about the epidemics that they lived through and most not > recorded. They were just simply a sickness a Grippe. One such an event > occurred when he was a young boy and a neighbour came into the yard with > his buggy and a small boy my dad knew, he was burning up with fever and was > on the way to Richmond which had the only doctor in the area. A last hope > for a parent desperate to save a small beloved child. The neighbour told my > Grandpa what he had and begged some water for the his son. My dad said > Grandpa went to the well and drew water took a pitcher of water from the > pail and gave it to the dying child. He drank all he could and the > neighbour thanked my Grandpa and they drove on leaving my Grandpa standing > in the yard holding the empty dipper. When the buggy was out of sight my > dad reported that grandpa reared back and throw the dipper out into the > surrounding fields as far as his considerable strength would allow and they > never saw or used the dipper again. > > Ron McCoy > On 2021-01-06 3:43 p.m., James McKane via CoTyroneList wrote: > > I have an ancestor who died in 1888 in Ontario, Canada of Le Grappe > Disease. > Does anyone know what this disease is/was? > Thanks > Jim McKane > Kitchener, Ontario > > May you always Have Love to Share, > Health to Spare, and Friends who Care.. > > ================================= > Send a Message to the List - [email protected] > List Archive - > https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com > Join the list by sending an email to - > [email protected] > To receive the Digest version, send an email to - > [email protected] > Unsubscribe by sending an email to - > [email protected] > ================================= > > ================================= > Send a Message to the List - [email protected] > List Archive - > https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com > Join the list by sending an email to - > [email protected] > To receive the Digest version, send an email to - > [email protected] > Unsubscribe by sending an email to - > [email protected] > =================================
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