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Death information Denmark 1894

KrisCOUCH
KrisCOUCH ✭
August 28 in Search

Hello, my great great grandparents lived in Denmark (Niels Andreas Jensen and Kristine Marie Jensen). They had 11 children in 1894 three of the young children died in about 1 weeks time

Was there an epidemic then, if so what was it? Thank you!

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 28

    Per Wikipedia, there was an 1889-90 pandemic of Asiatic or Russian influenza. There were recurrences in 1893-94. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1889%E2%80%931890_pandemic https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3867475/

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