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Spanish Flu

  • Mary Margaret “May” Flynn (1894-1918)

    Contributed by Diane Ciba It is not clear whether “May” Flynn was a victim of the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919. Her cause of death has not yet been discovered. Mary…

  • Helen P. Beers (1884-1919)

    Contributed by Diane Ciba According to the 1900 U.S. Census, Helen Beers was born in February 1884 to William Howard Beers and Martha Jane (Peck) Beers. On June 6, 1900,…

  • Harold Amos Beers (1892-1919)

    Contributed by Diane Ciba A veteran of World War I, Harold Amos Beers worked on an Army Transport ship and was a victim of the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 (also…

  • Mabel Evangeline (Fairfield) Butterfield (1889-1919)

    Contributed by Diane Ciba Mabel was one of the women who succumbed to the Spanish Flu also known as the Influenza Epidemic of 1918-1919. Born in Dunmore, Pennsylvania in November…

  • Frances Annette (Coan) Percy (1843-1918)

    Contributed by Diane Ciba The oldest person in Watertown who died from the Spanish Flu (Influenza) was Mrs. Frances Percy, age 75, who died on October 22, 1918. Frances Annette…