{"id":8578,"date":"2014-10-17T16:16:58","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T16:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=8578"},"modified":"2014-10-17T16:16:58","modified_gmt":"2014-10-17T16:16:58","slug":"remembering-the-young-childrens-death-records-in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/remembering-the-young-childrens-death-records-in-the-news.html","title":{"rendered":"Remembering the Young: Children\u2019s Death Records in the News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was reading this old newspaper and noticed that obituary after obituary was for young children.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8579\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8579\" style=\"width: 741px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/portsmouth-journal-of-literature-and-politics-newspaper-0828-1875-childrens-obituaries.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8579\" title=\"portsmouth-journal-of-literature-and-politics-newspaper-0828-1875-children's-obituaries\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/portsmouth-journal-of-literature-and-politics-newspaper-0828-1875-childrens-obituaries.png\" alt=\"children's obituaries, Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics newspaper article 28 August 1875\" width=\"741\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/portsmouth-journal-of-literature-and-politics-newspaper-0828-1875-childrens-obituaries.png 741w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/portsmouth-journal-of-literature-and-politics-newspaper-0828-1875-childrens-obituaries-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/portsmouth-journal-of-literature-and-politics-newspaper-0828-1875-childrens-obituaries-500x294.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics (Portsmouth, New Hampshire), 28 August 1875, page 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So many reports of very young children dying early deaths in this old newspaper article:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Martha Banks, aged 1 year, 11 months and 2 days<\/li>\n<li>Arthur Lincoln Vaughan, aged 6 months and 12 days<\/li>\n<li>Caroline E. Hein, aged 11 months and 13 days<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>August 1875 was clearly a brutal month for children and their families in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p>It is so tragic that their lives ended at such a young age.<\/p>\n<form name=\"gbblog_search_form\" style=\"margin:0px; padding-bottom:20px;\" action=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/gbnk\/\" method=\"get\" target=\"_blank\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:578px; margin:0 auto; border:0px;\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background:#ffffff url(https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ad_bg.png) no-repeat; padding:0px; margin:0px; border:0px; height:71px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" style=\"width:578px; border:0px; margin:0px;\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"height:28px; vertical-align: middle; border:0px solid #000000; padding:0px; margin:0px; border:0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/spacer.gif\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"height:43px; padding:0px; margin:0px; border:0px;\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:288px; border:0px; margin:0px;\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-family:Verdana; font-size:9px; font-weight:bold; height:43px; width:169px; padding:0px 0px 0px 13px; vertical-align: top; border:0px;\">Enter Last Name<br \/>\n                                                                                                            <input style=\"color:#333333; background:#fcde6a url(https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/txtbox_bg.png) no-repeat; border: 0px solid #e0d8b9; width:136px; padding:1px 2px 1px 2px; font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:11px; margin-top:0px; height: 17px; border:0px;\" name=\"lname\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"119\" align=\"center\" style=\"width:119px; font-size:0px; vertical-align: middle; padding:0px; margin:0px; border:0px;\"><input type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/btn_search_now.png\" style=\"width:109px; height:32px;\" alt=\"Search Now\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"padding:0px; margin:0px; font-size:0px;\">\n            <input name=\"pq\" value=\"1\" type=\"hidden\" \/><br \/>\n            <input name=\"prebuy\" value=\"no\" type=\"hidden\" \/><br \/>\n            <input name=\"kbid\" value=\"69919\" type=\"hidden\" \/><br \/>\n            <input name=\"intver\" value=\"\" type=\"hidden\" \/><br \/>\n            <input name=\"s_referrer\" value=\"Blog\" type=\"hidden\" \/><br \/>\n            <input name=\"utm_source\" value=\"Blog\" type=\"hidden\" \/><br \/>\n            <input name=\"s_trackval\" value=\"last_name_search\" type=\"hidden\" \/><br \/>\n            <input name=\"utm_campaign\" value=\"last_name_search\" type=\"hidden\" \/><br \/>\n            <input name=\"s_siteloc\" value=\"GBBannerAd\" type=\"hidden\" \/><br \/>\n            <input name=\"utm_medium\" value=\"GBBannerAd\" type=\"hidden\" \/>\n            <\/p>\n<\/form>\n<p>It would be easy for this information to be lost, leaving these children\u2019s short lives forgotten. It\u2019s comforting to know that I can find\u00a0these death records in GenealogyBank, knowing that these youngest members of the family will not be lost to the family history we are compiling\u2014that their lives, though painfully short, are permanently recorded in the family tree.<\/p>\n<p>Because newspaper editors were so good about including their age in years, months and days, it is easy to compute their dates of birth from the information contained in the death records.<\/p>\n<p>Make every effort to find and document every person in your family tree.<\/p>\n<p>We can do this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles about Genealogy Research and Children:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/what-about-the-kids-researching-your-family-trees-children.html\">What about the Kids? Researching Your Family Tree\u2019s Children<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/genealogy-tips-for-baby-research.html\">Genealogy Tips for Baby Research<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/oh-baby-news-about-twins-triplets-quadruplets-more.html\">Oh Baby! News about Twins, Triplets, Quadruplets &amp; More<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[bottom_post_ad]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was reading this old newspaper and noticed that obituary after obituary was for young children. So many reports of very young children dying early deaths in this old newspaper article: Martha Banks, aged 1 year, 11 months and 2 days Arthur Lincoln Vaughan, aged 6 months and 12 days Caroline E. 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