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“My ancestors Richard Kimball and his wife Christina lost three children to diphtheria within three weeks.”

Ancestor: Richard and Christina Kimball 

Descendant: Lucy S.

My ancestors Richard Kimball and his wife Christina lost three children to diphtheria within three weeks.

When I found their tombstones, my own children were three and five years old. I tucked them into bed that night with a whole different feeling about family history.

An artist's depiction of a child with diptheria

An artist's depiction of diphtheria, a deadly disease that mainly struck children

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