Family Stories from the 1918–19 Influenza Pandemic | Family Stories from the 1918–19 Influenza Pandemic in Philadelphia

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“…too weak to stand or crawl, [he] dragged himself on his stomach to a garden area by the house.”

A pregnant mother of six died days after the parade.

With the death of Sisters-in-Law, a generation of orphans emerges.

She had to take care of her flu stricken husband while caring for a newborn.

Family name spotted on the walls of Spit Spreads Death.

They later gave another daughter the same name after the child who had died in 1918.

with more knowledge of the overwhelming trauma she experienced in her life, I have more understanding of why she was so unapproachable and ungiving.

This experience marked him throughout his medical career.

Many classmates and friends didn’t make it.

She died six days before her son’s first birthday.