A Prior Pandemic

My American ancestress was a victim of the Russian flu pandemic. Ellen Beech was born in 1804 in New Jersey.¹ She was widowed in 1874.² She died on 1 April 1890 in Michigan, and her death was due to influenza.¹ She was buried in Mich.³

1 Mich., Death Records, 1867–1952, 9, Ellen S. McCay, 1 April 1890.
2 Mich., Death Records, 1867–1952, 1753, John McCoy, 10 April 1874.
3 Find a Grave, Ellen S. McCoy, 1890, memorial 10528987.