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Baby Girl Hamlin

Birth
Death
1852 (aged less–than 1 year)
Burial
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Born in Iowa or on the Oregon Trail, died on the trail to Oregon.
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From a 1927 interview with Mary Ann Hamlin published in the Grants Pass Courier, Pioneer Issue, December 31, 1927....
"When we were about half way across we all had the measles. We were all pretty sick and one of my sisters died and was buried beside the trail."
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From the Grants Pass Courier, February 19, 1931 ..
Another interview with Mary Ann Hamlin "Mother lost an eight-months old baby on the way over. My aunt lost a baby too."

Her aunt would have been Mary Hamlin Johnson, sister of James Hamlin.
Born in Iowa or on the Oregon Trail, died on the trail to Oregon.
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From a 1927 interview with Mary Ann Hamlin published in the Grants Pass Courier, Pioneer Issue, December 31, 1927....
"When we were about half way across we all had the measles. We were all pretty sick and one of my sisters died and was buried beside the trail."
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From the Grants Pass Courier, February 19, 1931 ..
Another interview with Mary Ann Hamlin "Mother lost an eight-months old baby on the way over. My aunt lost a baby too."

Her aunt would have been Mary Hamlin Johnson, sister of James Hamlin.


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