In 1918, twenty to forty million people died worldwide in the 1918 Influenza Epidemic. Approximately 675,000 Americans died. Mary died at home of influenza just before she turned three years old. Her older sister Lena remembered her. Her mother kept a lock of her beautiful red hair in a trunk in Lena's garage, which the family found decades later.
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Age 3, buried 20 Oct 1918. Father John Darin, parents born in Italy. - Illinois Death Index. (Her father's name was Joseph, or Guiseppe; not sure why he is shown as John in the IL Death Index.)
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Age 3, buried 20 Oct 1918. Father John Darin, parents born in Italy. - Illinois Death Index. (Her father's name was Joseph, or Guiseppe; not sure why he is shown as John in the IL Death Index.)
In 1918, twenty to forty million people died worldwide in the 1918 Influenza Epidemic. Approximately 675,000 Americans died. Mary died at home of influenza just before she turned three years old. Her older sister Lena remembered her. Her mother kept a lock of her beautiful red hair in a trunk in Lena's garage, which the family found decades later.
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Age 3, buried 20 Oct 1918. Father John Darin, parents born in Italy. - Illinois Death Index. (Her father's name was Joseph, or Guiseppe; not sure why he is shown as John in the IL Death Index.)
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Age 3, buried 20 Oct 1918. Father John Darin, parents born in Italy. - Illinois Death Index. (Her father's name was Joseph, or Guiseppe; not sure why he is shown as John in the IL Death Index.)
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