Interesting list with so many familiar names as contributors to the fund. My 3G Uncle was Robert Boak (Jr) abt 1789 - 2Mar1867. He was born in Co. Tyrone, and lost his first spouse to cholera in 1833, location was Pennsylvania, USA. She was Elizabeth Calderwood, bef.1816 - 12Aug1833), daughter of John Calderwood and Isabella Hansen, also from Co Tyrone.
 
Here is the transcribed portion of a handwritten letter Robert Boak wrote to his brother Charles about Elizabeth's death. I include it here as folks may be interested in reading his first-hand account of the terrible disease, both for its description and the style of writing (letter dated 17Aug1833).
 
My Dear Brother your forebodings have been awfully realized by the writing of this letter. That desolating disease the colera visited me and in a few hours deprived me of a loving and affectionate wife the 12 day of August on the Sabbath morning. She rose as usual to prepare the breakfast and was buried that Evening. She had been complaining for a few days before and we had made arrangements to remove to her Father's the following Monday as the disease was raging with great virulence in the part of the city in which we lived. On Saturday night she rested well all night and when she saw the Sabbath morning stated that she felt better than she had been for some time past.When in a moment she was struck with the shake of death. Oh what a tryal My Dear Brother to see the beloved of your bosom cut off in a moment and all my relatives trembling to come near the house. Her own wish was that none should come near her lest they catch the contagion. In less than five minutes I had the assistance of two doctors who never left her until She breathed her last then orders that she should be immediatelyburied and the house deserted all their demands as orders were complied with. From the first moment the blood ceased to circulate through the head it was as cold as a piece of marble she suffered severely with the cramps which wrought from the extremities up to her body this disease the Drs removed by external applications. But all means failed to circulatethe blood a complete stagnation took place the moment she was taken after a few hours of severe suffering she was removed to the joys of her Lord.

THANKS for all the work that goes into so many contributions to this site.
 
Regards,
 
-Sandy
 
 
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Relief from Cholera in Strabane, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland: Subscription List 1832
 
Thanks again to Len Swindley for another great addition to CTI!

Jim McKane
Kitchener, Ontario 
 

Thanks for this great contribution, Sandy. Some time ago I commenced
an article relating to the Cholera epidemic and its effect in Strabane
in 1832-3, and guess I should revisit it. The disease attacked without
warning; those afflicted could wake in the morning and be dead before
nightfall.Have you seen my two recent files of Leckpatrick
Presbyterian Church, Artigarvan records for the many Boak entries?
Your Boak forebears of Peacock Bank, Urney parish have their origins
in Leckpatrick.
All good wishes,
Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia

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Interesting list with so many familiar names as contributors to the
fund. My 3G Uncle was Robert Boak (Jr) abt 1789 - 2Mar1867. He was
born in Co. Tyrone, and lost his first spouse to cholera in 1833,
location was Pennsylvania, USA. She was Elizabeth Calderwood, bef.1816

• 12Aug1833), daughter of John Calderwood and Isabella Hansen, also
  from Co Tyrone.
   
  Here is the transcribed portion of a handwritten letter Robert Boak
  wrote to his brother Charles about Elizabeth's death. I include it
  here as folks may be interested in reading his first-hand account of
  the terrible disease, both for its description and the style of
  writing (letter dated 17Aug1833).
   
  _My Dear Brother your forebodings have been awfully realized by

_
_the writing of this letter. That desolating disease the colera

_
_visited me and in a few hours deprived me of a loving

_
_and affectionate wife the 12 day of August on the

_
_Sabbath morning. She rose as usual to prepare the breakfast

_
_and was buried that Evening. She ha
d
been
com
plaining
for

_
_a
few
d
a
ys before a
nd
we
ha
d
made
a
rr
a
ngements

_
_to re
m
ove to
her
Fa
ther's the
following
M
ond
a
y as the dise
a
se

_
_was
r
ag
ing
with
great
virulence in the
pa
rt of the city in

_
_which we
lived.
O
n
Sat
urd
ay
night she rested
well all

_
_night
and
w
hen she saw the
Sabbath
m
orning
state
d

_
_th
a
t she
felt
better than
she had
been
for some time past.

_
_When
in
a mom
ent
she was struck with
the
shake

_
_of death. Oh what a tryal My Dear Brother to see the beloved

_
_of your bosom cut off in
a m
oment
and
a
ll
my
rel
a
tives

_
_trembling to come near the
house. Her
own
w
ish
wa
s th
a
t

_
_none
sh
ould co
m
e ne
ar h
er lest they c
a
tch the

_
_cont
ag
ion. In less
than five minutes I had the assistance

_
_of two doctors who never left her until She breathed

_
_her last then orders that she should be immediately

_
_buried and the house deserted all their demands as orders

_
_were complied with. From the first moment the blood ceased

_
_to circulate through the head it was as cold as a piece of

_
_marble she suffered severely with the cramps which wrought

_
_from the extremities up to her body this disease the Drs removed

_
_by external applications. But all means failed to circulate

_
_the blood a complete stagnation took place the moment

_
_she was taken after a few hours of severe suffering

_
_she was removed to the joys of her Lord.

_

THANKS for all the work that goes into so many contributions to this
site.
 
Regards,
 
-Sandy
 
 
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Thanks again to Len Swindley for another great addition to CTI!

        Jim McKane

Kitchener, Ontario
 

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