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Frank Stephen Green, Postmaster, and the Spanish Flu

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The Spanish Flu Pandemic  The second deadly wave of the Spanish Flu Pandemic broke out in Boston, MA on August 27, 1918, when 2 sailors reported to sick bay with the flu (see below). Within a week 100 sailers were sick, and on September 3, the first civilian suffering from the flu was admitted to Boston City Hospital. In September and October the flu spread very rapidly in the Boston area. It was during this time that Frank Breen "caught cold" at the funeral of a friend, and was dead from pneumonia within three days. From our experience with COVID-19 we know that large gatherings, indoors, in a confined area, with no ventilation — like a funeral and reception afterwards — make prime conditions for a respiratory pandemic to spread. From the obituary, it seems like they're not aware of the pandemic they are in yet.  Obituary Boston Globe, October 1, 1918, page 6 FRANK S. BREEN, ARLINGTON POSTMASTER, STRICKEN ARLINGTON, Oct. 1 — Frank S. Breen, postma...
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Georgina Gunstone's Visit To America, Queen Elizabeth Ship’s Manifest 21 Oct 1946

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This was an exciting find! I had a copy of this ship's manifest that Tina had found years ago. I found it in my files a few days ago. It wasn't very clear, but I thought the date of arrival was Oct 21, 1946.  I sent it to my mom, and she said it t he year was 1948. She was a little over a year old and Aunt Sue (her sister Suzzanne) was born that August. She has a picture of the visit. I'll see if I can snap a shot of it at Easter. Later, I manually input the basic information in Georgina's profile in  FamilySearch. When I went back today and clicked to edit the information, I was able to bring up a much clearer copy, and attach it to her profile. I can't remember how it happened, but I'm happy it did! Here's the information:  MANIFEST OF IN-BOUND PASSENGERS (ALIENS)    Class TOURIST from (Port of embarkation) SOUTHAMPTON, 16 OCTOBER, 1948, on The Queen Elizabeth, Tourist Class, arriving at port of NEW YORK 21 OCTOBER 1948   (Line 15) GUNSTONE, Georgina...
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