When Brigham Young called his missionaries and their families to Utah, and because he had to attend to certain details, James Jr. sent his wife, Margaret, (who was pregnant with their second child), and little Thomas James on the ship SS Cynosure in advance. His parents James Bullock, Sr. and Elizabeth Bromwich were to meet them in New York.
While at sea Thomas James got very ill with the 'black measles'--it is a very virulent form of the familiar disease (today known as hemorrhagic measles). There were 22 deaths from the measles on that voyage, most of them children. He was 22 months old. He died on the ship and was buried in the Atlantic Ocean near New Foundland. His sister, Sarah, who is my great-grandmother, was born the same day--an hour after he died--probably precipitated by the truama of his death.
What a sorrow for this young mother! To lose her darling little son and not have the comfort of sharing her grief with her husband, who was not able to join her in the U.S. until two years later. On top of that, not to have a place to visit her baby boy.
(Sarah's birth at sea was recorded in New York City upon their arrival-the ship arrived on July 19, 1863-so it is possible that his death is also in the NY records. pfp 7/23/2011)
When Brigham Young called his missionaries and their families to Utah, and because he had to attend to certain details, James Jr. sent his wife, Margaret, (who was pregnant with their second child), and little Thomas James on the ship SS Cynosure in advance. His parents James Bullock, Sr. and Elizabeth Bromwich were to meet them in New York.
While at sea Thomas James got very ill with the 'black measles'--it is a very virulent form of the familiar disease (today known as hemorrhagic measles). There were 22 deaths from the measles on that voyage, most of them children. He was 22 months old. He died on the ship and was buried in the Atlantic Ocean near New Foundland. His sister, Sarah, who is my great-grandmother, was born the same day--an hour after he died--probably precipitated by the truama of his death.
What a sorrow for this young mother! To lose her darling little son and not have the comfort of sharing her grief with her husband, who was not able to join her in the U.S. until two years later. On top of that, not to have a place to visit her baby boy.
(Sarah's birth at sea was recorded in New York City upon their arrival-the ship arrived on July 19, 1863-so it is possible that his death is also in the NY records. pfp 7/23/2011)
Family Members
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Sarah Elizabeth Bullock Bissegger
1863–1953
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James Sloan Bullock
1865–1945
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Margaret Bromage Bullock Hansen
1867–1923
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John Henry Bullock
1868–1942
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Moses William Bullock
1870–1951
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Violet Rebecca Bullock Thorpe
1871–1959
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Alice Catherine Bullock Affleck
1873–1910
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Lily Jane Bullock Kidgell
1875–1962
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Joseph Bailey Bullock
1877–1969
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Annie Bullock Gjettrup
1880–1953
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