Carmi Nelson Barrett (1883 - 1918) The Spanish Flu? A family broken…

Question

Carmi was born in 1883. He was the son of Clark Barrett and Cornelia Phelps. He passed away in 1918.

Excerpt from obit reads “One son was born to them and the future promised much of happiness for the little family now broken by the loss of husband and father.”  

It appears he most likely passed away due to the Spanish Flu? The wife recovered from the same illness. He was married and had one child. Need collaboration finding place of burial and death record. 

Thank you

Note: what was the sons name? What happened to the boy? The mother Isabell remarried 22 Jun 1921; yet her new husband Erastus Pratt doesn’t have her as his wife on gravestone see his FindAGrave?

Comments

1918 Spanish Flu  pandemic is eerily similar to the 2020 and current Covid-19 pandemic which leaves many widows and orphans and lost loved ones!

Answer 1

The son was named Malcolm Barrett.

He is listed in the 1920 U.S. Census of Franklin County, New York, as a grandson with his mother Isabelle in the household of his grandmother, Sarah Cameron:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJL8-24T

He is listed in the 1930 U.S. Census of Orleans, Jefferson County, New York as the stepson of Rev. Erastus Pratt.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7ZL-1G3

His draft registration card lists him as Carmi Malcon Barrett, born on June 30, 1917, in Malone, New York and then a resident in Sodus New York, where he was employed by the Holland Furnace Company.:

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/303039573:2238

He served in the U.S. Army from December 11, 1942, to October 2, 1943:

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/9366805:2441

He died on March 17, 1982, in Broward County, Florida:

https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=7338&h=2315700&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2441

Comments

Thank you Roger your such a big help when I get stuck on the research hill 

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The 1920 census is a great snapshot of the life of the family after Carmi passed away. Isabelle is living at home (occupation cooking at home) with her mother Sarah who is also a widow listed as a domestic nurse for private families. Sarah Cameron father and mother’s birthplace is listed as Ireland! isabelle has birthplace of her mother Sarah as Canada and her father as New York!

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Glad it helped.