Death Roll from The Yellow Fever Outbreak in Buenos Aires 1871,
according to the Burial Registers at St. John's and St Andrew`s

It appears that two cemeteries were used: the South Cemetery (Sur) and Chacarita (from 15th April 1871)
Date of BurialNameAgePlace of BirthOccupationAddressCemetery
12-MayAlexander22, James44EnglandengineerTigre 1Chacarita
18-AprAllan, John W35England  ***
18-MarAllinson, Mary Wilson49Scotlandmarried womanIndependencia 17Sur
23-MarAllinson, Mary19Scotland Independencia 17***
19-MarAllinson, William50Whitehavenstable keeperIndependencia 17Sur
17-AprArey, ???5  Charcas 156Chacarita
27-MarArmstrong, James40England  ***
6-AprAtkinson, William70Cumberland Artes 407Sur
13-AprAylett, Charles F.35EnglandpainterBarracas1Sur
 Baine, John32USA  *
3-MayBarron, Joseph30England (?)engine driverBarracas1Chacarita
 Barry, John31   *
 Barry, William30Dublin  *
5-AprBell, James19Buenos Airesclerk ***
1-AprBerrian, Stephen D.52USApilotReconquistaSur
??-??Bettison, Jane (or Betson)75EnglandnurseEsmeralda 307Sur
28-AprBird, James32England LazarettoChacarita
12-AprBlake20, Mary Ellen22Buenos Aires  ***
9-AprBraving, William30Plymouthengine driverRetiroSur
??-??Briggs, Daniel EnglandworkmanBuenos AiresSur
13-AprBrill, Charles E.29Buenos AiresschoolmasterGarantías 263Sur
14-MarBrown, David36Scotlandcarter ***
8-AprBrown, George37ScotlandengineerCangallo 408Sur
5-MayBrown, Joseph30England LazarettoChacarita
4-AprBryce21, Anne Louisa30Scotland  ***
 Butler, Alice17   *
 Butler, John67   *
8-MarButterfill2, George (or Butterfield)65Plumstead, Kent Lorea 285Sur
27-AprCallada, John (or James)36England Buenos AiresChacarita
12-MarCameron, William24EnglandlabourerBritish HospitalSur
20-MarCampbell, Agnes74Scotland  ***
20-MarCampbell, Ellen35Buenos Aires  ***
 Campbell, Mary Ann28   *
15-FebCarniegan, Mrs Jane35Liverpool Tucumán 13Sur
27-AprCarty, Margaret19England Buenos AiresChacarita
13-AprCasey, James35EnglandworkmanBarracas1Sur
??-??Cashman, William30Ireland Méjico 72Chacarita
9-AprCharles, Stuart B28USAmerchantJuncal 142Sur
15-AprChiné, John   Buenos AiresChacarita
4-AprClaypole, William32MontevideomerchantSan MartínSur
25-AprContran28, Ellen50Ireland Buenos AiresChacarita
28-MarCook, Margaret Anne9Buenos Aires  ***
 Cook, Mark22London  *
6-AprCook, William Albert46Englandbootmaker ***
24-AprCormac, Ellen20England Buenos AiresChacarita
26-FebCowan30, Janet65Scotland  *
11-AprCrats, Peter42England Buenos AiresSur
??-??Creuil, Francis38N. America Buenos AiresSur
11-MarCribbes, James41Scotlandwool bailer? ***
10-AprCritchley, Grace68Englandmarried womanCorrientes 516Sur
 Croome, Hiram66Waterford  *
27-MarCrozier, Thomas38IrelandmechanicBalcarce 255Sur
18-MarCumming, John65Scotlandcabinet maker ***
10-MarCumming, John19Buenos Aires  ***
1-AprCurry, Ellen22Irelandmarried womanIndependencia 58Sur
19-JunCurtis, John56Englandmarried British HospitalChacarita
14-AprDalpi, Mary31Ireland Buenos AiresSur
 Dalton4, Rose Westmeath  *
14-MayDaving, William19USA LazarettoChacarita
7-AprDavis, Edward (or Davies)44Englandship's captainSan Juan 296Sur
12-AprDavis, Mary Ann28England Buenos AiresSur
24-AprDaws31, William53London FloresChacarita
26-MarDay, Henry G40LondonengineerBuenos AiresSur
17-AprDiffert, Theodore37GermanyengineerFlorida 335Chacarita
11-MarDodds, Catherine32Cockburnspath  ***
 Dogherty, Rose28Longford  *
14-AprDoleri5, John53USA Buenos AiresSur
 Dominick, Mrs USA  *
 Donelly    *
13-AprDouglas, Adam Thomson17ScotlandclerkReconquistaSur
3-MayDoyle, James25Ireland Calle Nueva del RetiroChacarita
3-AprDuffy, John85Kings County  *
 Dunican, Mary20Westmeath  *
28-MarEllis, Emily England  Sur
20-FebFahy, Rev Anthony D3467Loughrea, GalwaymissionaryReconquista 48*
15-AprFoster, Benjamin84N. America LazarettoChacarita
18-AprFoster, William25Englandseaman25 de Mayo 111Chacarita
23-MarFowler, John Ireland Colón 277Sur
19-AprFranklin, William35GermanylabourerRivadavia 509Chacarita
4-AprFrazer, John33England LazarettoSur
5-AprFrute, John 20N. America Buenos AiresSur
21-MarGallagher, Janet40Scotland  ***
2-AprGallagher, William Albert (or Gallacher)40ScotlandengineerSuipacha 274Sur
 George, Jacob    *
2-AprGibson, John A.30Buenos AirestailorTemple 400Sur
3-MayGilck, Henry40England Buenos AiresChacarita
15-AprGloede, Anna Buenos Airesmarried womanTemple 209Chacarita
23-MarGodfery, Mary Watson27NorfolkschoolmistressEuropa 191Sur
29-MarGodsell, Richard39EnglandbootmakerBelgranoChacarita
10-AprGordon, John22EnglandfiremanBarracas1Sur
28-MarGrace, John56England LazarettoSur
6-AprGray, Anne Louisa36EnglandnurseTacuaríSur
26-AprHainsworth, Titus P 40EnglandbrokerCallaoChacarita
12-MayHall, Richard (or Heele)28IrelandlabourerLazarettoChacarita
18-AprHargrave27, Frederick70EnglandmerchantMerlo1Chacarita
19-MayHarper, James (or John)51EnglandmechanicBarracas1Chacarita
10-AprHarris, Henry26USAstewardBritish HospitalSur
15-MarHazell, Samuel36LondoncarpenterComercio 97Sur
28-AprHearle, Joseph20England LazarettoChacarita
12-AprHeley, William26IrelandshoemakerPotosí 46Sur
18-AprHenderson, Mary Pearson37Scotland Buenos AiresSur
27-AprHenry17, Thomas48Irelandlabourer25 de Mayo 139Chacarita
26-AprHerbert, Thomas42WalesmechanicCasa AmarillaChacarita
10-MarHerring10, Thomas DarlingtonbutcherPaseo JulioSur
??-??Hill, James S28Buenos AiresbrokerRanchos1Chacarita
??-??Hill, John17Buenos Aires San Juan 286Sur
6-AprHill, John Flagg4826LondonbrewerSan Juan 286Sur
10-AprHoilant, Matthias45Ireland  Chacarita
9 MarHolmes, Elizabeth Ann Noline(?)17England  ***
??-??Humphries, Samuel Englandengineer25 de MayoSur
21-AprHunter18, Marion Rodger28 daysBuenos Aires  ***
4-MarHunter, Robert32Scotlandlinen merchantEuropa 76Sur
4-AprJames, Charles6816England 25 de Mayo 226*
20-AprJames, Harriet58Englandwidow25 de Mayo 226Chacarita
??-MarJones6, John28Englandrailway guardIndependencia 376Sur
10-AprJaurel, Mary27England Buenos AiresSur
 Judge, Mary26Westmeath  *
10-AprJunor, Hannah29Englandmarried womanCorrientes 516Sur
19-MarKanes, John21England LazarettoSur
11-AprKeen4, Charles Spencer Buenos Aires San José de Flores**
 Kenedy, F48   *
19-AprKing, George USApilotParaná 286Chacarita
1-MayLafone, Samuel Fisher2968Liverpoolmerchant *
2-AprLangford, Charles EnglandpilotReconquistaSur
 Lawler, Peter24Wexford  *
25-MarLee, Dorothy48Newcastle-on-Tynemarried womanIndependencia 12Sur
??-??Leggat, James ScotlandteacherArtes 112Chacarita
13-AprLevy, John Donne60England Estados UnidosSur
13-AprLinnay, James45Scotlandgunsmith ***
25-MarLlano, Elizabeth de   married womanBolívar 189Sur
19-AprLowry32, John Gill60Maryland, USAbusinessmanJuncalChacarita
1-AprMalman, Jessie17England Buenos AiresSur
??-MayManson, R.60England (?) Jeppener1Chacarita
13-MayMarsh, Martha  EnglandservantIrish HospitalChacarita
19-MarMcCready, Margaret56EnglandnurseArtes 407Sur
 Macken, Thomas34Dublin  *
27-MarMcKiddie23, William Albert30Scotlandclerk ***
17-MarMcLean, Margaret44InvernesswidowJunín 69Sur
16-MarMcLean, Susan74InvernesswidowJunín 70Sur
1-AprMcMan, Jessie18LondonservantBuenos AiresSur
27-MarMcMarr7, Edward34IrelandmechanicBalcarce 255Sur
??-??Machin, ????45Englandwidow Chacarita
27-MarMillen, Peter37USA LazarettoSur
25-FebMilne, Henry46Scotlandestanciero ***
18-MarMilton, Francis41England LazarettoSur
18-MarMoore, George England 25 de Mayo 184Sur
10-AprMoore, Janet Mary17Buenos Aires  ***
2-AprMoore, Richard20Buenos Aires Buenos AiresSur
22-MarMorris, Timothy H29Kentlate Lt in 3rd InfantryEsmeralda 322Sur
12-MarMorrison, James34Scotlandcarpenter ***
26-MarMoules, William  BristolpilotMaipú 276Sur
 Mullady, Patrick    *
 Mulvaney, Mrs35   *
19-AprMunce, Anna England Buenos AiresChacarita
24-AprMunroe, Charles38ScotlandengineerBalcarce 177Chacarita
19-MarMurning, Elizabeth49Scotland  ***
19-MarMurning, Matilda16Buenos Aires  ***
19-MarMurning, Rosanna21Buenos Aires  ***
 Murray, Mrs55Wigtonshire  *
23-MarMurray, William37LondontailorVictoria 261Sur
28-AprNelson, Thomas17England LazarettoChacarita
9-MarNichols, Ann Louisa45London  ***
1-AprNicholson, Henry R53Armagh, IrelandschoolmasterVictoria 564Sur
18-MarNowell, Raymond29England LazarettoSur
1-AprNunes, Henry40Nova Scotiablacksmith25 de Mayo 150Sur
4-MarOfford, Martha51Devonshirelodging house keeper25 de Mayo 159Sur
7-AprPalmer, James57England Barracas1Sur
19-AprPerry, Robert26Englandclerk25 de MayoChacarita
9-MayPeters, Henry44England LazarettoChacarita
 Plymouth, W30   *
 Prescott, Henry40   *
8-AprRamsay19, Gilbert71Dalmellington, AyrshireprofessorPerú 467***
??-MarRawson33, Benjamin Franklyn52San Juanartist  
14-AprRedeli, Charles (or Rideli)35England Buenos AiresSur
30-MarReincke, Helena Anita 22Buenos Aires Estados Unidos 209Sur
21-MarReincke, Leonora Isabel20Buenos Aires Estados Unidos 209Sur
14-AprRelando, Michael34England Buenos AiresSur
14-AprRice, Richard52England Barracas1Sur
??-??Roberts, Patrick30Scotland Méjico 72Chacarita
 Ryan, M G30Limerick  *
??-AprRyan, Elizabeth32Buenos Aires  ***
 Sanders, Mrs H    *
20-AprSchmidt, Catherine Daws de56EnglandwidowCórdoba 369Chacarita
18-AprScobell, William2545EnglandengineerParque 32Chacarita
11-AprSeamann, Otto 22HamburgworkmanBalcarce 175Sur
15-AprSeva, Henry70England Buenos AiresChacarita
1-AprShanks, Rubina20Scotland  ***
 Shanty, R20Glasgow  *
 Shaughnessy    *
 Shaughnessy, Mrs    *
??-??Sheriff, George30USA Méjico 72Chacarita
29-MarSiggins, Bridget33Irelandmarried womanBarracas1Sur
28-MarSiggins, Nicholas40IrelandpeonBarracas1Sur
29-MarSimpson, John28Scotland  ***
 Sinnott, John38  Calle Nueva**
 Smith, Mrs Westmeath  *
5-MaySmith, William28England LazarettoChacarita
15-AprSmith, William John30England  Chacarita
14-MaySmithers, Thomas30England LazarettoChacarita
15-MarSouthron, Jane Sangster45Newcastlemarried womanIndependencia 24Sur
??-MarSouthron, John James Moody14Buenos Airestramway employeeIndependencia 24Sur
 Spratt, G Wigtownshire  *
2-MayStafford, Mary25England  Chacarita
8-MarStanfield, James Field45LondonmerchantEuropa 191Sur
20-MarStanfield, Mary Anne39Buenos Aires Europa 191Sur
10-AprSteffil, John (or Sleffit)55USA Buenos AiresSur
??-??Sterno, Richard (or Sternus) England  Sur
2-MayStewart, James27Scotlanddraper`s clerkCorrientes 6111Chacarita
2-AprStrange, Mary89England Buenos AiresSur
2-AprSutton, Lucy Lord de90Marblehead, Massachusetts, USAwidowBuenos AiresSur
??-??Tait, John England Buenos AiresSur
14-AprTaplin, Samuel26EnglandbutcherTucumán 25Sur
10-AprThomson, John32Buenos AireslabourerBalcarce 156Sur
16-AprThomson, John38EdinburghmerchantBelgranoChacarita
8-AprTidblom, Charles Samuel45Buenos AiresmerchantArenalesSur
4-MayTidblom, Emma38  CallaoChacarita
5-AprTidblom, George49Buenos AiresmerchantCallaoSur
26-AprTidblom, Hannah76LondonwidowCallaoChacarita
 Tomey, Mr32   *
 Toplin, S26   *
18-AprTrellia24, Eliza Joanna49Londonlodging house keeperRanchos1Chacarita
21-MarTurner9, John R15Buenos Aires Buenos Aires***
17-AprTurner³, Henry22EnglanddruggistDefensa 6512Chacarita
11-AprTurner, Thomas25England Buenos AiresSur
23-MarTweddle, Anne50NorfolkwidowSan José 23Sur
??-MarTweddle, William188EnglandworkmanBalcarce 175Sur
8-AprUsher18, Henry20mBuenos Aires  ***
17-AprUssher, Carmen28Buenos AireswasherwomanTucumán 228Chacarita
3-MayVictor, Henry75England LazarettoChacarita
28-MarWalker, George Robert30EnglandbrokerParque 84½13Sur
 Wallace, Patrick    *
13-AprWalsh, Jonathan EnglandmechanicBarracas1Sur
4-AprWalter, Theodore England  Sur
23-MarWarden, John35Buenos Aires  ***
22-AprWatson9, Elizabeth80Scotland  ***
4-AprWhite, Lizzie10Brasil  ***
18-MarWhite, James70Scotlandestanciero & merchant ***
??-MarWhite, Mary24Buenos AireswidowIndependencia 24Sur
15-AprWilkinson, Michael38Buenos Airesstable keeperRivadaviaChacarita
2-MayWilkinson, William30BirminghampackerVenezuela 1414Chacarita
29-MarWilliams, Henry21USA LazarettoSur
16-MarWilson, Andrew29Scotlandengineer ***
8-MarWilson, James20   ***
8-MarWilson, Mary48Scotland  ***
9-MayWilson, Thomas18England LazarettoChacarita
19-MarWinton,35 Isabella M55Perthshire, Scotland Garay***
26-MarWinton, James18Buenos Aires Garay***
25-MarWinton, Jane23Buenos Aires Garay***
 Wood15, Selena Frances USAteacher **
18-AprWoodcock, Frederick30EnglandclerkDefensa 488Chacarita
15-MarWoodley, Ann Maria78LondonwidowEstados Unidos 327Sur
??-??Woodley, Charles18Buenos AiresclerkEstados Unidos 327Sur
24-MarYoung, Adolphus21Ireland LazarettoSur
20-MarYoung, Margaret60Scotland  ***

This revised list of the yellow fever victims is based on the 1871 yellow fever burial register "laboriously compiled" by the Revd Francis Neville Lett (archive 30.25.06 at St John's Anglican Cathedral, Buenos Aires). Its data has been compared with its parallel register (archive 30.25.03). These registers were transcribed by Jeremy Howat.

Transcripts of the St Andrew`s Scotch Church, Buenos Aires, register kindly supplied by Cathy Murray (FHL microfilm 1840832; Item 4.20).

Records of deaths by other causes in 1871 amongst the English protestant community can be found on the British Settlers in Argentina website. This has a search facility to enable you to track down individuals, or you can go direct to the 1871 page.

The 1870 Outbreak

This outbreak appears to have been restricted to one city block and resulted in about 100 deaths.

Two English women are listed as having died in this outbreak, Mrs Downes, wife of William Downes, and Mrs Anita Russell, wife of John George Russell and daughter of Dr Hugh Thomas Sheridan (Source: Saudades). Mrs Russell is, however listed as dying of Typhoid Fever in February 1871 in the Victoria Cemetary records. A third victim of this outbreak was Dr Robert Reid, director of the British Hospital, who died on 2nd April 1870.

The Cemetaries

The Cemetario del Sur was otherwise known as the "Rincón de las Cruces" Cemetery, located on the modern map of Buenos Aires as the block surrounded by Avenida Vélez Sarsfield, Calles Suárez, Lafayette and Avenida Amancio Alcorta, the present day site of the Instituto Microbiología Dr Carlos Malbrán.

The Cementerio del Sud, opened in April 1867, only five blocks away, is now the Parque Florentino Ameghino.

The provisional cemetery opened for the victims of the cholera outbreak of 1867 was located close by in a triangle of land bounded by Calle Perdriel 300s and Avenida Amacio Alcorta 1700s.

The site of the Lazaretto or isolation hospital, where a number of people died of the yellow fever, has been identified by Jorge Alfonsín as the present day Hospital Francisco Javier Muñiz, located across the road from the Yellow Fever burial ground.

Notes:
1 These are towns outside Buenos Aires. Other than those indicated, all addresses are in Buenos Aires.
2 Corrected 14/1/1893 by Rev. P. Ogle.
3 Named as Thomas Turner in the Letts register.
4 Reburied at the Victoria Cemetary, 19 Aug 1878.
5 53 or 33 years old, the registers differ.
6 Alias William Edward Williams.
7 Called McMore by Greenfield.
8 26 according to Greenfield.
9 Died of debility.
10 Possibly related to Albert Herring, victualler, of Paseo Julio. (see Mulhall`s directory 1863)
11 Premises of H.J. Hastler, Haberdasher and Draper.
12 Premises of Barton & Torres, Chemists and Druggists.
13 Mrs Summer`s Lodging House.
14 Premises of Charles Howard, Builder.
15 Fanny Wood was one of the earliest volunteers from the USA to go and teach in Argentina, following an appeal by President Sarmiento. She founded the oldest surviving school in Buenos Aires, Grade School No. 1, Escuela French y Berutti.
16 75 according to Greenfield.
17 Dodds refers to him as either Thomas Henry or Thomas Kennedy, Greenfield calls him Thomas Henedy.
18 Died of convulsions.
19 Died of kidney disease.
20 Died of bilious fever.
21 Possibly Bruce.
22 Burial date given as 26 June 1878, possibly reinterred from another cemetery.
23 Burial date given as 25 July 1878, possibly reinterred from another cemetery.
24 Burial date given as 10 July 1877, possibly reinterred from another cemetery.
25 Died of pthisis. Referred to as Wm Scolbin by Greenfield.
26 45 according to Greenfield
27 Listed in the Letts register as Hargreaves. Hargrave's housekeeper also died in the outbreak. They had two daughters, Amelia and Ana Maria.
28 Possibly Condran
29 Lafone was a prominent member of the British community, with interests in Buenos Aires, Uruguay and the Falklands/Malvinas. Yellow Fever was thought to be a disease of the poor so the Letts register records Lafone as succumbing to cerebritis, however several independent sources make it clear he died of the fever.
30 Died of bilious fever
31 Died of pneumonia
32 Reinterred 2 August 1896
33 Son of an American doctor and brother of Dr William Rawson, founder of the Argentine Red Cross
34 Although Rev Fahy is traditionally believed to have died from the fever contracted after looking after a sick Italian woman, his death certificate shows he actually died of heart failure.
35 Additional information fron Claire Hufnagel.

??-?? Indicates that the registers show only 1871 as the date of burial.
??-Mar or ??-Apr indicates where only the month is given.
* Indicates those people listed in James Dodds' book, whose burial does not appear in the registers.
** Indicates those people listed in other sources, whose burial does not appear in the registers.
*** Indicates those people listed in the burial register of St Andrew`s Church. There is a certain amount of duplication with the St John`s register.

Sources:

Burial registers of St John's Anglican Church, Buenos Aires.
Burial registers of St Andrew`s Scotch Church, Buenos Aires.
Records of The Scottish Settlers in the River Plate and their Churches, pp 364-366 by James Dodds, Buenos Aires, 1897.
River Plate Handbook, Guide and Directory by M.G. & E.T. Mulhall, Buenos Aires, 1863
65 Valiants by Alice Houston Luiggi, Gainsville, Florida, 1965
Saudades, A collection of obituaries from the Standard of Buenos Aires by E.T. Mulhall, Buenos Aires, 1923
Los Años del Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires p 25 by David I Martin, Buenos Aires, 1993.
British Consulate Legal Register FO446/29
The Forgotten Colony by Andrew Graham-Yooll, Buenos Aires, 1999
Cementerio de Disidentes Protestantes en la Cuidad de Buenos Aires by Jorge Alfonsín, Buenos Aires 1996.

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