August was the son of Cornelius Charles (CC) Vulders and Julia Erno (sometimes written by clerks as "Arnold " or by her children as "Arnican"). He married Pearl Woodbury in 1902. They were blessed with Joseph, Florence, Norman, Julia Mary, Cecil Stephen and Marceline.
Tragedy struck around 1926. The terminology of the day was that he was struck with "General Paralysis of the Insane." Modern medicine understands the condition much better today than it did in the mid-1920s. But sometimes, it takes genetics to figure out what the real malady they were trying to describe really was.
At first, the research seemed to indicate that this might be caused by syphilis lesions. But as this researcher looked into the deaths of August's other family members, a newspaper article from The Bay City Times on Monday, November 16, 1903, page 1, column 3, uncovered a spooky malady which struck all but one of his siblings who lived to adulthood. Termed "Hereditary Ataxia," the disease did not cause them pain. It just literally made entire muscle groups and limbs stop working.
For 3 years, 9 months and 24 days, he was hospitalized at the Michigan State Hospital for the Insane at Traverse City. It is there that he died and his body was returned to his family for burial.
Tragedy struck around 1926. The terminology of the day was that he was struck with "General Paralysis of the Insane." Modern medicine understands the condition much better today than it did in the mid-1920s. But sometimes, it takes genetics to figure out what the real malady they were trying to describe really was.
At first, the research seemed to indicate that this might be caused by syphilis lesions. But as this researcher looked into the deaths of August's other family members, a newspaper article from The Bay City Times on Monday, November 16, 1903, page 1, column 3, uncovered a spooky malady which struck all but one of his siblings who lived to adulthood. Termed "Hereditary Ataxia," the disease did not cause them pain. It just literally made entire muscle groups and limbs stop working.
For 3 years, 9 months and 24 days, he was hospitalized at the Michigan State Hospital for the Insane at Traverse City. It is there that he died and his body was returned to his family for burial.
August was the son of Cornelius Charles (CC) Vulders and Julia Erno (sometimes written by clerks as "Arnold " or by her children as "Arnican"). He married Pearl Woodbury in 1902. They were blessed with Joseph, Florence, Norman, Julia Mary, Cecil Stephen and Marceline.
Tragedy struck around 1926. The terminology of the day was that he was struck with "General Paralysis of the Insane." Modern medicine understands the condition much better today than it did in the mid-1920s. But sometimes, it takes genetics to figure out what the real malady they were trying to describe really was.
At first, the research seemed to indicate that this might be caused by syphilis lesions. But as this researcher looked into the deaths of August's other family members, a newspaper article from The Bay City Times on Monday, November 16, 1903, page 1, column 3, uncovered a spooky malady which struck all but one of his siblings who lived to adulthood. Termed "Hereditary Ataxia," the disease did not cause them pain. It just literally made entire muscle groups and limbs stop working.
For 3 years, 9 months and 24 days, he was hospitalized at the Michigan State Hospital for the Insane at Traverse City. It is there that he died and his body was returned to his family for burial.
Tragedy struck around 1926. The terminology of the day was that he was struck with "General Paralysis of the Insane." Modern medicine understands the condition much better today than it did in the mid-1920s. But sometimes, it takes genetics to figure out what the real malady they were trying to describe really was.
At first, the research seemed to indicate that this might be caused by syphilis lesions. But as this researcher looked into the deaths of August's other family members, a newspaper article from The Bay City Times on Monday, November 16, 1903, page 1, column 3, uncovered a spooky malady which struck all but one of his siblings who lived to adulthood. Termed "Hereditary Ataxia," the disease did not cause them pain. It just literally made entire muscle groups and limbs stop working.
For 3 years, 9 months and 24 days, he was hospitalized at the Michigan State Hospital for the Insane at Traverse City. It is there that he died and his body was returned to his family for burial.
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