Death Notice: Mrs. Almira M. Spencer: A telegram received by Mr. and Mrs. Foster W. Spencer. . .announced the death, that morning of Mrs. Almira Williams Spencer, wife of their son, Private James F. Spencer, now with the American Forces in France. Mrs. Spencer died at the home of her sister, Mrs. R.D. Mayer, in San Francisco, CA, whom she was visiting. Influenza was the cause of her death. Mrs. Spencer was born in Ann Arbor, MI, 23 years ago. She came to Spencerport several years later, and on 10 Aug 1917, she was married to Mr. Spencer, then home on a furlough. Notes on a record named Family Record, Deaths, it states she died of pneumonia and influenza
An article entitled "Origin Theory Being Tested on 1918-1919 Flu", The Daily Progress newspaper, Charlottesville, VA, 15 Dec 1997, stated: "This has been an exciting year for scientists attempting to prove the theory that flu is transmitted to people via swine, who had been infected by birds. A team of researchers led by young Canadian medical geographer Kirsty Duncan traveled above the Arctic Circle to a small Norwegian coal-mining village of Longyearbyen this fall on a quest for clues to the origins of the deadliest flue pandemic on record, the erroneously named Spanish Flu. The 1918-1919 outbreaks have been traced not to Spain but to a small Kansas Army post, Camp Funston. A popular scientific theory is that the flu was caused when a Kansas pig was infected by an avian flu strain, possibly spread when the fecal matter of a wild duck flying over the plains fell into the pig's trough or drinking water. Unlike most viruses, which are particularly dangerous to the very old and the very young, the Spanish Flu killed mostly young adults in the prime of their lives. Occurring at the height of World War I, it spread rapidly through the ranks of armies around the globe and took more lives than the war did. Because experts know the flue pandemics are cyclical, occurring three or four times a century, they are particularly eager to unlock the secrets of the Spanish Flu and perhaps produce a vaccine that would prevent it from recurring. What they lack is a complete genetic picture of the killer virus. after several years of research, geographer Duncan found a graveyard in Longyearbyen, a town 800 miles from the North Pole, where seven young men who died of the 1918 virus are buried. Virologists hope the victims are deep enough in the Norwegian permafrost that their organs, containing the virus' genetic keys remain frozen and intact. In October, Duncan and her team gathered at the grave site, using ground-penetrating radar equipment similar to that used to spot sunken ship hulls at the bottom of the ocean, to do depth readings on the corpses. The team is still evaluating the results. If they look promising, Duncan said, the researchers will return to Norway next spring and, under strict controls to avoid accidentally reviving the virus, drill into the frozen bodies for samples. If the latest flue theories are valid, they hope to find traces of bird and swine genes in the virus tracts".
She married James Frederick Spencer 10 Aug 1917 Lake George, NY prior to his going overseas
An article entitled "Origin Theory Being Tested on 1918-1919 Flu", The Daily Progress newspaper, Charlottesville, VA, 15 Dec 1997, stated: "This has been an exciting year for scientists attempting to prove the theory that flu is transmitted to people via swine, who had been infected by birds. A team of researchers led by young Canadian medical geographer Kirsty Duncan traveled above the Arctic Circle to a small Norwegian coal-mining village of Longyearbyen this fall on a quest for clues to the origins of the deadliest flue pandemic on record, the erroneously named Spanish Flu. The 1918-1919 outbreaks have been traced not to Spain but to a small Kansas Army post, Camp Funston. A popular scientific theory is that the flu was caused when a Kansas pig was infected by an avian flu strain, possibly spread when the fecal matter of a wild duck flying over the plains fell into the pig's trough or drinking water. Unlike most viruses, which are particularly dangerous to the very old and the very young, the Spanish Flu killed mostly young adults in the prime of their lives. Occurring at the height of World War I, it spread rapidly through the ranks of armies around the globe and took more lives than the war did. Because experts know the flue pandemics are cyclical, occurring three or four times a century, they are particularly eager to unlock the secrets of the Spanish Flu and perhaps produce a vaccine that would prevent it from recurring. What they lack is a complete genetic picture of the killer virus. after several years of research, geographer Duncan found a graveyard in Longyearbyen, a town 800 miles from the North Pole, where seven young men who died of the 1918 virus are buried. Virologists hope the victims are deep enough in the Norwegian permafrost that their organs, containing the virus' genetic keys remain frozen and intact. In October, Duncan and her team gathered at the grave site, using ground-penetrating radar equipment similar to that used to spot sunken ship hulls at the bottom of the ocean, to do depth readings on the corpses. The team is still evaluating the results. If they look promising, Duncan said, the researchers will return to Norway next spring and, under strict controls to avoid accidentally reviving the virus, drill into the frozen bodies for samples. If the latest flue theories are valid, they hope to find traces of bird and swine genes in the virus tracts".
She married James Frederick Spencer 10 Aug 1917 Lake George, NY prior to his going overseas
Death Notice: Mrs. Almira M. Spencer: A telegram received by Mr. and Mrs. Foster W. Spencer. . .announced the death, that morning of Mrs. Almira Williams Spencer, wife of their son, Private James F. Spencer, now with the American Forces in France. Mrs. Spencer died at the home of her sister, Mrs. R.D. Mayer, in San Francisco, CA, whom she was visiting. Influenza was the cause of her death. Mrs. Spencer was born in Ann Arbor, MI, 23 years ago. She came to Spencerport several years later, and on 10 Aug 1917, she was married to Mr. Spencer, then home on a furlough. Notes on a record named Family Record, Deaths, it states she died of pneumonia and influenza
An article entitled "Origin Theory Being Tested on 1918-1919 Flu", The Daily Progress newspaper, Charlottesville, VA, 15 Dec 1997, stated: "This has been an exciting year for scientists attempting to prove the theory that flu is transmitted to people via swine, who had been infected by birds. A team of researchers led by young Canadian medical geographer Kirsty Duncan traveled above the Arctic Circle to a small Norwegian coal-mining village of Longyearbyen this fall on a quest for clues to the origins of the deadliest flue pandemic on record, the erroneously named Spanish Flu. The 1918-1919 outbreaks have been traced not to Spain but to a small Kansas Army post, Camp Funston. A popular scientific theory is that the flu was caused when a Kansas pig was infected by an avian flu strain, possibly spread when the fecal matter of a wild duck flying over the plains fell into the pig's trough or drinking water. Unlike most viruses, which are particularly dangerous to the very old and the very young, the Spanish Flu killed mostly young adults in the prime of their lives. Occurring at the height of World War I, it spread rapidly through the ranks of armies around the globe and took more lives than the war did. Because experts know the flue pandemics are cyclical, occurring three or four times a century, they are particularly eager to unlock the secrets of the Spanish Flu and perhaps produce a vaccine that would prevent it from recurring. What they lack is a complete genetic picture of the killer virus. after several years of research, geographer Duncan found a graveyard in Longyearbyen, a town 800 miles from the North Pole, where seven young men who died of the 1918 virus are buried. Virologists hope the victims are deep enough in the Norwegian permafrost that their organs, containing the virus' genetic keys remain frozen and intact. In October, Duncan and her team gathered at the grave site, using ground-penetrating radar equipment similar to that used to spot sunken ship hulls at the bottom of the ocean, to do depth readings on the corpses. The team is still evaluating the results. If they look promising, Duncan said, the researchers will return to Norway next spring and, under strict controls to avoid accidentally reviving the virus, drill into the frozen bodies for samples. If the latest flue theories are valid, they hope to find traces of bird and swine genes in the virus tracts".
She married James Frederick Spencer 10 Aug 1917 Lake George, NY prior to his going overseas
An article entitled "Origin Theory Being Tested on 1918-1919 Flu", The Daily Progress newspaper, Charlottesville, VA, 15 Dec 1997, stated: "This has been an exciting year for scientists attempting to prove the theory that flu is transmitted to people via swine, who had been infected by birds. A team of researchers led by young Canadian medical geographer Kirsty Duncan traveled above the Arctic Circle to a small Norwegian coal-mining village of Longyearbyen this fall on a quest for clues to the origins of the deadliest flue pandemic on record, the erroneously named Spanish Flu. The 1918-1919 outbreaks have been traced not to Spain but to a small Kansas Army post, Camp Funston. A popular scientific theory is that the flu was caused when a Kansas pig was infected by an avian flu strain, possibly spread when the fecal matter of a wild duck flying over the plains fell into the pig's trough or drinking water. Unlike most viruses, which are particularly dangerous to the very old and the very young, the Spanish Flu killed mostly young adults in the prime of their lives. Occurring at the height of World War I, it spread rapidly through the ranks of armies around the globe and took more lives than the war did. Because experts know the flue pandemics are cyclical, occurring three or four times a century, they are particularly eager to unlock the secrets of the Spanish Flu and perhaps produce a vaccine that would prevent it from recurring. What they lack is a complete genetic picture of the killer virus. after several years of research, geographer Duncan found a graveyard in Longyearbyen, a town 800 miles from the North Pole, where seven young men who died of the 1918 virus are buried. Virologists hope the victims are deep enough in the Norwegian permafrost that their organs, containing the virus' genetic keys remain frozen and intact. In October, Duncan and her team gathered at the grave site, using ground-penetrating radar equipment similar to that used to spot sunken ship hulls at the bottom of the ocean, to do depth readings on the corpses. The team is still evaluating the results. If they look promising, Duncan said, the researchers will return to Norway next spring and, under strict controls to avoid accidentally reviving the virus, drill into the frozen bodies for samples. If the latest flue theories are valid, they hope to find traces of bird and swine genes in the virus tracts".
She married James Frederick Spencer 10 Aug 1917 Lake George, NY prior to his going overseas
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