. . . .Leslie Gibson has been sick with lagrippe. . . . .
I previously documented Leslie's young death from typhoid in 1908 here. This illness predates his death by three years. "La Grippe" is a way our ancestors referred to influenza, and possibly other viral illnesses. The Spanish Flu that caused the pandemic of 1918 was famously called "The Grippe."
Leslie Gibson (1894-1908) was my maternal grandfather's older brother.
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