Local victims of the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic: Part 2

Photo by Jake Boudrot -- Some of the Isle Madame victims of the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918 were buried at the first cemetery for Notre Dame de l’Assomption Church in Arichat.

Thanks to a Facebook post by Dr. Steven DeRoche, the identities of local Spanish Flu victims have been made known. In the following columns, I hope to bring the identities of these victims to a wider audience. The records indicate the death from the Spanish Flu of Willie Martell, son of Willie Martell on October…

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Don Boudrot

Don Boudrot is a retired English teacher, currently an author and historian living on Isle Madame.