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alt_arthurI still haven't located Terry Boot's file, and I'm still not daring to draw attention to him by asking for it. On a hunch, however, I went to check the camp census records directly in Cumbria, since that's where Carrow took custody of him. That led me in turn to the parish records of the town of Ravenglass where he was born, and what I learned there made my heart sink.
Terry's entire family is dead. His parents were Samuel and Rosemary Boot, and he had an older sister by the name of Sophie. The three of them perished in the typhoid epidemic that struck Cumbria in the winter of 1985/86. His father was thirty, his mother was twenty-eight, and the girl was seven years old at the time of their deaths.
I had such hopes that I would have better news for him than this. I'm afraid the truth will be a bitter blow to him. Frank, I think it would be best if you and Alice could give him the news in person. Sirius, I'm letting you know because he is getting together with you and the twins again on Thursday. I'll let the twins know, too.
I suppose we must be his family now.
Terry's entire family is dead. His parents were Samuel and Rosemary Boot, and he had an older sister by the name of Sophie. The three of them perished in the typhoid epidemic that struck Cumbria in the winter of 1985/86. His father was thirty, his mother was twenty-eight, and the girl was seven years old at the time of their deaths.
I had such hopes that I would have better news for him than this. I'm afraid the truth will be a bitter blow to him. Frank, I think it would be best if you and Alice could give him the news in person. Sirius, I'm letting you know because he is getting together with you and the twins again on Thursday. I'll let the twins know, too.
I suppose we must be his family now.