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Relatives

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1875

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Relatives, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Typhoid deaths and body-snatching scandal at a Montreal convent school

    1875

    Role: Family members of victims arriving from the United States

    1. 1875 · Convent schoolTyphoid Fever Outbreak

      Typhoid fever struck a convent school in Montreal during the winter of 1875, resulting in deaths.

    2. 1875 · MontrealCorpse Theft and International Scandal

      Body-snatchers stole victims' corpses before relatives arrived from the United States, causing an international scandal.

    3. 1875 · QuebecAmendment of the Anatomy Act of Quebec

      The Anatomy Act of Quebec was amended to prevent recurrence, ending medical body snatching in the province.

Sources

  1. Body snatching Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-06