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There was no passenger list so the names of those who perished was never known. The 3 children whose skeletons were found had clues indicating their ages - two between 7 and 9 years old, the other 11 or 12 years. A curve in one bone pointed to malnutrition consistent with rickets, a condition caused by vitamin D deficiency.
Their names will almost certainly never be known but they will be given a proper burial. Read more at Human Bones Discovered on Gaspé peninsula ‘witnesses to a tragic event’
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Too bad they are not going to see if their DNA could be tested. Maybe they might have living relatives in either Canada or Europe today who would be pleased to know what happened to their ancestors!!
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