How did William Shakespeare's brothers die?

Answer 1

Because most children would die in those times, and the few that survived were very lucky, it is remarkable that all of Shakespeare's brothers lived into adulthood. (Three of his four sisters died as children, two at infacy and Anne at age eight) Shakespeare's brother Gilbert was a haberdasher in London an lived at least into his forties, but his date of death is not known, never mind the cause. It is often believed on the basis of a church burial register that he died in 1612, but there is some reason to think that that may have been a different Gilbert Shakespeare. About Richard Shakespeare nothing much is known besides the dates of birth and death; he lived all his 39 years in Stratford, and nobody knows his cause of death. Edmund Shakespeare was, like his oldest brother, an actor, but he died in London at age 27, possibly of the plague.

Answer 2

Because most children would die in those times, and the few that survived were very lucky, it is remarkable that all of Shakespeare's brothers lived into adulthood. (Three of his four sisters died as children, two at infacy and Anne at age eight) Shakespeare's brother Gilbert was a haberdasher in London an lived at least into his forties, but his date of death is not known, never mind the cause. It is often believed on the basis of a church burial register that he died in 1612, but there is some reason to think that that may have been a different Gilbert Shakespeare. About Richard Shakespeare nothing much is known besides the dates of birth and death; he lived all his 39 years in Stratford, and nobody knows his cause of death. Edmund Shakespeare was, like his oldest brother, an actor, but he died in London at age 27, possibly of the plague.