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Re: Who is your most profilic ancestor ?
« Reply #9 on: Thursday 22 October 09 06:38 BST (UK) »

Great grandmother 2 marriages 19 children by 1911 only 5 surviving - before this census I had confirmed 13 births.

After checking the 1911 census it was quite a shock just how many families had lost so many young children.

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Re: Who is your most profilic ancestor ?
« Reply #10 on: Thursday 22 October 09 07:55 BST (UK) »
I am looking at a family of 12 in the tree
7 boys 3 girls.
Imagine all the cooking, cleaning. washing, ironing. 5 of the men were coal miners.
Even if the females of the family all pitched in with the housework [ they were. acording to the census'] all employed as well.

I suppose they were 'lucky that all the children survived to majority, it was the 19th century.

All the children got married and had kids of their own, 38 grandchildren for their parents to 'look after' *, living in the same area of town, even in the same street sometimes.

No wonder the parents were ' worn out' , the father died at 66, the mother at 58.


*In 2 of the census' there are several of the grandchildren staying with them.
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Re: Who is your most profilic ancestor ?
« Reply #11 on: Thursday 22 October 09 08:56 BST (UK) »
My maternal great grandmother.  She was married twice, and had 15 children.  She also was step-mum to 7 children from the previous marriages of her two husbands.  She packed that all in to a lifespan of just 60 years.

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Re: Who is your most profilic ancestor ?
« Reply #12 on: Thursday 22 October 09 10:50 BST (UK) »
I have great grandparents who had 16 children, unfortunately two were stillborn and three died as babies, what amazes me is that my great grandmother lived to the age of 80, she must have been as strong as a horse!

With eleven children I often wonder if she managed to remember their names, I only have a son and a daughter but many a time I've managed to get their names mixed up  ???

Jean  :)


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« Reply #13 on: Thursday 22 October 09 11:21 BST (UK) »
My great grand parents had 26 children :o, though there were several pairs of twins amongst
them.  The older children were each allocated a younger child to look after, although they didn't
all live to adulthood.

My gt grandma used to make all their clothes, she must have had a production line going!  They had a golden wedding photograph taken and gt grandma was an amazingly slim, neat litttle lady. 

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Re: Who is your most profilic ancestor ?
« Reply #14 on: Thursday 22 October 09 11:22 BST (UK) »

One of my ancestors is recorded as having 32 children - and only one wife   :o

You couldn't even name them according to the alphabet - you'd still run out of names  ;D

I can't even imagine the utter chaos in that house!






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Re: Who is your most profilic ancestor ?
« Reply #15 on: Thursday 22 October 09 18:59 BST (UK) »
Can that be correct ?

Assuming that the woman in those days breast fed the children, she must still have had one a year in her fertile years, which is very odd as breast feeding tends to prevent preganancy (it didnt with me !   ::) ) ...

Poor woman is all I can say !   
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Re: Who is your most profilic ancestor ?
« Reply #16 on: Thursday 22 October 09 21:10 BST (UK) »
LOL! @ Gail..!!  ;D ;D ;D Thank you! If I'd had that many kids they'd have spent their days up chimneys or something, lol!! "Hey Supernanny, sort this lot out!"

Seriously though these women were pretty amazing to have borne all those kiddies, and alot of them worked long hours at hard jobs too - I know it was the way things were and they didn't know any different, but we don't realise how lucky we are nowadays, I'm proud of them all for their physical & mental strength (the men too)  ;)
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Re: Who is your most profilic ancestor ?
« Reply #17 on: Thursday 22 October 09 21:26 BST (UK) »
My great grandfather Jubal
Two Marriages,Nineteen Children
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