Were your grandparents born in Victorian times?

[JenB]

On behalf of my husband I claim the earliest grandparent (so far). His maternal grandfather was born in 1858.

Did he have a much younger wife like my maternal grandfather (bn 1863)  My maternal grandma was born 1883 

Yes, his first wife died. He re-married and his daughter, my husband's mother, was born when he was in his 60's.

[rosie99]

Did he have a much younger wife like my maternal grandfather (bn 1863)  My maternal grandma was born 1883 

Yes, his first wife died. He re-married and his daughter, my husband's mother, was born when he was in his 60's.
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The same happened with mine, no children from the first marriage but 7 from the 2nd.   

[sami]

My Paternal Grandparents were born in 1869 and 1871.
My Maternal Grandparents were born in 1887 and 1889.

Now I feel old 

sami

[BumbleB]

My Paternal Grandparents were born in 1869 and 1871.
My Maternal Grandparents were born in 1887 and 1889.

Now I feel old 

sami

But you're still here    My attitude these days is "I'm still here, still causing chaos, and quite frankly I don't give a ......... " 

[dowdstree]

My Paternal Grandparents were both born in 1891. Grandad survived the Battle of Jutland.

My Maternal Grandparents were born in 1896 and 1899. Maternal Grandfather died early 1918 without knowing that he was to become a father later that year.

Dorrie

[Jebber]

I think I am taking the lead at the moment.

My paternal grandfather was born during the reign of William 1V, 17 months before Victoria came to the throne, he was born 7th January 1836 and died 7th November 1893, he was 50 when my father  was born from his second marriage.  My father in turn was 56  when I was born, also from his second marriage.

My paternal grandfather 1836-1893, grandmother 1845-1935
My maternal grandfather 1881-1916, grandmother 1881-1951

Jebber

[Barbara.H]

Wow Jebber!  That didn't seem possible, I had to sit and do the calculation and it is!

So maybe my family are tied second place with JenB at the moment?
My other half's paternal grandparents were born in the 1850s. Grandmother was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, 16th September 1858. We have a copy birth cert. Grandfather's death record (Ontario, Canada death records on Family Search) gave his birth date 22 December 1858.

Their youngest son, OH's father, was born in 1899 and OH himself was born 1952. Our youngest son was born in 1998, so we didn't quite manage 100 years between those two generations.

  Barbara

[shellyesq]

My favorite story in the "men fathering children late in life" vein is that US President John Tyler, who was born in 1790, still has two living grandsons.  https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2017-02-20/president-john-tyler-born-in-1790-still-has-2-living-grandsons

[Erato]

US President John Tyler

Hmm, I wonder if anyone has ever checked the DNA to prove that these old codgers really were the fathers of their alleged offspring.  Throughout recorded history, young wives have been known to seek outside entertainment.