Having kids late in life.. what is the oldest you've seen?

[groom]

I see from the link that Jen kindly supplied, that you have this information. What does the certificate that you were waiting for say?

[coombs]

I have a woman who had her last child in 1787 aged 47 (or thereabouts). She died in 1842 aged 102 but having done sleuthing, a 1744 baptism is a likely candidate, making her only 43 in 1787. Baptisms are not an indication of birth date unless the date was given but she had a brother in 1742. Elizabeth Packard, formerly Martin. She wed in 1763 in Gt Glemham, Suffolk.

I have one rellie who had her first baby at 31 and last baby at 45. Her baptism date has her birth date, 2 days before.

[Chris Anderson]

My John William Anderson was born around 1868 to Ralph Taylor Anderson and SNAITH 

Where did that come from? The GRO site has the mother as Nanson


ANDERSON, JOHN  WILLIAM     NANSON     
1868  S Quarter
SUNDERLAND 
Volume 10A  Page 537

This must be the right record.

That "other family" keeps confusing me. Very similar names and dates.

[zetlander]

a distant cousin was the son of a 70 year old father and 40 year old mother.

On my family tree the women who have children in their 40's seem to have lived to a very old age!

[Lisajb]

a distant cousin was the son of a 70 year old father and 40 year old mother.

On my family tree the women who have children in their 40's seem to have lived to a very old age!

Breastfeeding does have some protective powers - it lowers the risks of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, osteoporosis, cardio vascular disease and obesity

[CelticAnnie]

My great grandfather sired the last of his sixteen children at the age of 64 in 1905.  (His doubtless exhausted second wife was 40 at the time). 😳

[Geoff-E]

An ancestor of mine who would have been aged 72/73 in 1789 was named as the father of an illegitimate child in the parish register.  The following month, he married the child's mother who was aged about 22.

They had further children in 1791 and 1793.

Old Richard was said to be aged 79 when he was buried in 1795. He first married in 1740.

[LizzieW]

Breastfeeding does have some protective powers - it lowers the risks of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, osteoporosis, cardio vascular disease and obesity

Good job I breast fed all my 5 children or the osteoporosis in my hips and spine would be worse than it is, despite all the treatment and a good diet is getting worse.  My mother had it too so I guess it's hereditary.  Fortunately, I don't have any of the other diseases/problems you mention.

[coombs]

One of my ancestors had his oldest and youngest child 42 years apart, but with 2 different women. So the youngest was the same family wise generation as her half sibling 42 years older than her.