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The Lighter Side / even more children
« on: Sunday 01 March 15 01:05 GMT (UK) »
On his hospital records my great grandfather was listed as 1 of 12 children (9 of whom were still living in 1920)
His mother died in Russia a month after giving birth to an unbaptised child
I thought I'd identified 10 other names
But a 1920 US census showed his father's 2nd wife down as having 6 children 3 surviving
I already had 3 dead Russian babies with 1st wife ...so maths no longer added up .
He must have had 18 children altogether So I now have 3 more full siblings and 2 dead half-siblings to find (probably born in manchester between 1892-1897 or liverpool 1898-1903...maybe in New york after 1905).
Might have to dig up some previously discarded data
His mother died in Russia a month after giving birth to an unbaptised child
I thought I'd identified 10 other names
But a 1920 US census showed his father's 2nd wife down as having 6 children 3 surviving
I already had 3 dead Russian babies with 1st wife ...so maths no longer added up .
He must have had 18 children altogether So I now have 3 more full siblings and 2 dead half-siblings to find (probably born in manchester between 1892-1897 or liverpool 1898-1903...maybe in New york after 1905).
Might have to dig up some previously discarded data