Longevity

[Nova67]

My great-great-great uncle lived to 101, he was born in Amble, Northumberland and died in rural Queensland, where he was a pioneer farmer, in 1951:
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/49702476

My x6 great grandmother was around 92 when she died in Newsham, Northumberland. She had ten children. Baptised in 1720 and died 5/9/1812. Her husband baptised in 1719 and died 17/3/ 1802. They were farmers. I was impressed with their longevity together as a couple to both survive for so long to that age in that era.

[Billyblue]

My Billy Blue was - according to his burial certificate 1834 - 99 when he died.
My Dad, Billy's great-great-grandson, was one day short of 101 years 4 months when he died in 1999.  When he was 95, he stated his ambition was to beat Billy Blue, which he did.  And he still had all his marbles, too; had been out to the greyhound races only a week prior to his death!

Dawn M

[Billyblue]

And this morning, Gough Whitlam, one of Australia's former Prime Ministers, died aged 98.

Dawn M

[deeiluka]

My father died recently, just a few weeks off 99. His mother passed away in 1985 just one month off 100.
 His grandfather passed away in 1942 but he was younger....he only reached 90. His great grandfather died in 1897, and he also was only 90. But his great great grandfather who died in 1851 was born about 1756.

There's a line of longevity there.


Dee   

[~MERLIN~]

My mother is friends with the oldest person in Australia at the moment - 112! Caused a bit of a stir when she started volunteering at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick at age 100.

Violet "Vi" Daisy ROBBINS passed away on the 8th October 2014.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/city-east/australias-oldest-person-violet-robbins-has-passed-away-at-age-112/story-fngr8h22-1227096492905

http://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/obituary.aspx?n=violet-robbins&pid=172805339

[Flattybasher9]

Actual individuals in my tree, as noted in other trees in Ancestry reached 160+ years. The same individuals in my tree did not quite get that far.

Regards

Malky

[Cell]

Actual individuals in my tree, as noted in other trees in Ancestry reached 160+ years. The same individuals in my tree did not quite get that far.

Regards

Malky

lol - All very well and good - But did they give birth after they died as well?  Some of mine did     I think there were some really extraordinary people around  in the olden days.

Kind Regards

[Flattybasher9]

"But did they give birth after they died as well?"

Yes, and both parents were males!! 

Regards

Malky

[Jebber]

And some of mine appear to have given birth to their grandparents, and  others giving birth to two children miles apart at the same time, not to mention in different continents