Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:
It's Saturday Night again -
Time for some more Genealogy Fun!!
1) Thinking about your direct ancestors back through 2nd great-grandparents - in other words, ancestors #2 to #31 on your pedigree chart - how many children did they have? How many lived long enough to marry? How many died before age 10?
2) Tell us all about it in a blog post of your own, in comments on this blog post, or in a post on Facebook. Be sure to link to them in a comment on this blog post.
Here's mine, starting with my daughter as #1:
#2&3: Norman J Gorrell & Lisa S Hork – 2 daughters;
none married.
#4&5: George J Gorrell & Thelma M Nilsen – 4 sons
& 1 daughter; all married.
#6&7: William J Hork & Lela Nell Johnston – 2 sons
& 4 daughters; all married.
#8&9: Joseph N Gorrell & Matilda P Davey – 1 son
& 3 daughters; all married.
#10&11: Nils Arthur N. Nilsen & Agnes C
Lundquist – 5 sons & 5 daughters; 3 died young; rest married.
#12&13: William C. Hork & Anna M Sullivan – 1 son
& 4 daughters; 1 died young; rest married.
#14&15: Tom J Johnston & Pansy Louise Lancaster –
1 daughter; married.
#16&17: Amos Gorrell & Catherine E Shotts – 3
sons & 3 daughters; 1 died young; 5 married.
#18&19: Frederick H Davey & Matilda Wollenweber –
3 sons & 1 daughter; all married.
#20&21: Nils Malkom Nilsen & Hulda C
Anderson-Carlson – 4 sons & 1 daughter; all married.
#22&23: Per Alfred Lundquist & Mathilda L Eriksson-Holm
– 2 sons & 1 daughter; 2 married.
#24&25: Johan Anton Hork & Julia A Sievert – 5
sons & 5 daughters; 1 died before married; 5 married.
#26&27: John H Sullivan & Anna M Gleeson – 1 son
& 4 daughters; all married.
#28&29: Thomas N Johnston & Nell L Hutson – 3
sons & 2 daughters; all married.
#30&31: George W Lancaster & Lela A Loveless – 3 sons
& 1 daughter; 1 died young; all married.
Facts from this analysis:
- Thirty-seven (37) males and thirty-eight (38) females born to these families in total.
- Ten (10) never married.
- With 15 couples, this averages to 55/15 = 3-4 children per couple.
- Two couples had ten (10) children.
- One couple had only one (1) child.
This was an interesting experience. Your list looks fairly conservative in terms of family sizes and child mortality rate.
ReplyDeleteThat's what I was thinking. If we had gone further back, I think the numbers would have been different.
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