General Chat

Slogging through a Parish Register recently for the 1770s, there is a death of someone aged 144 years! The vicar has written in the margin "a great aydge".Hm.

Clare, We have 5 generations as well. All on the female side. My mum (85) down to her Great Great Grand daughter (almost 2). Jacky :-)

my great grandma is 97 and there is 5 generations in my family starting from grandma down to my daughter who is 4.

Did anyone watch the remembrance day programme on Sunday morning? They showed 2 men talking about the war and my sister and I both thought they were sons of men who served in WW1. They weren't - they themselves had served. One was 106 and the other 108!! They were both making more sense than I do most of the time! Jacky :-)

i think it is quite an achievement reaching 100 now, never mind 100+ years ago.... amazingly strong people ! andrea :o)

Andrea Sorry about your g g grandad - shame he had to go like that and miss his 100th birthday. Jacquie

Hi My mother died 2 years ago ago aged 94 and her mother died aged 95 don't think I will get to their ages though Margaret

my g.g grandfather died aged 99... and that was only because he was ran over by a bike !! i do wonder how long he would have lasted without that !! andrea

Hi Maggy: My mum's gt-grandmother, Jane Ovens, was in her 106th year when she passed away in 1928. Someone in the family saved a nice article about her life.

You beat me by a year, my great Aunt Elizabeth was 101 and my Gt Grandma was 100. Jacquie

there is a lady living in the same residential home as my aunt who was 102 in may. jenny x

According to my 4xgreat grandmother she was 102 when she died in 1911. On every census though her age and place of birth changed. I have found only one possible baptism for her which makes her 98/99 when she died but hey old woman are allowed to forget things like age. Especially when they have no birth certificate for proof. She is actually one of my favourite ancestors.

LoL thats happened to me a few times, think he would have the courtesy to ring first LOL> A great Grandmother of mine was 94 and my great aunt (not blood related) is almost 95 years old. Pat x

LOL Maggy! I got caught out today cos he finished early cos of the weather. No point in startin now! Jeanette x

Hi Jeanette, My oldest one died at 93. Housework is that thing that I rush about trying to do in the last hour before my hubby comes home!! Maggy

Not me Maggy. I've got a few who lived into their 90's but not as old as that Jeanette x P.S. What's housework?! lol

I have just been doing some transcribing for FreeBMD (the housework can wait!) and came across someone who died in 1873 at 102 years old. Can anyone beat this in their family tree? Maggy