What is considered a large family? It depends on the year, the generation. My brother & I have three children each. My father & most of his siblings had four children each. I went to my families on my Family Tree Maker Program and looked for the largest family in each generation in my direct line.
My Grandparents:
Roy Jesse & Ivy (Mark) Brown 7 children, my father was the Oldest
My Great Grandparents
Leopold & Fannie (Edelstein) Gardner 5 Children
Michael & Mary Josephine (Mullane) Coyle 7 Children
Jasper Pascal & Rose Ella (Brumfield) Brown 9 Children
My Great Great Grandparents
Markusz S. & Devorah (Horn) Gartner 7 Children
Adolph & Netty (Grofs) Edelstein 6 Children
Allen Moses & Emmaline (Smith) Brown 3 Children
William & Elidia Rebecca (Ritter) Mark 12 Children**
Augustus C. & Esther B. (Wolf) Gruissy 5 Children
**William Mark also had two more children, with his first wife.
Follow the links to learn more about these ancestors.
Amy Johnson Crow challenges us to remember our ancestors and their families through this task: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. I completed ’52 Ancestors’ in 2014 & here I go again. This post is in response to that challenge. The topic for this week is ‘LARGE FAMILY.
I love this post, Colleen, I might just have to borrow your idea!
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DeleteI think you're right that it depends on the generation. In general, it seems that families have decreased in size over the past 3 or 4 generations. At least that is so in my families.
ReplyDeleteYes. My parents had four. We have three children. Our children, nieces & nephews have two children in their families. Therefore the definition of a 'large family' changes.
DeleteIf you can't fit all the kids in one car, that's a LARGE family!!
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