Saturday, March 16, 2019

LARGE FAMILY





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:

Nathaniel & Helen (Coyle) Gardner                                       1 child, my mother
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   
Thomas K, & N. Regina (Gruissy) Mark                                  7 Children

My Great Great Grandparents

Markusz S. & Devorah (Horn) Gartner                                  7 Children
Adolph & Netty (Grofs) Edelstein                                         6 Children
Patrick & Margaret (Brady) Coyle                                       11 Children
Daniel & Brigid (English) Mullane                                       11 Children
Allen Moses & Emmaline (Smith) Brown                               3 Children
Jessie A, & Martha E. (Alford) Brumfield                             9 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.

            






5 comments:

  1. I love this post, Colleen, I might just have to borrow your idea!

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  2. I 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.

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    1. Yes. 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.

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  3. If you can't fit all the kids in one car, that's a LARGE family!!

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