|
As stated in my post #14, most of my forebears have been blessed with long lives. However, I've recently been carrying out some family history research and discovered that my 4 x Great Grandmother, Susanna, who was born in 1786 had seven children, the last two of which were twin boys, Henry and William. In October 1819 Henry died at the age of nineteen days and his mother died ten days later at the age of thirty-three years. William died in the following February at the age of four months.
The register of burials for the time is littered with the names of children who survived, at best, a few months and adults who didn't live past their mid-forties.
Life truly was nasty, brutish and short.
Carruthers
|