Anyone got a large family?

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SRD
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Anyone got a large family?

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From the 1911 Census.

Edward Eager Head
Agnes Eager Wife
Married: 32 years
Children born: 18
Children alive: 17
Children dead: 1
Currently investigating the Hillmans of Sussex.
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Eager by name and eager by nature eh :o

It looks as though my largest family is 13 children.
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Can't beat that:
But I can boast......
6: children
16: Grandchildren
17: Gt/grandchildren. (and 1 on the way)!!!!!!

Oh:! and 1,967 relatives on BCC..
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Re: Anyone got a large family?

Post by Rhinoceros »

This kinda makes me feel small...

I only have a few cousins and grandparents from both sides. Record-keeping wasn't a big thing in our family until the 20th century.
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