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Re: Lived to be how old?
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 10 October 07 12:25 BST (UK) »
yes, suspect it is - but when you see statements like - 'people didnt live much past 40 (etc) ' it makes you wonder ....  :)
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Re: Lived to be how old?
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 10 October 07 12:34 BST (UK) »
Seeing census and BMDs all day, we know it's wrong, don't we!  ;)

A good example of how statistics don't reflect reality!
(Just as calculating the average income of Bill Gates and myself wouldn't reflect my income very well :P)
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Re: Lived to be how old?
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 10 October 07 12:35 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Newf on Wednesday 10 October 07 12:25 BST (UK)
yes, suspect it is - but when you see statements like - 'people didnt live much past 40 (etc) ' it makes you wonder ....  :)

I think it really depends on the area they live in. My paternal ancestors are from a rural agrigultural area and all lived to be 80+. A friends family in Oldham all died earlier.

I believe the problems of today (poverty, lack of exercise and obesity) are similar to the public health issues of 100-200 years ago.
Wilson in the Lancaster area
Clegg in Todmorden
Adamson in Edinburgh
Miller in Edinburgh
Nunn in Norfolk and Co Durham
Smith in Glasgow
Haig in Peebles/Edinburgh
Also Nelson, Gardener, Garnett, Blair, Coleman, Aaronson and many more as the branches expand!

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Re: Lived to be how old?
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday 10 October 07 12:37 BST (UK) »
you can talk statistics till 99% of the cows come hom ... but .....  ;D


NR - very true, a good example of why an average is just that ......  ::)
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Re: Lived to be how old?
« Reply #13 on: Wednesday 10 October 07 12:39 BST (UK) »
Quote from: karenlee on Wednesday 10 October 07 11:38 BST (UK)


My gr gran was 2 months off turning 100 when she died.

Karenlee
 Ahhh bless her!

My Gran managed 100 years and 6 months...
guess what, her family have 'lost' her telegram from the queen, I dread to think what else they threw away after she died ::)

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Re: Lived to be how old?
« Reply #14 on: Wednesday 10 October 07 13:14 BST (UK) »
Quote from: suey on Wednesday 10 October 07 12:39 BST (UK)
Quote from: karenlee on Wednesday 10 October 07 11:38 BST (UK)


My gr gran was 2 months off turning 100 when she died.

Karenlee
  Ahhh bless her!

My Gran managed 100 years and 6 months...
guess what, her family have 'lost' her telegram from the queen, I dread to think what else they threw away after she died ::)

Suey

Oh how sad to "lose" something so precious! I have my grandparents telegram from their 60th Wedding Anniversary and will treasure it until i receive my own (Only got 50 years to go...... ;D)
Wilson in the Lancaster area
Clegg in Todmorden
Adamson in Edinburgh
Miller in Edinburgh
Nunn in Norfolk and Co Durham
Smith in Glasgow
Haig in Peebles/Edinburgh
Also Nelson, Gardener, Garnett, Blair, Coleman, Aaronson and many more as the branches expand!

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Re: Lived to be how old?
« Reply #15 on: Wednesday 10 October 07 15:48 BST (UK) »
My grandfather made 101 - 1888-1989.

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Re: Lived to be how old?
« Reply #16 on: Wednesday 10 October 07 18:33 BST (UK) »
I found recently this MI from Over Peover, Cheshire - I believe that Charles CLARK was my 5xggrandfather:

Sacred to the memory of CHARLES CLARK of Over Peover who departed this life July 5th in the year of Our Lord 1812 aged 103 years  He had by his marriage with ANNE FODEN three sons and two daughters from who sprang numerous progeny viz:
RANDLE CLARK Children 11 Grandchildren 40
JOHN CLARK Children 10 Grandchildren 13
CHARLES CLARK Children 11 Grandchildren 6
SARAH BLACKSHAW Children 6 Grandchildren 11
ANNE BOWERS Children 4 Grandchildren 5
In all 122 descendants born before his death  Reader if thou art a Labourer as this man was, think not thou has no duties to perform to thy family besides furnishing them with food and raiment.  Thou art bounded to instill into them the principles of Religion to teach them to fear God, honour the king and to deal justly with men, and then thou have been young and now am old and yet saw I never the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging their bread  Psalm 57 verse 26
Also ANNE wife of the above named CHARLES CLARKE who departed this life October 13th 1798 aged 80 years

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CHS: Barber(Tabley) Barlow(Antrobus) Blackshaw(Lymm, Mobberley) Blease/Done/Moore(G Bud) Owen(Netherton, Tabley) Spragg/Witter(Goostrey) Youd(Frodsham) Pennell Bankes Birchall Beckett
DBY: Higginbottom(Mellor)
HRT: Gurney
HRT/BED/ESS: Verney (Markyate St)
LAN: Davenport(Bolton) Schofield/Gurney(Oldham) Lord(Heap) Quinn(Manchester) Sutcliffe(Rossendale)
NTH: Tubb/Johnson(Hellidon)Brown(Kettering)
YKS: Scott(Clapham)

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Re: Lived to be how old?
« Reply #17 on: Sunday 14 October 07 07:26 BST (UK) »
My grandfather was 102 when he passed away last year. He was from stubborn Dutch stock - many of his Dutch cousins have also lived to great ages. 

He still had his driving license until about 6 months before his passing!
GRACE, HADLEY, ION,MURFET(T), SIZER, WALTERS, WISE - Tasmania,

BATTY, COLE,  GIBBS, GIBBINS/GIBBONS, GODDARD, GURNEY, HUGHES, JONES, LEE, PENNY, TROWER, WHALE, WILSHAW, WOODCOCK
New Zealand,

LEONARD, ROLLINGS, SIZER/SIZAR and many others - Cambridgeshire


BLACKBURN, CUNNINGHAM, DEAN, DOWGILL, GILL,HAINSWORTH, HUSBANDS, LOWE,  MABBLE, MARSHALL, MOORHOUSE, MYERS, PEARSON,PRESTON,  RAYNER, RILEY, SHOESMITH, SIGSTON, SKINN, TURNER, WARD, WILDMAN, WRIGHT

Yorkshire
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