Oldest great grandparents remembered

[coombs]

None of my grandparents siblings are alive but 1 great grandparent sibling is. Amazing. The great grandmother died in 1953.

[Nick29]

Sorry Roger, I beat you on both counts - my father was born in 1898, and my g.g. grandfather was born in 1804 

[Emine]

My father is just 62 (his youngest sibling is 60). Their father was born in 1887, and their oldest great great grandparent was born in 1771.

They also have half-siblings (still living!) whose (probable) father was born in 1866, and whose oldest great great grandparent was born in 1762.

[Redroger]

What is the gap between yourself and your grandfather? In my case (see above) my grandfather was born around 1828, and his father born 1798.The gapbetween myself and my grandfather is 112 years. In effect I have two generations missing.

[coombs]

My great great aunty died in 1991 when I was 9. Her great grandad was born in 1777 so still not hard to beat.

Her grandad was born in 1813. He would have been 91 when she was born in 1904.

[Emine]

What is the gap between yourself and your grandfather? In my case (see above) my grandfather was born around 1828, and his father born 1798.The gapbetween myself and my grandfather is 112 years. In effect I have two generations missing.

Only 95 years, which isn't much as my father brought it down; he has 104 between him and his grandmother. My cousin must really hold the record though, as if his grandfather is who we believe, there is a gap of 116 years: 1866 to 1982.

[coombs]

Sorry to sound nosey, what month in 1982 were you born Emine? Mine is July that year.

The ancestor born in 1777 had a granddaughter born in 1877.

[Windsor87]

There is a living relative on my tree who was born in 1951.
Her mother was born in 1912.
Her father was born in 1841 (71 years old when the above was born).
His father was born in 1800.

Thats probably the best my tree can offer.

[Nick29]

What is the gap between yourself and your grandfather? In my case (see above) my grandfather was born around 1828, and his father born 1798.The gapbetween myself and my grandfather is 112 years. In effect I have two generations missing.

I was born in 1948.
My father was born in 1898.
My grandfather was born 1863.
My g. grandfather was born 1835.
My g.g. grandfather was born 1804.

So the gap between me and my grandfather is only 85 years. 

All the men from my grandfather backwards were bricklayers, whose life expectancy wasn't very good.  My dad died at the age of 85 - my g.g. grandfather only managed 57.