Largest family you have found

[LizzieL]

A few days ago, Britain's largest family announced the birth of their 19th child

http://www.theradfordfamily.co.uk/

They've now just beaten the largest family I have in my tree.

My couple had produced 18 children according to the 1911 census, but 5 had died by census day.
In 1911, they had been married 29 years, the husband was 51 and the wife 49.

That's an average of one child every 19.33 months.

What is your largest family and production rate.

 

[healyjfch]

The largest family in my tree is only 14, they were born from 1877 to 1898
 But I know a family that had 3 sets of twins in four and a half years.  The children were born in the 1990s

[3sillydogs]

The largest one so far in my tree is 13 children born between 1872-1889, which works out to a child every 1.3 years 7 of which died within a few months of their births...

[Treetotal]

Mine is my Grandma who had 13 Children from 1908 - 1930 including twins who died in early infancy.
Carol

[Jomot]

I have a few large families, although some are across two wives. 

The highest number I have to one couple is 16, of which 2 died in infancy.  The 1911 census shows 12 people aged from 4-50 living in a two-up-two-down.   Six of them, including the father, worked down the mines, so I can only imagine the workload the poor wife/mother must have had with only one other female in the household old enough to help.

The biggest in total is my GG Grandfather who had at least 19 children, although I still have certs to buy for 3 more possibles.  So far I have 10 confirmed children with his first wife, although only 3 survived infancy.  She died in Jan 1872 & he remarried later the same year, with wife No 2 producing the first of her 9 children within a year of wife No 1's death.

[pharmaT]

The largest I have so far is 18 children born over roughly 18 months between each on average but there was 10 months between 2 of them.  Must have spent almost her entire adult life either pregnant or with a new born.

[Deirdre784]

My great grandparents had 13 children between 1879 and 1900; sadly 6 died before their first birthday and 2 as young adults. My dad had no idea that his mother was part of such a large family.

[Little Nell]

Reportedly, 32 children over a period of 28 years, including at least one set of twins.  Many of them died young but a fair number reached adulthood.

The mother survived her husband by 14 years, living until 1790.  The couple married in 1725.

Nell

[Andrew Tarr]

A few days ago, Britain's largest family announced the birth of their 19th child 

Personally I can't understand why on earth they continue - it must be an addiction.  I believe they are a self-supporting family, which is an achievement in itself, but they don't seem to read the papers, or consider the real world.