I went to my local family history centre today to look through some parish records - was actually looking for my great grandmother on my dad's maternal side, but instead found a further 4 children to my great grandparents on my dad's paternal side, one of which I knew about, but didn't know birth or death dates, the others neither I nor my father knew anything about.
The first one Jane Ann was born 2 months after my great grandparents married, she died aged 19 months; 3 months before their second child Thomas was born (he survived - only to be killed in the first world war). Their third child Dick was born 18 months after Thomas and also survived. Their fourth child Harry lived 22 months and died the same month their fifth child Elizabeth was born. She died 21 months after this and 6 months before their sixth child, Elizabeth Ann was born. She survived and so did their seventh child, George, however their eighth child, Harry survived 19 months and died in the same month his grandmother did (they were buried together, in a mass grave), His mother had died 3 months previously, giving birth to a ninth child who was still born and she bled to death through a placental abduction.
My great grandad went on to marry again, and have a further 2 sons.
Finding all this out this afternoon made me feel quite sad, certainly for the children, but also for my great grandma, having nine children in eleven years and dying because of this.
The first one Jane Ann was born 2 months after my great grandparents married, she died aged 19 months; 3 months before their second child Thomas was born (he survived - only to be killed in the first world war). Their third child Dick was born 18 months after Thomas and also survived. Their fourth child Harry lived 22 months and died the same month their fifth child Elizabeth was born. She died 21 months after this and 6 months before their sixth child, Elizabeth Ann was born. She survived and so did their seventh child, George, however their eighth child, Harry survived 19 months and died in the same month his grandmother did (they were buried together, in a mass grave), His mother had died 3 months previously, giving birth to a ninth child who was still born and she bled to death through a placental abduction.
My great grandad went on to marry again, and have a further 2 sons.
Finding all this out this afternoon made me feel quite sad, certainly for the children, but also for my great grandma, having nine children in eleven years and dying because of this.
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