Hi,
I am an only child and I've tried to remember our neighborhood all those years ago. I think that there was another 'only', and two couples without children, but the rest of the households had 2 or 3 or more childen
Looking at my extended family who married in the 1920s to mid 1950s, I have quite a few with no offspring, and lots with only one. I know that there can be medical reasons; I have considered emigration, but I am now finding deaths for the older generation in the same area in which they were born. I'm going on name and age and ignoring all the Fred Smiths.
My query is - was this an era when there were smaller families in general, or was it that my lot were a bit odd?
Any ideas?
As an afterthought, we Colonials may have had more sustenace than those in the UK, thereby breeding better.
SS
I am an only child and I've tried to remember our neighborhood all those years ago. I think that there was another 'only', and two couples without children, but the rest of the households had 2 or 3 or more childen
Looking at my extended family who married in the 1920s to mid 1950s, I have quite a few with no offspring, and lots with only one. I know that there can be medical reasons; I have considered emigration, but I am now finding deaths for the older generation in the same area in which they were born. I'm going on name and age and ignoring all the Fred Smiths.
My query is - was this an era when there were smaller families in general, or was it that my lot were a bit odd?
Any ideas?
As an afterthought, we Colonials may have had more sustenace than those in the UK, thereby breeding better.
SS
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