General Chat

I have an Alpha Mitchell bc 1838 yes I can track her through her years until death in 1908 and I have her in 1841 with Thomas and Ann but where is her baptism.

meanwhile who calls their daughter Alpha ??

Someone who thinks they are 'Educated' enough to know the Greek for One/the first? Was their next child named Beta? ;-)

There are quite a number of Alpha Mitchells on Ancestry, some with mother's name Alpha. it seems that it's not an unusual christian name.

I see 3 births on FreeBMD, 1845, 1883 and 1893 but can't see one on the 1841 census.

the same ones who call their 7th son Septimus :-D


or OH's ancestors who gave their youngest daughter the name Vicesima??

It apparently is Latin for 1/20th ................ and she was their 20th child

Sylvia if it were my 20th child I'd call it quits ;-)

Rose........ :-D :-D :-D

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she did!!!!!!

Vicesima was the last


Unfortunately Mama died about 6 years later ................ chronic disease of the heart :-0

Is it any wonder????

I reckon she was pregnant or nursing for over 30 years .............. she married in December 1831, first child (a son) born May 1832 ;-) , and last one Vicesima in May 1860

and, they all survived to adulthood

She died just about 3 weeks after Papa had died, so the older ones had to look after the younger ones.

Number 7 child, OH's gt grandfather, was the "lucky" one to take on the farm and any of the younger ones who were still at home. He did have a couple of sisters who were old enough to take charge of the 3 youngest. There were 8 of his siblings living with him on the 1871 Census.

One of my ex's names is Gaius.
It was a family name, through the generations.

Now, one of my grandsons has it as a first name :-D

I know it's not numerical or alphabetical - but it's unusual!!!

I made a slip with her year date it´s 1828 not 38. She wasn´t their 1st child (if she was theirs) as there is 7 before her.