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One family line iam researching had 21 children, 6 sets of twins, this was from the 1950's both parents died in 2007 and 2008.

Said in Newspaper article in 2007 that in 1965 they were listed in Guiness Book of Records as most sets of twins, and given International coverage. This was in Westport Co Mayo.

OH's gt grandfather was one of 20 children ................ all survived into adulthood.

However, less than half of them seem to have married


Most of the babies were born about 18 months apart, the first one only 5 months after the marriage ................. the mother was pregnant for most of 32 years


she died young, in her late 50s, of heart trouble :-(

I thought my grand aunt was a bit keen.......had three with her first husband and 7 with the second........married first time in march at 17 1st babe 25 December 2nd next 24th dec, third following january12 month....4th 1903,1904,1906(must've had a headache)1907,1910 another headache,1912,1914

Gosh Jax!!!!

I wondered why I didn't recognise most of the posters' names! :-D :-D :-D

It never occured to me to look at the date! :-S :-S :-S

Thanks for bringing that to my attention :-)

I wonder how many kids Debbie has had in the last 11 years :-S

Wonder if she is still looking in or at all interested 11 years later :-)

Hi Debbie

I think I have found the family on the Census'. I have a Platinum Subscription so I thought I'd look into it.

I have sent you a PM with the attached Census', in case you may be interested.

If anyone else would like them, please feel free to PM me.

Jem

People often joke that, when they've had a few kids, they could start a football team. That family had enough kids for 3 football teams. They could've been in a league of their own. :-)

one of my best friends at school
her nan had 21 kids all girls
and all names after flowers :-D

lololol makes my late FIL who was one of 20 children a child from a small family :-D

Christina did you spot the date of this thread - 2004

I have just come across this family in the Westmorland Gazette, April 25 1857 where there is a copy of an announcement of her 12th set of twins, in Chester, a girl and a boy - which together with other births totalled 32 children at that time.

If my memory is correct this is mentioned by the guide on the Chester city bus tour and their graves are in the local cemetery. Linda

I think My Echo has an email address so I might try and email them and ask them. I will let you know if I recieve a reply. Debbie

do tell me if I'm getting carried away. The poor exhausted woman???.... Marriages Jun 1839 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CRANE  Thomas    Great Boughton  19 21   EVANS  Margaret    Great Boughton  19 21   GREGORY  Thomas    Gt. Boughton  19 21   JONAS  John    Great Boughton  19 21   KEARSLEY  Mary    Great Boughton  19 21   LARGE  Hannah    Gt. Boughton  19 21

right - I think I have two of them in the 1881:  (this first one would be his son??) William JONAS   Head   M   Male   31   Chester, Cheshire, England   Plumber      Emma JONAS   Wife   M   Female   33   Chester, Cheshire, England         Emma JONAS   Daur      Female   9   Chester, Cheshire, England   Scholar      Mary A. JONAS   Daur      Female   7   Chester, Cheshire, England   Scholar      William JONAS   Son      Male   5   Chester, Cheshire, England   Scholar   Mabel JONAS   Daur      Female   3   Chester, Cheshire, England         John J. JONAS   Son      Male   2 m   Chester, Cheshire, England         Alfred FURNESS   Nephew   U   Male   15   Chester, Cheshire, England   Apprentice Plumber     ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 96 Foregate St, Chester St John Baptist, Cheshire, England (and this would be the prolific Mr jonas himself)  John JONAS   Head   M   Male   66   Chester   Furniture Broker      Mary JONAS   Wife   M   Female   67   Gresford, Denbigh, Wales   Saleswoman ...      Martha JONAS   Dau   U   Female   30   Chester   Servant      Eliza CALLAN   Dau   M   Female   23   Chester   Furniture Saleswoman      Henry JONAS   Son   U   Male   23   Chester   Furniture Salesman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 65 Foregate St, Chester St John Baptist, Cheshire, England obviously I'm making a lot of assumptions here. I wonder could we contact the newspaper and see if the piece they reprinted referred to a death or if it was just a piece about the man  

Well done to you Zoe that looks like a few sets of twins there. perhaps the paper article meant he John Jonas had died in 1904. So the dates of the children you found would probably be about right. I wish there was someone researching them I would love to know if twins carried on in the family. Debbie

If I remember rightly the person with the most children in this country was a Mrs Mott and she had 46 children around 1670s to 1720s. The person with the most in the world was a Russian woman with 64 or 68 I think. I saw it on TV yesterday. Lindsey