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My great-grandparents are an interesting mixture - the eldest (mum's maternal grandad) was born in 1860 but the youngest (dad's maternal grandma) wasn't born until 1893.

The biggest age gap I've got between my great-grandparents as couples is between my mum's maternal grandparents (eight years and five months) and the smallest is between her paternal grandparents (eighteen months).

My g grandparents were born 1840 one side and 1855 the other

I have a birthday card written to me by my great aunts who were born in 1881 and 1882. They were the sisters of my grandfather. Now I feel old:-))

Sue xx

Most of mine were born 1850'/60's

However, my Dad's Grandfather was baptised 17th Jul 1836...No DOB though. His wife was born in 1845.

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Of the ones I've been able to find, 1842 is the earliest.
Another was baptised towards the end of 1843, but I've never found a date of birth for him.

Gwyn

Both my paternal grt grandparents were born in 1830

xx

1891 gt grfather was born and 1897 gt grmother.


George

My eldest great grandparent was only born in 1893 and his wife in 1897. The other set of great grandparents were born in 1919 and 1920.

My grandfather was born in 1918 meaning my paternal grandfather is older than my maternal great grandparents.

My eldest G/grandfather b 1833

Eldest G/grandmother b 1835

SylviaG

Round about 1860s and 1870s. Seems really strange now, that I actually knew one of them, that it was so long ago they were born.

They are all clustered around the early 1850's, with my Mum's Mum's Mum being the eldest, born in 1850.

I'm feelng positively juvenile. My eldest great-grand was born right at the end of 1851. (The others were all born in the 1860s.)

Interesting pattern in many of these posts -- I too am from his second marriage, and my grandfather was his youngest child, born when my gr-grf was 50 -- almost to the day, I hadn't really thought about that before! And that gr-grf also outlived all the others. Huh!

My oldest great grandparent was born in 1852

My mother was born when my grandmother was age 50.....no IVF then....a natural birth.

My great granfather was born 1821,Great grandma was born 1822.

My dad was nearly 60 when I was born..

My eldest Great Grandfather was born in 1840,in Fiji,the eldest son of an
English Methodist missionary.

My oldest Great Grandmother was born in 1848,on the Murray River near Benalla,Vic.,Australia.

Mine were born in the 1860's. I have it in the back of my mind that I met my Gt. Grandfather when I was a child, but distant cousins say I couldn't have. Maybe their minds are as vague as mine, but I can swear I went into his house several times, and saw him sitting in his chair. That would have to have been in the late 1950's, very early 60's.
I suppose if I had his dod, I would know for sure.
Julia in Derbyshire

Hi

My oldest one was born in 1860 my youngest one one was born in 1916 and she is still alive

DL

My Surname has had it now as my Dad had 1 Brother who had no children & i have 1 brother who had a daughter

Then saying that we feel our Surname isn't what we thought it was anyways....though my Dads mum married Mr X we think she had her Children with Mr Y & gave them Mr X's surname cos she was married to him lolol


On my Dads side my oldest Gt G/Parent was born in 1852

Sue he goes to the top of the class. With a GR grandparent born 1820 he must be the oldest on here so I have to respect him. Mom taught me to respect my elders see.

My eldest greatgrandfather was born 1848 was 46 when my grandad was born 1894 he in turn was 42 when mum was born 1936 then me 1962

Edit should add greatgrandad was on his second marriage
Ray