General Chat

What year were your oldest GR (only 1 gr) grandparents born.
My eldest Gr grandfather born 1832 and eldest
Gr grandmother born 1837.
God I feel old LOL

Pat

My oldest great grandparent was born in 1840 so not far behind you, Pat.

Sue xx

Oh goodness two real oldies on here. Goes off to collect her zimmer frame.

Hmmm......excuse me, Miss Pat. Not so old thank you:-))

Sue xx

OK young Sue keep forgetting you are only 21 he he

Weeeellllll....not 21 but not 81 either. Seriously - my great grandad was 45 when my grandfather was born in 1885. Grandad married late and my dad was the youngest of four children. My dad was in his late 20's when I was born. My father's maternal grandfather was born in the same year as my paternal grandfather's eldest brother was born - 1866. Hope that makes sense.

Sue xx

My oldest G,Grandad was bapt. 25 Jul 1835 in Limerick City Limerick, Ireland. He was 43 or 44 when my grandmother was born 1879, in Aussie.

His wife,my Great Gran was bapt. 23 Aug 1840 in Mountmellick, Kilkenny, Ireland

There my eldest Greats in my tree.

Tony..:>))

Hello, Tony - did you get the bad storms in Victoria that were predicted?

Sue xx

My oldest Gt G/Parent was born in 1869 lolol

G'day Sue..:>))

Yes....we ( Melbourne ) got flooded this morning. Caused havoc for early morn traffic.

Wasnt as bad as a couple of weeks ago though. Hail stones as big as golf balls ripped through my decking roof ( sob )......Mrs new Corolla ( 4 months old ) roof looks like the craters on the moon. Not a happy girl.

Tony

Gt, grandfather was born in 1820 at Fife. but I'm not a Jock...lol

Well Julie I guess we all know you are a mere girl:-))

Tony hope you're ok - it's only a car:-)

Sue xx

Sue...i had to check i had gone back far enough

My Gt G/dad was nearly 40 when my G/Dad was born, then he was nearly 40 when my Mum was born & she was 25 when i was born

Foggy is winning at the moment.

The amazing thing I found is that my paternal grandfather was one of 17 children most of them boys but there are only a handful left to carry on the family name. If the boys that carry the name have girls then that's it.

Pat - does Foggy get a prize?

Sue xx

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

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 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

Hi

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

DL

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