RichardB Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 Extract from http://www.my-history.co.uk/Extra_info/FH%...ite/fam174.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sheffield Mercury 10 August 1822 Entry in Sheffield Mercury 10 August 1822. Although the name is not mentioned other evidence indicates the following entry relates to JONATHAN BEARDSHAW of the Ball Inn - Hawley Croft "Yesterday afternoon, a respectable couple, inhabitants of this town, presented their EIGHTH AND TWENTIETH CHILD at the batismal font of the Parish Church. They have been married about 20 years, and the mother has been delivered of a child every succeding ten months. A very respectable surgeon in this town can bear testimony to this fact, having himself attended her at every birth except one, and on this occasion he happened to be away from home. There have been no twins, and the eldest and youngest are the only children now living." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted May 3, 2007 Author Share Posted May 3, 2007 http://www.my-history.co.uk/Extra_info/FH%20Website/ One of my sisters used to work here ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted July 10, 2008 Author Share Posted July 10, 2008 No television back then ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted April 23, 2010 Author Share Posted April 23, 2010 Any bigger families known ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Any bigger families known ? Not a bigger family but a bigger baby 13lb 15 oz http://www.thestar.co.uk/headlines/Stone-me-Is-Harry-South.6248520.jp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Not a bigger family but a bigger baby 13lb 15 oz http://www.thestar.co.uk/headlines/Stone-me-Is-Harry-South.6248520.jp Our Christmas turkey weighed less than that ! :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted April 23, 2010 Author Share Posted April 23, 2010 Not a bigger family but a bigger baby 13lb 15 oz http://www.thestar.c...outh.6248520.jp I was born "full size" - five foot eleven and three quarters, eighteen and a half stone - one hell of a shock for my Mother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest suzy Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Not a bigger family but a bigger baby 13lb 15 oz http://www.thestar.co.uk/headlines/Stone-me-Is-Harry-South.6248520.jp Making my eyes water just thinking about it : there is no way that would have been like shelling peas :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest suzy Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Extract from http://www.my-history.co.uk/Extra_info/FH%...ite/fam174.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sheffield Mercury 10 August 1822 Entry in Sheffield Mercury 10 August 1822. Although the name is not mentioned other evidence indicates the following entry relates to JONATHAN BEARDSHAW of the Ball Inn - Hawley Croft "Yesterday afternoon, a respectable couple, inhabitants of this town, presented their EIGHTH AND TWENTIETH CHILD at the batismal font of the Parish Church. They have been married about 20 years, and the mother has been delivered of a child every succeding ten months. A very respectable surgeon in this town can bear testimony to this fact, having himself attended her at every birth except one, and on this occasion he happened to be away from home. There have been no twins, and the eldest and youngest are the only children now living." Poor woman, producing a child every 10 months I hate to use this phrase, but it seems appropriate in this case : she must have spent most of her life on her back and been completely and utterly exhausted. How sad, after all that, that on the day in question only the eldest and youngest were alive :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Making my eyes water just thinking about it : there is no way that would have been like shelling peas To use a biblical quote it would be like passing a camel through the eye of a needle :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest suzy Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 To use a biblical quote it would be like passing a camel through the eye of a needle Ouch and double ouch!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukelele lady Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Is everyone else suffering the same problem? This is the only post I can seem to get on all the others just say sheffield history driver error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 Is everyone else suffering the same problem? This is the only post I can seem to get on all the others just say sheffield history driver error. Same problem here (and with Steve), it is, however, a very interesting and informative posting (for about two minutes) ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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