Gay O'Neill wrote: > Hi Sarah, > my grandmother had 19 children in South Australia in the 1880's. > She was a Cornwall girl.. There were triplets and twins.. none of > those babies lived but at least 10 of her children did survive.. what > a hero of mine. She even moved a few times.. and then came out to > Western Australia and ended up in Kalgoorlie which was our gold mining > boom town - that is where she is buried. My great grandparents on my father's side had 18 children, no twins as far as I'm aware, and as far as I know, they all lived to a ripe old age. Phew! Exhausting! Lila. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * An Fhirinne in aghaidh an tSaoil - The Truth Against the World