Besides politics, Religion played a part. People were told to Breed so there were more parishioners to pay for the Big Churches, and to keep the Clergy in luxury, while the pioneers suffered in their shacks. The English and the Scots brought Education, Schools, Roads, Trains to the New Lands. Catt On Fri 31/12/10 11:11 AM , Hcounter@aol.com sent: > And they married younger! Mine averaged 25-30 at marriages or at least > > first births. I was 29 for first child, my mother was 28, her mother 27, > > although her mother married at 16 she was 38 when she was born, her mother > > married at 21 but was 37 when she was born, her mother was 19 when married > > but 4 years older at her birth, her mother 21 and 24 at her birth. So > until > the really early 1800s, my women married late and then were one of the > > youngest children > > > > Makes a big difference in the number of possible generations. > > > > Annie in Minnesota > > > > > > In a message dated 12/31/2010 9:10:19 A.M. Central Standard Time, > > pamte > ssier@sympatico.ca writes: > > > Zowee! Lots of fun yet to be found in your trees! > > > > The only reason I have more grannies is that they were all French and we > > know how prolific they were. They had to populate a country.....and do > > it in a hurry before the English arrived! > > > > Pam > > > > ***************** > > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy > > > Simcoe Co. GenWeb at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > >