Whilst not disputing what you discovered, I do question whether it was even vaguely possible that a woman could bear 30 children by the time she was 43, unless all were multiple births. Easy way to find her... On ancestry, you dont need a name to search. I put in Female, Wife, born 1808, living Watford, and only 20 results came up. It should be easy to see whether any of them were publican's wives. You might have to try a few different years of birth. Hope this helps Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Stockdill" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 7:10 PM Subject: [HRT] Watford woman with 30 children in 1851 >I just came across the following fascinating item on a website that is > conducting a trial of online digitised newspapers from the British > Library..... > >>From Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, Dublin, April > 12 1851: > > "REMARKABLE FACT. There is now residing at Watford, in > Hertfordshire, the wife of a respectable licensed victualler, not more > than > forty-three years of age, who was safely delivered, on Monday last, of her > thirtieth child." > > As you can imagine, I am now very keen to find out who she was and if it > was true! However, no name is given. Grrrrrrr.....doesn't it make you want > to spit? > > Presumably, this lady must have figured in the 1851 census, which was > conducted only a few days before the birth of her 30th child. But how to > find her, that's the question? Simply entering Hertfordshire as the county > and Watford as the parish at Ancestry produces over 6,600 entries in the > 1851. And just calling up the June and Sep quarters of 1851 for births at > Watford in FreeBMD produces scores of results. > > Short of trawling through the lot and checking each name in the 1851 > census (and that is hours and hours of work), can anyone think of a quick > short cut to finding out who she was? Or, indeed, has anybody come > across this woman before? And yes, I've tried the Guinness Book of > Records websites and, no, she doesn't appear! > > Grateful for any suggestions. > > -- > Roy Stockdill > Professional genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer > Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: > www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html > > "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, > and that is not being talked about." > OSCAR WILDE > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.23.16/1427 - Release Date: 11/05/2008 13:08