Excellent, Nivard Despite frequent searches using different search entries, I missed this one. I just found it using no forename, Curtis surname, and down below Catherine no surname as parent. I note that what has usually been Gardiner is spelled Gardener here. I haven't yet come across a Curtis in this family named Benjamin; I'll have to watch for that name now, too. Many, many thanks for finding this record for me. As for the intergenerational-intervals article, granted its conclusions may not be easily extrapolated to our Irish Catholic populations of the 18th or 19th centuries, but it does caution that rule-of-thumb calculations using generation lengths should be considered gross estimates. Thanks again. PJ

I would go one step further and chuck the calculation in the bin :-) Its about as logical as saying that men married at 25 and women at 21 Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > As for the intergenerational-intervals article, granted its conclusions > may not be easily extrapolated to our Irish Catholic populations of the > 18th or 19th centuries, but it does caution that rule-of-thumb > calculations using generation lengths should be considered gross > estimates. > > Thanks again. > PJ