Bettye, A very good thought. Other things we need to remember in that time frame are... 1. On the average one in four children died before their first birthday. 2. Disease such as measles, typhus and diphtheria were often lethal, especially to the very young and elderly. 3. Children who died in infancy left gaps in the birth order, but often were unnamed or the names were lost with time. 4. If the husband went off to military service, or for other reasons, there could be a long gap. -- Loren <kycollja@midusa.net> {:-)> HOKC *))))) TSG, USAF, Retired >From Iola, in the rolling hills of SE Kansas

Someone please remove me from this mail list. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Loren J. Adams" <kycollja@midusa.net> To: <MAUPIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 7:48 PM Subject: [MAUPIN-L] Re: My opinion > Bettye, > > A very good thought. Other things we need to remember in that time > frame are... > > 1. On the average one in four children died before their first > birthday. > > 2. Disease such as measles, typhus and diphtheria were often lethal, > especially to the very young and elderly. > > 3. Children who died in infancy left gaps in the birth order, but > often were unnamed or the names were lost with time. > > 4. If the husband went off to military service, or for other reasons, > there could be a long gap. > > > -- > Loren <kycollja@midusa.net> > {:-)> HOKC > *))))) TSG, USAF, Retired > >From Iola, in the rolling hills of SE Kansas > > > > ==== MAUPIN Mailing List ==== > Please don't post private information about living people without permission. All posts are archives. To search RootsWeb list archives: > <http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/search.html> > > >