I'd like to start a thread which will answer several questions that most of us who are rather new might have. Here is the question -- "How long did your IRISH great-grandparents live to be?". Mine only lived into their late 60's, which in my opinion is way too short, and I would like to know why. How long did yours live to be, and why? What diseases/illinesses did they have? Please give full names, birth/death dates, last place lived, age at onset of disease, cause of death/age at death, and where buried. This range of questions might give clues to other newbies like me. Here's mine: JAMES JOSEPH RYAN, 6/16/1880 -- 12/11/1948, Woodhaven, Queens, NY - died of blood poisoning, & stroke at the age of 68, was age 67 when the blood poisoning struck. Buried at St. John's Cemetery in Queens, NY. Thank you very much, Cathy in Sunny Florida, Native of Brooklyn, NY Ongoing Surname Searches as of Jan. 2005 A U S T I N / BALLI N / D R I S C O L L / EZEKIEL F U L L E R / HRADEL K O Z I S K I / K U P E C Z M C L E N D O N / M U R P H Y / N A G L E / R U P P E R T / R Y A N S T E P H E N S / SOBOL / W I L L I A M S / W A L L A

Cathy The Irish grandfather lived 1903-1976. His cause of death was pneumonia which he contracted after a lower lobectomy for lung cancer. He died in the hospital out in California His mother lived to 1878-1955 cause of death heart disease, died New Haven CT She also smoked. His father 1864-1951, his cause of death was apoplexy. Died in RI Stefanie