Just to add my two cents worth, my grandfather Dale Derrington Whitney died just three month short of 100. His lineage is Charles Fremont, Charles, Timothy Holt, Richard, Israel, Ebenezer, Richard, John and Elinor. Maurice Fowler Whitney 67 still kicking Dale Dyment Whitney 90 Dale Derrington Whitney 99 Charles Leon Whitney 102 Brother of Dale Jay Wallace Whitney 101 Brother of Dale Ralph Eugene Whitney 87 Brother of Dale Horace Glen Whitney 80+ Brother of Dale Charles Fremont Whitney 85 Charles Whitney 64 killed by a Tornado in Kansas Timothy Holt Whitney 82 Maurice Fowler Whitney Sherwood Arkansas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miles Fowler" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 3:10 PM Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Longevity > Many of us Whitney descendants seem to have bragging rights regarding > long-lived ancestors. I cannot resist jumping in. Looking at my data, I > realize that along many lines I have birth years without the year of > death. Hmm, there's a project for the new year. > Where I do have data on life spans, there are some impressive ones. Jabez > Whitney (November 1767 - April 1849) lived to be 81. His second wife Sally > lived to be about 59. Their son William was 72 when he died. His wife, a > Peabody, lived to be 93. Their daughter Flora died at age 82. Her ten > children, born between 1880 and 1903, lived to be the following ages: 1) > 35; 2) 79; 3) 79; 4) 75; 5) 89; 6) 89; 7) 82; 8) 1; 9) 79; 10) 94. The > tenth child was my grandmother. Her daughter, my mother, died at age 67, > but her brother and only sibling is alive and well at 70. > Of course, those born in the 1880s or later are a real watershed > generation as far as longevity is concerned: if they lived past World War > I, very often they lived well past any life-expectancy they would have > been given by the contemporary experts at their births because of the > advances in sanitation and medicine made during the twentieth century. In > other words, the population of octogenarians, nonagenarians, et cetera, > increased dramatically in the late twentieth century, and Flora's children > were in that generation. > > Miles Fowler > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Sent via the WebMail system at mail.nexet.net > > > > > >