MAJOR geezer breeder
Posted by cfdavep
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Re: MAJOR geezer breeder December 24, 2015 |
Oh, I’ve got one for ya. And it's in my own family.
I guess this is a case of "it's hilarious when it's your own."
Researching my family tree, I came upon a man by the name of Israel Hilton Buker, born 1756, died 1848. The old fart was 92 when he cacked.
When I clicked on Ancestry.com's relationship calculator, it listed him as my gggg-grandfather. That's four "greats." I was like "wut? waitaminit, that can't be right. That's too close to me; other people born in that time have more "greats" in front of the relationship - at least 6 or 7. There should be more generations between me and Israel. What the heck is going on here?"
Looking at him in more detail, I saw that he married a woman named Bathsheba in 1784, when he was 28. That's kind of late, but he had spent 8 years serving in the military - which is kind of unusual. He and Bathsheba had 10 kids. By 1816, Bathsheba wasn't around and Israel took himself another wife. He was 60, but that's typical, most men of that age didn't stay widowers (I found later that he just up and left Bathsheba; she died several years after their separation.) With his second wife - Sally - he had 8 more kids. That's where I was scratching my head. If he married at 60 and fathered a second family, how old was his second wife? When I looked up her date of birth, I said "oh shiiiit" and started laughing. Sally was a 24-year-old widow with two kids when she became Mrs. Israel Buker. That's a 36 year spread in age.
Over the next 19 years, Israel and Sally produced eight kids. The last one was born in 1835, when Israel was 78 and Sally was 42.
I typically call at least one of my siblings to given them updates on the family tree. I especially do so when I come across juicy information like this, but when I got my sister on the phone, I was so sputtering with laughter, I merely said "oh nutz. Just check your FB page. This is hilarious."
We can't really castigate the guy, his fourth child with Sally is the line from which we descend, born when Israel was 66. Still, in an inner monologue, I could only say "oh, Grandpa. Ewwwww."
I guess this is a case of "it's hilarious when it's your own."
Researching my family tree, I came upon a man by the name of Israel Hilton Buker, born 1756, died 1848. The old fart was 92 when he cacked.
When I clicked on Ancestry.com's relationship calculator, it listed him as my gggg-grandfather. That's four "greats." I was like "wut? waitaminit, that can't be right. That's too close to me; other people born in that time have more "greats" in front of the relationship - at least 6 or 7. There should be more generations between me and Israel. What the heck is going on here?"
Looking at him in more detail, I saw that he married a woman named Bathsheba in 1784, when he was 28. That's kind of late, but he had spent 8 years serving in the military - which is kind of unusual. He and Bathsheba had 10 kids. By 1816, Bathsheba wasn't around and Israel took himself another wife. He was 60, but that's typical, most men of that age didn't stay widowers (I found later that he just up and left Bathsheba; she died several years after their separation.) With his second wife - Sally - he had 8 more kids. That's where I was scratching my head. If he married at 60 and fathered a second family, how old was his second wife? When I looked up her date of birth, I said "oh shiiiit" and started laughing. Sally was a 24-year-old widow with two kids when she became Mrs. Israel Buker. That's a 36 year spread in age.
Over the next 19 years, Israel and Sally produced eight kids. The last one was born in 1835, when Israel was 78 and Sally was 42.
I typically call at least one of my siblings to given them updates on the family tree. I especially do so when I come across juicy information like this, but when I got my sister on the phone, I was so sputtering with laughter, I merely said "oh nutz. Just check your FB page. This is hilarious."
We can't really castigate the guy, his fourth child with Sally is the line from which we descend, born when Israel was 66. Still, in an inner monologue, I could only say "oh, Grandpa. Ewwwww."
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