[Magdalen] parochialism

[Jay Weigel]

My 4x-great-grandmother, Anna Seitz Huddle, had 18(!) children and raised
15 of them past infancy. She lost 2 in the first year of their lives and
another before the age of 5. A fourth died fairly young, in the teens, I
believe, but I don't have that information handy. I once remarked to my
mother (I was very pregnant at the time), "She must have never seen her
feet after she had that first one!" and my mother said, "And I bet she
thought there was no other style of dress but Mother Hubbards!" Still, I
have to admire her. She was one tough lady. She and her husband Benjamin
originally lived not too far from where I live now, but in 1828, with a
number of other families, followed her oldest brother, a German Baptist
preacher, to Ohio, where they settled in Seneca County.

I am related to Bonnie Kroll of big-Ang via Benjamin's grandfather.

On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 8:17 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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>
> In a message dated 7/7/2016 12:43:49 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> sally.davies at gmail.com writes:
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> My  paternal gp both from large families, but maternal gp one of two and
> an
> only child. Parents each one of three. None of it to do with  contraceptive
> tablets....which sadly are not necessarily compatible with a  full and
> happy
> sex life for women. They can take the pleasure away just  like that, and it
> may not come  back.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> I'm speculating that my maternal grandmother, who died at 42 of a
> pregnancy related infection in pre-antibiotic days, was probably
> continuously pregnant from the time of her wedding in her early
> 20's to the time of her untimely death.  She left behind a  number
> of small children, including my Aunt Gladys, who was just a year old.
>
> She had ten pregnancies resulting in viable children (my aunts and
> uncles and my mother) and a whole raft of miscarriages.
>
>
>
> David Strang
>