Great-Grandfather born in the 1700s, anyone?

Geeze. That's amazing. And I thought my family was full of late-bloomers. I've got some strange things jumping around the family tree, but not that one.

I wish genealogical programs could have "weird statistics" as a menu item...

Happy hunting. At least you have less people to document for a given time period...

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I was born in 1969.

Mom in 1945.

Her mother in 1919 and her father in 1918

Her mother's parents in 1887 and 1890

Her father's parents in 1883 and 1886

My dad born in 1942

His mother in 1917 (his father's side of the family is unknown).

His mother's parents in 1893 and 1895

I have to go back to my 4th great-grandparents on both sides before I start to find anyone born in the 1700's.

Everyone alive today would have had a great grandparent (how many greats would vary) born in the 1700s unless they were hatched from an egg.

Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 about Ida L Zenor Name: Ida L Zenor Birth Year: abt 1874 Birth Place: Adair Gender: Female Race: White Census Date: 1895 Residence State: Iowa Residence County: Adair Locality: Stuart Roll: IA1885_284 Line: 2 Family Number: 97 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Grafton Zenor 27 Ida L Zenor 21 Nina B Zenor 1 Nettie E Zenor 25 --------------------------------------... 1900 United States Federal Census about Ida L Zenos Name: Ida L Zenos [Ida L Zenor] Home in 1900: Walnut, Polk, Iowa [Polk, Iowa] Age: 26 Birth Date: Sep 1873 Birthplace: Iowa Race: White Gender: Female Relationship to Head of House: Wife Father's Birthplace: England Mother's Birthplace: Iowa Mother: number of living children: 4 Mother: How many children: 4 Spouse's name: Grafton W Zenos Marriage Year: 1893 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 7 Occupation: View on Image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Grafton W Zenos 32 Ida L Zenos 26 Bessie Zenos 6 Mamie Zenos 5 Eva Zenos 2 Ruby Zenos 9/12 Nettie Zenos 30 Frank Clay 24 boarder b Iowa father b Eng mother b Iowa --------------------------------------... 1880 United States Federal Census about Ida L. Clay Name: Ida L. Clay Home in 1880: Lincoln, Adair, Iowa Age: 6 Estimated birth year: abt 1874 Birthplace: Iowa Relation to head-of-household: Dau (Daughter) Father's name: Henry Clay Father's birthplace: New York Mother's name: Jane Clay Mother's birthplace: Iowa Neighbors: View others on page Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Female Cannot read/write: Blind: Deaf and dumb: Otherwise disabled: Idiotic or insane: View image Household Members: Name Age Henry Clay 43 Jane Clay 28 Bert H. Clay 8 Frank J. Clay 4 Ida L. Clay 6 Mary E. Clay 1m

Okey dokey, I was born in 1943, my Mom in 1901, her Mom in 1860. On my Dad's side, that far back, an ancestor was born BEFORE the Revolutionary War and died AFTER the Civil War. (His brother was born DURING the Revolutionary War, cannot find out when or where he died.)

Ain't it great???

Yes, I have huge generations on my mom's side. I am 1949; mother 1909, her father in 1840s, and I don't have his parents identified. My mother was the youngest child of his 2nd marriage, and he died when she was less than 2 yrs old.

Helps to know that you can't make assumptions on anything in research.

Here's mine: do 4th & 5th great-grandfathers count??

Thomas COSTON was born ABT 1662--6th great-grandfather

William COSTON b: ABT 1700 --5th Great-grandfather

Ebenezer COSTON (my mother's maiden name)--4th Great-grandfather

Birth: 1736 in England (fought in American Revolution; our side)

Death: 1830 in Steuben Co. NY

Bishop COSTON --3rd Great-grandfather

Birth: ABT 1760

Death: 23 Jan 1847 Yorkshire, NY

Augustus Bishop Coston-- 2nd Great-grandfather

Birth: 13 NOV 1822 in New York

Death: 3 FEB 1908 in King Grove, Missouri

Eugene Alonzo Coston --Great-grandfather

Birth: 28 APR 1865 in MO

Death: abt 1920

Charles Lloyd Coston--My grandfather

Birth: July 8, 1909

Died: Oct. 12, 1991-- My grandma, Sarah Etta (Johnson) Coston, was born 7-17-1907 & d. 12-31-1991. They'd been married 63 years. She was one of 12 children who survived out of 13, as were each of her parents.

Then comes my Mom (b. 1930), and then me (b. 1948). :)

My 9th ggrandparents were born in 1630.

My grandfather was born in 1868, thats all I know.