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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER

20, 1937.

RARITIES OF HUMAN LIFE

the

Williams.

DOTT.

Beatty, of Drumcondra, were malea, Her married life lasted PERHAPS the most extraordinary Thomas

coincidence un record concerns near Dublin. This remarkable man less than nineteen years. On cleven Hugh Willams. On at the age of 102 walked as upright different octations, in the course of man in his prime and had not nine years, triplets were born 433 December 6, 1604, a boat with 81us a

single tooth, His eldest babies in nine years), while on three passengers Rank while crossing the Jost Mena Strait. One man only cs-surviving child was a son aged 73, occasions four boys were announced, caped, and his name was Hugh while his youngest was just newly and once there were four boys and one girl. The other twelve children On December 3, 1785, exactly 121 While on the subject of family were spread over seven years, and In Galiela in 1894 the very rare, years afterwards, another boat sink longevity, we may mention a family came in ones and twos only.

There were eight At the same place and under the named Barber.

130 not unique, event occurred of

and daughter,

grand- same clrcumstances. On board were children of the marriage, of whom

3r mother, 60 passengers, of whom all but one five had died at the time of was drowned. His name was Hugh record. Their ages were 75, 82, 62, daughter each giving birth to a son

'on the same day. while 80. 01, the three still living Williams.

Another curious human record was were respectively 80, 82, and 102j $5 these eight children lived between given in 1840 by Dr. Field, Bishop of them 700 years, and three of them Newfoundland. He mentioned that the saw, in a Osherman's home, seven

females. were still alive,

The

On the 5th of August 1820 just such another accident happened at the same place. This time there were 25 passengers on board, and again only

A record of 1914 is that of a hale generations, one escape, and his name was Hugh Wuliana! This is not hearty. Methusalch of his youngest was a newly-born intent, father died at 98 and his grandfather its mother being only twelve years hard feet and not fiction. 14

Some thirty years ago a baby wasjat 101. Of his father's brothers and of age. The grandmother was 26, great-great-great- was the sisters, four died at an average age and so upwards, while the age (or born in Indinun, whe fourteenth daughter of the fourteenth of 13. two were still living, aged 86 youth) of the daughter of a fourteenth daughter, and 90. This makes a record of 813 Frandmother was such that she quite reasonably expected to tee an eighth That such a record should carry years for nine lives.

Swins

need not necessarily be generation before her ninetieth year. direct through three

Five lving generations in generations

Two women, of was absolutely unprecedented-it

the same family.

descent are met with comparative Delaunay, not merely the fourteenth child but by name Casseron and

frequency; six is an extreme rarity. at 1870 Lagard, who died about the fourteenth daughter.

of the near Rochelle, were born on the same have only one such record, from Massachusetts, the oldest member The eleventh daughter

on the on the being 92 and the youngest mother eleventh daughter of the eleventh day look first communion 27daughter was born to Mr. nuci Mrs. same day; were betrothed

Silna Jackson, of Lawrenceburg, samme day; wern married, gave birth being 15. Indiana, In June 1913. This makes to a child, in each case a daughter; 1131 giris in a straight line of descent were widowed, died, and were buried, without the birth of e boy. It all on the rame day in each ense. worth noting that both these records come from the same State, Indiana. Long-Lived Families

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How hale and hearty an old man may be is proved by the record of

62 Children in 13 Years

A Century Married

Diamond weddings are considered

of sufficient Interest to be worth mention In the papers, but a couple

An Italian lady. Mrs. Maddalena' who spent over 100 years of married Nocera, life together present a remarkable Granatta, who lived near

The record of this marriage is an some twelve miles from Naples, gave record. birth to 62 children, of whomcial one, and it look place in May

1794. They were

4 Hungarian couple, and at that time proof of age had to be given, the husband having to he 20 and the wife 15 years of age at least. So when the unique cete- bration of the hundredth anniversary have took place this couple must been at least 120 and 115 years of nge. Not a single relation of either

UNFORTUNATE NAMES

A

LATE relation of mine said that

he would subscribe regularly to

I remember reading some time

"Clergyman Marries

heading.

a certain hospital for incurables It Servant Girl." Without feeling anys alive at the time. This in itself

that institution would change its tille.

unfortunate

such to bealow upon

who "Abandon hope all ye

This is certainly an

zintne

here" air.

the mailer, snobbishness about could not help thinking how rather was a unique record also.

Early

1014 the wife of a Lan degrading the sentence made things.

I believe this interval of time is unique, yet there is another curious erratic. ense, perhaps even more

Yet nobody seems to be able to cashire working man gave birth to an find a satisfactory substitute. Even a son. Six weeks later a twin sister enter competitions in regard to the matter was born. This caused much legal have not produced a word or words trouble under the maternity clause Hut, everywhere one turns, one that have caught the imagination of of the National Insurance Act. finds unfortunate names and ties. either the public or the girls chiefly

their concerned. curse must Some persong surmunes. Many are ludicrous or rude. Others call for course Jests. For obvious reasons, these cannot be

And while on the subject of the particularly designated here.

Some, of course, are very ating public, could not something bed 1900, and the second child soon after

the trades to replace the expression "public- especially in regard to

Renaming the "Pub"

There is a case of twins who were legally born in different centuries. One child was born a little before midnight on the 31st of December

In which their bearers work or work-house?" There is something definite-midnight-legally in the next ed. But this does not make them ly offensive about it. It brings into tury.

who own about "the trade" and the

centres

for

their

cen-

Another difficulty cropped up some

any the less unfortunate from the the mind all sorts of unfair thoughts The Second was First! point of view of those

to which people resort them.

upon humble drink. Then the names bestowed residences are often both ridiculous? and unfortunate. What can be more silly than calling a small bungalow or villa Something a-Other Castle? "Castles" in Plenty

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17 A Royal fruit (7),

19 A hindrance to

(7).

getting going

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ence near it (5).

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Of course past associations have years ago when two boys were born a good deal to do with this. But, just before and just after the change re- from "Summer Time" in the autumn. quite apart from this, the fact mains that there is something de- Owing to the hour's alteration of the

nice finitely not

about "pabile-clocks the second boy was legally house,"

born before the first!

Two brothers, the only children of

Hotel is a much better word, but it The number of Dalmoral Castics is not applicable to all licensed pre-the marriage, were born nearly 52 very mises. Why not use "buffel" as [years apart. This was in Styria, the great, I was rather amused to furt description for "pubs?" It has a first boy being born early in 1701

Some places and the

second (and only other in one aren that the "big house" was dignified ring about it,

Why not all?

child) late In 1812. The second of named just plain-House, after the employ it now.

There is an unfortunate muddle these children was alive in 1991 (the district, while a tiny dwelling in a nentby street was designated Castle! between high servants of the State--death the record). 130 years after

The Hill Views" and "Sen-View curious, is it not, that "servant" the death of his only brother.

In Petersburg not many years aro that get a glimpse of neither water sounds quite well in this case-und

It is absurd that both a mother aged 84 Kave birth to nor heights must be multitudinous. clergymen.

makes should be known as ministers, with twins. In Brooksfield, Maine, abruf 11 is a strange conceit that

in

such a capital "M" for the former as the the some time, a baby whose grand- people name their homes

mother was only 27 was born. a fashion. Of course, some tenants distinctive differentiation.

Charles Platt,

or new owners have them

thrust It would not be a bad idea if we

-up them from previous occupiers, all had a good look round in order But by no means all

to clean up some of the unfortunate ja names and titles in use. Such n From Uime to time there hurricane of protest against the use process might 1 in well with the of the expressley "servant girl."new world which we are assured is There is certainly something being prepared by our hardworking derogatory about it. What exactly politiclans and others. is, it is hard to say.

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