RECORD CLAIMED
!M GRANDCHILDREN Mr E. B. Gaston, of Adelaide, claims that his late parents had a record number of grandchildren for Australia-—94. Mr Gaston's father was 18 and his mother 17 when they married. They had 13 children of whom 10 are alive. Mr Gaston's father brought up that family on his wages as a wood carter. All children married and had iamilies. A daughter, Mrs Stanley, headed the list with 17 (13 girls and four boys). Another daughter had 13 in her family (10 girls and three boys). A. son had 11 round his table.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 296, 21 April 1941, Page 1
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