1500 YEARS OF LIFE
What must surely be a family record comes from the. Cheshire village of Neston, 011 the Wirral peninsula. Mrs. Ellen Matthews is 83, her eldest son is 65; she has eight sons and daughters whose ages total 444 years, 33 grandchildren, and 31 great-grand-children. The combined ages of her family total more than 1500 years.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23037, 14 May 1938, Page 9 (Supplement)
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591500 YEARS OF LIFE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23037, 14 May 1938, Page 9 (Supplement)
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