LONG-LIVED FAMILY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19009, 3 November 1923, Page 15

LONG-LIVED FAMILY.

TEN PERSONS WITH AVERAGE AGE OF EIGHTY-TWO. Which family can boast the greatest longevity? . 'Till recently (says tho Daily Mail) a family in the Island of Skye claimed to hold the record. In this case seven members of the family had lived to a total of 550 years. Now comes a statement from Mr A. P. le Bossignol, of Jersey, Channel Islands, who asserts that the family history of the Eossignols is easily a record. Francois le Rossignol, who was born 'in Jersey in 1786, died 1 in 1368 at the age of 82 The family record afterwards is as follows; His son, Francois, died aged 84. His wife (Esther), died aged 84. John (second son), died aged 89. His wife (Nancy), died aged 89. 1 Helier (third son), died aged 70. Peter (fourth son), died aged 76. Mary (eldest daughter), died aged 78. Marguerite (second daughter), died aged 60. Eliza (third daughter), died aged 89. The 1 combined ages of these people total 821 years, or an average of 82 years each. The eldest son, Francois, had three children, who are still alive. They are: Francis Charles, aged 78. Esther Mario, aged 76. John, aged 68. John, the second son, had two children, who are still living, one, Frederick, aged 80, and the second, Alfred Philip, aged 75.