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In a message dated 5/26/03 10:11:44 PM, bunsofaluminum60@... writes:

<< However, even back then, if a person lived past age 5, and didn't die

accidentally, his chances of living into his seventh decade were

pretty good. >>

The period I know most about is the Middle Ages, in Europe.

For them, living to 70 was NOT likely. Women died in childbirth. Men died
in battle (or just skirmishes with the neighbors). There were some notable
plagues.

Early American/pioneer days? Not many great grandparents around.

Sandra

Heidi

--- In [email protected], SandraDodd@a... wrote:
>
> In a message dated 5/26/03 10:11:44 PM, bunsofaluminum60@h...
writes:
>
> << However, even back then, if a person lived past age 5, and
didn't die
>
> accidentally, his chances of living into his seventh decade were
>
> pretty good. >>
>
> The period I know most about is the Middle Ages, in Europe.
>
> For them, living to 70 was NOT likely. Women died in childbirth.
Men died
> in battle (or just skirmishes with the neighbors). There were some
notable
> plagues.
>
> Early American/pioneer days? Not many great grandparents around.
>
> Sandra

But did they live only to age 35? I doubt that highly. I think people
were probably older earlier, just from hard work, and maybe they
didn't make 70, but I bet that folks made 60 (seventh decade).
Saying "we" only lived to 35 back then...well, "we" did live longer
than 35. It gets mixed up statistically, averaging in infant and
childhood mortality. A strong, healthy person, who avoided death by
childhood disease, and was able to push babies into the world
successfully, and avoided accidents? Only living to 35? doubt it.

HeidiC

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In a message dated 5/27/2003 11:43:37 AM Eastern Standard Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:


> Early American/pioneer days? Not many great grandparents around.
>
> Sandra
>

4 of my great grandfather's children and his first wife died from Typhoid.
They were pioneers (their marriage certificate says "Indian Territory" instead
of Oklahoma). With his 2 remaining children, he met and married my great
grandmother, 16 years his jr, and they had 4 more children. She lived way into
her 90's, If I remember right almost 100, I vaguely remember her as I was 4 or 5
when she died.

Nancy


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