# Anyone else have a grandparent born in the 19th century? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 8, 2012, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-grandparent-born-in-the-19th-century/621262 "2012-05-08T09:18:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-grandparent-born-in-the-19th-century/621262/41 "2012-05-08T16:21:10Z")
All four of mine were born in the 19th century, and both my grandfathers fought in WWI, and both were dead before I was born in 1968. My gran and my nana both died before I turned 5, and I have only the dimmest memories of them. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-grandparent-born-in-the-19th-century/621262/42 "2012-05-08T16:26:42Z")
My maternal grandma always said she was born in 1895, a year before my grandpa. Turns out she was really born in 1888, and casually changed her name somewhere along the way. I always thought she looked a lot older than grandpa and that explains why. We found out the name change from their marriage certificate and my mom’s birth certificate. My mom’s name on the birth certificate was also different from what mom thought it was- caused some minor troubles when social security time came. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-grandparent-born-in-the-19th-century/621262/43 "2012-05-08T16:31:26Z")
Three out of four of my grandparents were born in the 19th century. My mother’s father was born in 1879, and her mother in 1889. (My mother was born in 1930.) My father’s mother was born in 1900 (technically 19th century). ---
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-grandparent-born-in-the-19th-century/621262/44 "2012-05-08T16:35:42Z")
All my grandparents were born in the 19th century. The record holder is my paternal grandmother, born in 1865 just 9 months after Appomattox. She died in 1955, and I remember her very well. A great lady. Heck, my father was born in 1897. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-grandparent-born-in-the-19th-century/621262/45 "2012-05-08T16:55:47Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Would somebody like to start the thread that deals with the more pressing issue: “Who has/had parents born in the 19th Century?” > > My mother was close with 1908. > > Got to be some older Dopers who can beat that. > [@Daylate](#): > > All my grandparents were born in the 19th century. The record holder is my paternal grandmother, born in 1865 just 9 months after Appomattox. She died in 1955, and I remember her very well. A great lady. > > Heck, my father was born in 1897. I figured you might be one to reply to my request. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-grandparent-born-in-the-19th-century/621262/46 "2012-05-08T16:56:02Z")
All mine were too, on both the maternal and paternal side, between 1886 and 1896. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-grandparent-born-in-the-19th-century/621262/47 "2012-05-08T17:01:07Z")
My paternal grandfather was born in 1880, grandma was born in 1888. They both died in March of 1973, within a few weeks of each other. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-grandparent-born-in-the-19th-century/621262/48 "2012-05-08T17:13:54Z")
Only one of my grandparents, my paternal grandmother, was born in the 20th century, in 1905. Of the others, one was born in 1898, and the other two were born in 1900. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-grandparent-born-in-the-19th-century/621262/49 "2012-05-08T17:42:33Z")
My maternal grandparents were both born around 1885 (there were no birth certificates) and my paternal grandparents were probably a bit older. My father was born in 1906 and my mother in 1913. I have a colleague whose paternal grandfather was born around 1806. His father was 60 when he was born and his grandfather 70 when his father was born. He was born in 1936, four months before me. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-grandparent-born-in-the-19th-century/621262/50 "2012-05-08T17:42:56Z")
My paternal grandmother was born in 1892. My paternal grandfather in 1900. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-grandparent-born-in-the-19th-century/621262/51 "2012-05-08T17:55:04Z")
My paternal grandmother was born in 1872; my maternal grandmother in 1884. I don’t know my grandfathers’ birth years, but they’d likely be in the late 1870s or early 1880s. My oldest paternal uncle was born in 1898 — his mother being 26, with 11 more kids to come (the youngest in 1911, when she was 39) — and was a First World War vet. He’d have been 16 when the guns of August let loose. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-grandparent-born-in-the-19th-century/621262/52 "2012-05-08T18:10:21Z")
Well, my grandfather(RIP) was born in the 19th century, just barely. He was born October 17th, 1900. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-grandparent-born-in-the-19th-century/621262/53 "2012-05-08T18:12:53Z")
Both of my paternal grandparents were born in 1890 something, don’t remember the exact dates. My maternal grandmother was born in the _20th_ century, _ **but she’s still with us!** _ Grandma was born December 17th, 1904, one year to the day after the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-grandparent-born-in-the-19th-century/621262/54 "2012-05-08T19:12:03Z")
My maternal grandfather was born 1893, grandma 1897. Mom was born in 1916. I was born in 1946. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-grandparent-born-in-the-19th-century/621262/55 "2012-05-08T21:29:33Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Would somebody like to start the thread that deals with the more pressing issue: “Who has/had parents born in the 19th Century?” > > My mother was close with 1908. > > Got to be some older Dopers who can beat that. I’m 52, and my father (who was 66 when I was born) was born in 1893. ---
**Author:** ![justpassingthrough](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@justpassingthrough](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justpassingthrough)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-grandparent-born-in-the-19th-century/621262/56 "2012-05-09T01:36:34Z")
My maternal grandparents were both born in 1893. My paternal grandparents were born in 1885 and 1887. ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-grandparent-born-in-the-19th-century/621262/57 "2012-05-09T03:33:43Z")
My maternal grandparents were born in 1892 and 1895, my mother in 1938 and me in 1974. ---
**Author:** ![MemoryDump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@MemoryDump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MemoryDump)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-grandparent-born-in-the-19th-century/621262/58 "2012-05-09T03:55:39Z")
My maternal grandfather was born September 17, 1858 in Sonoma County, California. At the time of his death in 1950 he was California’s oldest living native son. My dad was born May 13, 1898. I came along in 1944. What do I win??? ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-grandparent-born-in-the-19th-century/621262/59 "2012-05-09T12:22:46Z")
> [@MemoryDump](#): > > What do I win??? You get to briefly bask in the attention of a bunch of anonymous strangers on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-grandparent-born-in-the-19th-century/621262/60 "2012-05-09T12:40:54Z")
I’m sure all of my grandparents were born in the 19th century, but the only birth date I can remember right now is my maternal grandmother’s: Feb 2, 1888. My husband’s _father_ was born in [1893](http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=70659543). He was in his 50’s when he married my husband’s mother and they had three kids. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-grandparent-born-in-the-19th-century/621262.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-grandparent-born-in-the-19th-century/621262.md?page=4)