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hyphenate

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3. My dad's father

Reply to Spider Jerusalem (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 04:16 AM

Mar 2012

died from TB. It was around 1932 or som since my dad was still a child. He would have been in his early 40s.

The whole family died relatively early--60s f0r most of them or early 70s. Nana was 71; Dad was 58, one aunt was at 62. Can't remember them all now, as it was in the early 80s when most of them went, amazingly, an aunt died in August 1983, her brother (uncle) a month later, in Sept 1983 and then my dad, January, 1984, 5 months later.

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Getting old [View all] hyphenate Mar 2012 OP

The distribution of age a millenium ago wasn't so different as all that. dimbear Mar 2012 #1

The shorter life expectancy at birth was mostly due to two things: Spider Jerusalem Mar 2012 #2

My dad's father hyphenate Mar 2012 #3

One thing I'm noticing pipi_k Mar 2012 #4

This guy sends me a birthday card every year now. Ikonoklast Mar 2012 #5