Still very common in the American South and probably other third world countries. Hasidic communities as well marry young and have lots of children.
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Yeah, that was very intentional.
‘A lot younger’ was usually still in their twenties, unless they were nobility getting married off for political reasons.
Median lifespan was also fairly close to ours even though the average was way down. High infant and child mortality rates skews things.
I actually did the maths. My grandfather and his siblings in his family had an average age of like 50. But it’s because two of his siblings died before their first birthday and one shortly after. The next person to die was like 60.
The average age of a groom in Britain in the 19th century was 27.
Men were generally unable to marry until they had obtained property.
And the average age was higher than the 20th century as well, because of the high infant mortality rate, it wasn’t a “society of young people” at all.
I actually did the maths. My grandfather and his siblings in his family had an average age of like 50. But it’s because two of his siblings died before their first birthday and one shortly after. The next person to die was like 60.
When I was a kid I had great great grandparents I visited. There were old people that talked about up to 4 generations of great, so great great great great grandparents were still alive. Yes, I’m originally from Alabama.
Yes, I’m originally from Alabama.
Well if we go by stereotype, were any one of them siblings as well?
I had Great-Great Grandparents in my life until I was in my late teens because of this.
Oh hell yes and they wasn’t that long ago. When I was 16 (1980s) I was friends with a girl also 16, whose mother was 31 and her grandmother was mid 40s. Both the mom and grandmom gave birth at 15/16.
As an aside They were cool as can be and most of my circle of friends would hangout at her house
I had a friend in hs with a pretty identical family situation (in the early 2000s) She was in her 20s for her first kid.
I once met a 32 year old lady holding her 1 year old grandson. She told me she had her daughter at 16 and her daughter had to out-do her and have her baby at 15. At the time, I was her age with my own small children…
On another note. I was close friends with a fellow who was the youngest of 10 kids from the same mother and 2 different fathers. Her first 8 kids were fathered by a man who died in the 1940’s. She ended up with another man and had 2 more sons, one born in 1958 and then my friend in 1962. She was in her 50’s when she had him! Unsurprisingly, my friend was orphaned by the age of 12 and ended up being raised by his older siblings along side nieces and nephews who were often times older than he was.
Sounds Catholic
In my family the men tend to have children quite late in life. I’m nearing 40 and my grandfather was a Victorian (born 1897).
My grandparents were married when 15. They ran away from home in California and settled down in Oklahoma where my family still resides
I know plenty of people who are grandparents in their 30s today.
On my mom’s side, my grandmother became a grandmother for the first time at 40. On the other hand, on my father’s side, both grandparents were born in the 1880s.
