An odd fact on those alive when T-206's were released

[akleinb611]

How about this?

There are lots of living great-grandparents these days, what with people living somewhat longer.

I'm 66; my maternal grandfather was born in 1888. So far, not so impressive.

But HIS father was 71 when he was born. I guess it was common back in the "old country" for a widower to marry a much younger woman if he was a man of means. Which in this case probably meant he owned more than two goats.

Do the math. My great-grandfather (about whom I know nothing whatsoever) was born in 1817. DURING THE NAPOLEANIC WARS!!! The President of the United States was James MADISON, one of the Founding Fathers (not that my great-grandfather ever heard of the United States!).

Yikes!

Alan

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by akleinb611

How about this?

There are lots of living great-grandparents these days, what with people living somewhat longer.

I'm 66; my maternal grandfather was born in 1888. So far, not so impressive.

But HIS father was 71 when he was born. I guess it was common back in the "old country" for a widower to marry a much younger woman if he was a man of means. Which in this case probably meant he owned more than two goats.

Do the math. My great-grandfather (about whom I know nothing whatsoever) was born in 1817. DURING THE NAPOLEANIC WARS!!! The President of the United States was James MADISON, one of the Founding Fathers (not that my great-grandfather ever heard of the United States!).

Yikes!

Alan

My great-grandfather was born just days before Pirates second baseman Dots Miller in the same town, one block away from each other in the German section of town. I think it would be safe to say they knew each other...that's not even factoring in that Miller's niece married into my family.

[Piratedogcardshows]

Pretty wild to think about.

[edjs]

I always thought this meme was cool. I would love the have that type one photo.

[birdman42]

The last Civil War pension payment was made in 2020 to a disabled woman born in 1930. Her father was 83 at the time of her birth.

[Yoda]

It would appear that President Tyler was a randy old rascal.
And where is Albert Einstein's brain?

[Pack The Ripper]

1776-2022 is 246 years. Betty White lived roughly 100 years.

Betty White was alive for 40.6% of America's existence.

[drcy]

60 is an even fact

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by birdman42

The last Civil War pension payment was made in 2020 to a disabled woman born in 1930. Her father was 83 at the time of her birth.

That might be the wildest yet! Somebody at the Treasury Dept. was in charge of Civil War pensions until a few months ago--imagine that. "What do you do?" "I handle Civil War pensions, how about you?" I was a teenager and remember well in the early 1960s when the last Civil War veterans were passing away. One of the last Tuskegee Airmen died a couple days ago. These "time travel" anomalies are so cool. Mine is more apropos to the Forum: I vividly recall meeting Clark Griffith not long before he passed away in 1955. I was nine, and he took me by the hand and we rode together in this tiny elevator that went up one story to his office at Griffith Stadium. Griffith was born in 1869, and I'm telling this story 152 years later.

[chadeast]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Mine is more apropos to the Forum: I vividly recall meeting Clark Griffith not long before he passed away in 1955. I was nine, and he took me by the hand and we rode together in this tiny elevator that went up one story to his office at Griffith Stadium. Griffith was born in 1869, and I'm telling this story 152 years later.

That's amazing! What a wonderful memory, thanks for sharing. Oh, and since every thread needs a card...