Which ancestor lived the oldest?

[benny1982]

My 7xgreat grandmother lived to 97. Died in June 1828 in Norwich.

 

[leefer]

My 7xgreat grandmother lived to 97. Died in June 1828 in Norwich.

Thats an incredible age Benny for the 1820,s....i thaught one of my relatives had lived to the age od 111..turned out i was wrong ,she was ill.

 

[benny1982]

Les Dawson told that joke once.

 

[leefer]

Call me Les!....seriously though i doubt alot of the old records going back that far though we have to trust them dont we..regards to you Benny.

 

[benny1982]

Call me Les!....seriously though i doubt alot of the old records going back that far though we have to trust them dont we..regards to you Benny.

Why do you doubt old record then?

 

[leefer]

Because they were word of mouth most of them...the church especially just relied on peoples honesty...alot of people couldnt read and write also.
Past records are littered with mistakes...thats not to say many millions of them are correct...sometimes they may only be a year out,like your one today?.....that can be more than enough to throw you at times.

 

[benny1982]

We just have to learn to trust them.

Oh no wait a minute I just remembered I have an ancestor Elizabeth Packard who died in February 1842 in Suffolk aged 102. She is on the 1841 census in Marlesford.