crazy story of the day (well, of the 1901)
"A witness, a very old man, was asked in court whether he had any brothers or sisters. He gave the amazing reply that he had one brother, who had died 150 years ago. A murmur of incredulity traversed the whole court, which was changed to stupefaction when documentary evidence was brought in proof of the old man’s words. His father had married at the age of 19 and had a son who died the same year. He married again at the age of 75 and had another son, the witness, who was 94 years old when he gave his evidence." - Hampshire Chronicle (1901)
posted by melilotnfosco | 4:28 PM
12 Comments:
Wow. Sounds like an Old Testament story.
so crazy!
wow
that's kind of like the fact that president john tyler has two grandsons who are still living. weird.
people should populate the earth in an orderly fashion
Orderly = boring.
i agree with chelley. if people populated the earth in an orderly fashion, you wouldn't have this fascinating post
I want to like that comment. And not just because you said you agreed with me. :)
That is fascinating. I love interesting things like that!
My mom was reading my great-great grandmother's obituary to me over the phone the other day. They went into so much detail back then. I'm not going to go through all of it, but to make a very long story short (it took her over 5 minutes to read the one obituary), after going to the fair with my G-G grandfather, she tripped on the train tracks and hit her head. She was conscious, but couldn't walk so my grandfather carried her home where she died 3 days later. But the obituary talked about all the people who visited during that time and the different treatments the doctor tried as well as times and how fashionable the people were. And all I could think of was, it's nice to know how someone actually died...unlike in today's obituaries...
interesting. and it shows she didn't just die, it shows she had life.
That is cool.
Yes, I want to get a copy of it...
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