Saturday Night Genealogy Fun –– Female Ancestors Age at Death

Randy Seaver of Genea–Musing has another great adventure for us. Our assignment is:

1) Review your Pedigree Chart (either on paper or in your genealogy management software program) and determine the age at death of your female ancestors back at least five generations (and more if you want to).

2)  Tell us the lifespan years for each of these ancestors.  Which of your female ancestors in this group lived the longest?  Which lived the shortest? 

Here’s mine:

Mother:

Lela Nell (Johnston) Hork (1934–1992) – 57 years

Grandmothers:

Anna Marie (Sullivan) Hork (1892–1979) – 86 years

Pansy Louise (Lancaster) Johnston (1913–2013) – 99 years

Great–grandmothers:

Julia Ann (Sievert) Hork (1854–1928) – 73 years

Anna Marie (Gleeson) Sullivan (1860–1912) – 52 years

Nell L. (Hutson) Johnston (1888–1919) – 31 years

Lela Ann (Loveless) Lancaster (1896–1951) – 55 years

2nd Great–grandmothers:

Maria Catharine (Trösster) Hork (1813–1874) – 60 years

Susanna (Raduntz) Sievert (1832–1911) – 79 years

Mary (Sheehan) Sullivan (1822–1892) – 70 years

Margaret (Tierney) Gleeson (1835–1920) – 85 years

Olivia Jane (Jones) Johnston (1859–1914) – 55 years

Sarah Helena (Selman) Hutson (1858–1916) – 57 years

Martha Jane (Coor) Lancaster (1873–1942) – 69 years

Eliza A. (Rodgers) Loveless (1854–1907) – 53 years

3rd Great–grandmothers:

Anna Gertrud (Sommer) Horoch (1770–??) – death unknown at this time

Maria Elisabeth (Döbener) Trösster (1792–??) – death unknown at this time

Anna Marianna (Ewald) Siewert (1785–1845) – 60 years

Anna (Gleeson?) Gleeson (1790–1848) – 58 years

Ann (Murray) Tierney (1813–1899) – 86 years

Elizabeth (McCormack) Johnston (1814–1891) – 77 years

Amanda A. (Haley) Jones (1827–1904) – 77 years

Amanda (Davis) Hutson (1826–1860) – 34 years

Amanda Deborah (Oldham) Selman (1822–1880) – 57 years

Martha Jane (Polly) Lancaster Parks (1855–1932) – 76 years

Melissa Ann (Welch) Coor (1840–1876) – 36 years

Elizabeth (Nixon) Loveless (1810–aft 1876) – death unknown at this time

Rebecca (Waddell) Rodgers (1820–aft 1870) – death unknown at this time

Who lived the longest:

Without doing this exercise I knew who lived the longest. My grandmother, Pansy Louise Johnston lived just two months short of 100 years.

Who lived the shortest:

I was surprised by the person who lived the shortest: Nell L. Johnston, my great–grandmother. She was only 31 years old. An obituary stated she passed away “in the prime of life when so much of her life was yet in the future.”[1] No death certificate has been found yet for her so I do not know how she died.  She did not die near the birth of the youngest child, though there is still possibility it was due to a pregnancy. Her death left five children under ten motherless.

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[1] "Mrs. Tom Johnson Dead," 18 Jul 1919, Comanche Chief, Comanche, Texas.

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