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So Many Secrets, part 8: A Burden on the Family

September 19, 2018 by Troy Larson No Comments
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If someone in your family had fourteen children and seven of them died before the age of two, what would be your first thought?

I discovered two ancestors, my Great Great Grandfather and Grandmother, Joseph Maltby and Anna Simpson, had fourteen children in the span of about 25 years, between the mid-1870s and early-1900s, and at least seven of them died before the age of two, many of them before their first birthday.

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Troy Larson

Troy Larson is a father, author, and photographer originally from Minot, North Dakota, now residing in Fargo.

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