My Diamond Aged Ancestors

My Diamond Aged Ancestors

As I celebrated my 75th birthday a few years ago I was interested in which of my ancestors also had lived to at least 75 years old. The diamond is the gem associated with a 75th anniversary, so I have chosen it to remember these ancestors. Following is a listing of the ancestors through my 3rd gt-grandparents that I have identified as living at least 75 years. I am using the maiden names for the women.

Name	Relationship	Birth	Death	Age at Death
Lester Oran Albertson	father	1907	2004	96
Florence Edna Bond	grandmother	1891	1979	87
Lafayette Pierce Smalley	gt-grandfather	1858	1946	87
Rosa Ella Shipman	gt-grandmother	1863	1954	90
Ludwig Falk	gt-grandfather	1815	1899	83
Benjamin Albertson	2nd gt-grandfather	1826	1908	82
Rebecca Hartley	2nd gt-grandmother	1818	1908	89
Joshua Rodney Shipman	2nd gt-grandfather	1840	1918	78
Solomon Bond	2nd gt-grandfather	1819	1900	80
Huldah Hayes	2nd gt-grandmother	1827	1903	76
Commodore Perry O'Neal	2nd gt-grandfather	1835	1919	84
Nathan Albertson	3rd gt-grandfather	1801	1883	82
Phariby Nicholson	3rd gt-grandmother	1803	1888	85
Elias Marsh	3rd gt-grandfather	1788	1871	82
Isaac Hockett	3rd gt-grandfather	1791	1872	81
Thomas Hartley	3rd gt-grandfather	1767	1843	75
Elizabeth Eakins	3rd gt-grandmother	1802	1881	79
Joseph Lester Shipman	3rd gt-grandfather	1807	1893	86
Sarah Chastain	3rd gt-grandmother	1797	1875	77
William Logsdon England	3rd gt-grandfather	1802	1893	91

If you check the chart you can see there are 20 diamond ages ancestors listed: 13 men and 7 women. You can count and see that 5 were in their 70's, 12 in their 80's, and 3 in their 90's.