1.) Paul Revere was 22 years old at the time of his first marriage. His wife was 21 years old. They had 8 children. Of their 8 children 6 of them survived to adulthood. 

2.) Paul Revere?first wife died at the age of  37. He was 39 years old when he married for the second time. His wife was 27 years old. Together they had 8 children and of the 8 four survived to reach adulthood.

3.) It was common to get married at a young age and to remarry. Families were made up of a lot more children because children did not always survive to adulthood.

So Ashley on geneology some families would be harder to trace back then others, like mine for example. My grandmother's ancestor was found at the Guillotine and he spoke french and didn't know his name he was a little kid so the assumed he was French and gave him the last name Guillote.  Not a very pretty last name if you figured out why it got there.

Geneolgy is very interesting but I'm more interested in how families got there last names and how in different countries names have different meanings like in Korea. Anyone know what their last name means? I personally have no idea but my mom's maiden name is Dubois whisch means "of the woods"/"woodsmen" How's that for a topic mr e?

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How old was Paul Revere at the time of his first marriage? How old was his wife? How many children did they have? How many of their children survived to adulthood?

Paul Revere was 23 years old when he married his first wife Sarah Orne, who was 21 years old. Together they had 8 children but unfortunately 2 died before adulthood.

How old was Reveres first wife when she died? What was his age at the time of his second marriage? What was his second wifes age? How many children did they have? How many survived to adulthood?

His second wife Rachel Walker was age 30 when she married him and died 38 years later at the age of 68. This marriage also bore 8 children but had a higher fatality rate with 3 children dead.

What conclusions can we draw about the difficulties of life in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries from this chart?

From the fact that 5 out of his sixteen (almost 1/3 of his )children from both marriages died before they were old enough to speak, and the fact that they needed many offspring to assure the survival of the family, especially through the paternal line, gives you an idea of how difficult it was to raise children and keep them safe and healthy enough for them to reach adulthood.

My last name (Amaral) is of Portuguese decent (duh) but its exact origins are unknown but the symbols on my family crest represents someone who was honored by the sovereign which I think is kind of cool

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How old was Paul Revere at the time of his first marriage? How old was his wife? How many children did they have? How many of their children survived to adulthood?

How old was Reveres first wife when she died? What was his age at the time of his second marriage? What was his second wifes age? How many children did they have? How many survived to adulthood?

What conclusions can we draDocument Analysis

How old was Paul Revere at the time of his first marriage? How old was his wife? How many children did they have? How many of their children survived to adulthood?

How old was Reveres first wife when she died? What was his age at the time of his second marriage? What was his second wifes age? How many children did they have? How many survived to adulthood?

What conclusions can we draw about the difficulties of life in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries from this chart?
Evaluation

Students will receive 30 points for answering each question and 10 points for beginning a discussion on a particular topic related to geneology or this family tree specifically.

At the time of his first marriage, Paul Revere was 22 years old. His wife was 21. They had 8 kids, and out of those 8 children, 6 of them lived to adulthood.

When Revere's wife died, she was 37. His second's wife age was 27 when they married and when she died she was 67. They had 8 children and 5 lived to adulthood.

i think we can draw the conclusion that it was hard to start and raise a family back in the late eighteenth and early nineteeth centuries.  Many of Paul Revere's children died before they reached their first birthday. Also, it was a short period of time before he remarried to Rachel. Also, back then, it seems that people wanted a great deal of children. Paul Revere's two wives gave birth to a combined 16 children.

And as for a topic of discussion, I think it would be interesting to research what Paul Revere's children all died of, maybe it was a hereditary illness that ran in his family, or it could have just been diseases that spread fast throughout these time periods. I was wondering what other people thought might have been the cause?w about the difficulties of life in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries from this chart?
Evaluation

Students will receive 30 points for answering each question and 10 points for beginning a discussion on a particular topic related to geneology or this family tree specifically.

At the time of his first marriage, Paul Revere was 22 years old. His wife was 21. They had 8 kids, and out of those 8 children, 6 of them lived to adulthood.

When Revere's wife died, she was 37. His second's wife age was 27 when they married and when she died she was 67. They had 8 children and 5 lived to adulthood.

i think we can draw the conclusion that it was hard to start and raise a family back in the late eighteenth and early nineteeth centuries. Many of Paul Revere's children died before they reached their first birthday. Also, it was a short period of time before he remarried to Rachel. Also, back then, it seems that people wanted a great deal of children. Paul Revere's two wives gave birth to a combined 16 children.

And as for a topic of discussion, I think it would be interesting to research what Paul Revere's children all died of, maybe it was a hereditary illness that ran in his family, or it could have just been diseases that spread fast throughout these time periods. I was wondering what other people thought might have been the cause?

1. He was first married at 22.  His wife was 21.  They had 8 children.  Only 6 of them survived until adulthood.

 2. His first wife died when she 37.  At the time of his second marriage he was 38.  His wife was 27.  They also had 8 children.  Only 3 of those children survived until adulthood.

 3.  From these facts we can see that women married young and sometimes died fairly young as well.  We also know the survival rate of children was fairly low so women usually had lots of babies hoping that a few would survive.

 Also, on the topic of genealogy I think it would be interesting if we could trace our families and see how close or far each of us is related to each other.

1.  By his first marriage Paul Revere was 22. His wife was 21. Together they had 8 children. Out of the 8 children they had 6 of them survived to adulthood.
 

2.  The first wife of Paul Revere died at the age of  37. He married his second wife at age 39. His wife was 27 years old when they got married. Together they had 8 children and of the 8 only 5 survived to reach adulthood.

3.  Large families were very normal, and without many medical advances it wasn't uncommon for a child to die young.

        On the topic of Geneology i kind of find it interesting to find out where last names come from i heard it was originated from the craft that person specialized in but im pretty sure some names don't mean crafts. Like when we first started charting our geneology was our ancestors like hmmm i think this name sounds cool soo........

3.  A few conclusions can be drawn from this document about life back then.  One thing I found interesting was how young Paul Revere and his first wife were when they married, and how young his second wife was when they married. While 11 years difference isn't unheard of today, it tends to be less common. Also, children passing at a young age seemed common in this family, possibly leading to the conclusion that people were more prone to disease. Back then, a fever could have been considered life threatening.  The last interesting fact I noticed was that Paul Revere had 16 children in total. This could be because of limited birth control.

First off, Valdir, your responses were great to read. You made them interesting. Also, I was wondering, did anyone find it odd that Paul married so quickly after his first wife died? It kind of made me think, maybe there wasn't as much love in that relationship?

Responding to the genealogy, why do ducks float?

Ok, seriously, I've always wondered where my roots really are, I never get a straight answer.  I've been told that I'm German, French-Canadian, Scottish, Native American (highly doubt it), and I'm starting to think I'm part polar bear(my skin is pale enough) I don't even know where the names Desjardins or Lackie come from...

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Geneolgy is very interesting but I'm more interested in how families got there last names and how in different countries names have different meanings like in Korea. Anyone know what their last name means? I personally have no idea but my mom's maiden name is Dubois whisch means "of the woods"/"woodsmen" How's that for a topic mr e?

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You might want to try this site and others like it: http://surnames.behindthename.com/