Special family members

Sometime back, when I learned of the death of an Olmste(a)d family member who had passed the century mark, I wondered how many others have reached that mark. More than I might expect might be the answer, particularly now that modern medicine coupled with better living conditions this past 150 years kept Willard on NBC’s Today Show (before he retired) with more centurions than he could announce each day. Fifty years ago someone reaching 100 was highly unusual; a few years back Willard (NBC weatherman) honored two that were 106. Many entries below were extracted from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) which usually lists the residence at death; when that is not given I have included the state where the SS # was issued. Listed are those with a last name Olmste(a)d and spouses of Olmste(a)ds. We have not endeavored to carry down through change of family name to other direct descendants who have passed the century mark; I have added the ones that have come to our attention and I expect that there are others.  We have calculated the “Aged” that will be displayed as yyy-mm-dd. In the notes column will be their number (as ####*) if listed in the 1912 Olmsted Family in America genealogy; those not included will have just a single * in the column. When SSDI appears in the notes column it is an indication that we have not yet identified that person within our Olmste(a)d records. If they have a profile on wikitree.com (an online, world-wide tree) their ID will be given — just add it to the URL https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/

Centenarians

Diamond (75th) Wedding Anniversaries

Moses (1798-1892) and Sarah “Sally” (Weller) (1797-1892) Olmste(a)d of Parishville, Saint Lawrence County, New York — married in 1820. Sally died ten days after Moses.

Multiple births

Another group that has caught my eye, but I didn’t track, are multiple births; twins are not uncommon but triplets and quadruplets are worthy of note. Please inform me of any of these special family members that should be noted here. Recent statistic for births in the US: Twins — 3.31% (1/30), Triplets — 0.14% (1/715), and Qunits — 0.00092% (1/10,870).

Triplets

There was a report of a set of triplets, all of whom survived, born in the early 1900s. We have not yet identified them.

Elvira, Elmira, and Elmer Olmsted, children of William and Emily (Jones) Olmsted, were born in Morrow County, Ohio on 3 June 1855. Elvira died young, Elmira died between 1860 and 1870. Elmer married and in 1928.

Bernice, Berta, and Bertha Olmstead, daughters of Harmon Camp Olmstead and Rebecca Levonia Lee were born on 26 Oct 1872 in Henry County, Illinois. None of them survived more than one day.

Named in the California Birth Index on ancestry.com are triplets Jane, Janet, and Robert Olmstead, born 25 October 1944 in Fresno to Herbert George and Eva Elizabeth (Dietrich) Olmstead.

Named in their father’s obituary (25 Sept 2011) are Regan, Avery, and Trinity Olmstead, born in the 1990s, children of Ronald and Debra (Null) Olmstead of Dover, Massachusetts.

Quadruplets

Thomas and Mary (Ward) Olmsted are the proud parents of John Thomas, Susan Catherine, Charlotte Ann, and Russell Randall Olmsted born on 24 March 1994 in Shreveport, Louisiana.

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