Long before the Dionne family of Ontario welcomed quintuplets in 1934, the Bushnell family of Chicago welcomed sextuplets — way back in 1866.
In early September, 1866, James and Jennie Bushnell welcomed three boys and three girls on a single day — and all were born alive, remarkably. The names of the babies were:
- Alberto
- Alice
- Alincia
- Laberto
- Lucy
- Norberto
While all six survived birth, two died during childhood due to illness. The four surviving children were not told that they’d been part of a set of six until they were teenagers.
The longest-lived sibling was Alincia, who passed away in 1952.
If you had sextuplets, three boys and three girls, what would you name them?
Source: “Sextuplets once lived in city.” Union-Sun & Journal 6 Sept. 2014.
Wyatt
Anderson
Leo
Grace
Lorelei
Audrey
Sage
Maeve
Clara
Jasper
Jack
Isaac
Nathanael
Theodore
Sebastian
Madeleine
Anneliese
Eleanor
David
Richard
Matthew
Elizabeth
Katie
Sarah
Caroline
Elizabeth
Meredith
Michael
Thomas
William
Adelaide
Tatiana
Eleanor
William
Henry
George
Nicholas
James
Thomas
Emily
Alyssa
Hannah