Yesterday, a reader named Kristin let me know about a Bagnor Daily News article about the 18-child Rancourt family of Winterport, Maine.
The parents, Harry and Alice, wed in 1909 and went on to have 17 children (and adopt one more):
- Dorothy, born in 1910
- Gaspar, b. 1911
- Mildred, b. 1912
- Leo, b. 1914
- Marion, b. 1916
- Marguerite, b. 1917
- Corinne, b. 1919
- Clara, b. 1920
- Harry, b. 1921
- Leon, b. 1923
- Clayton, b. 1924
- Alton, b. 1926
- Kenneth, b. 1927
- Reginald, b. 1929 (grandson adopted after his mother, Dorothy, died during childbirth)
- John, b. 1930
- Celestia, b. 1931
- Geraldine, b. 1932
- Iris, b. 1933
Which of these 18 names is your favorite?
Image: Ein Kinderfest (1868) by Ludwig Knaus
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I like these names:
Dorothy
Mildred
Clara
Clayton
Alton
Reginald
Celestia
Was Marion a boy or a girl?
Marion was a girl.
I like Clara, Iris, and Clayton. I also like that their children’s names aren’t “themey.”
Such a neat article! My great-grandparents are in the same generation as this family. Five of them came from families of 10+ children. One of my great-grandmothers came from a family of twenty children.
Corinne, Gaspar, and Celestia are the names that stand out to me in this family.
Alton, for sure, is my fav.
I like Clara and Harry :) what a neat story
Favorite = Celestia
That’s sad about Dorothy! I like Gaspar for some reason! I also like Corinne, Clara, Alton, Reginald, Celestia and Iris.