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Research Challenge #3

Ted Smith #55
 

Which Sackett (male or female) had the most GRANDCHILDREN?
Jon Eisenberg #770
 
Edited

For the easy route, I was going to go with Samuel Arthur Sackett's father, David Alexander Sackett (1821-1895) (https://www.sackettfamily.info/g122/p122262.htm), who had Samuel's 24 children as grandchildren plus four through his daughter Lydia Lucetta Sackett (1854-1931) (https://www.sackettfamily.info/g122/p122272.htm) for a total of 28.  ;-)

However Richard James Sackett (1942-2020) (https://sackettfamily.info/g115/p115575.htm) also had 28 grandchildren, as well as 7 great-grandchildren (https://www.postbulletin.com/obituaries/richard-dick-sackett-dodge-center).

Not to be outdone, Leland Stanley Sackett (1027-2020)(https://sackettfamily.info/g138/p138994.htm) had 29 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren (https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/columbustelegram/name/leland-sackett-obituary?id=15531514).

Milford John Sackett (1915 - 1984) (https://sackett.groups.io/g/main/topic/96194601) is listed as having 29 grandchildren, GGC not noted.

Leonard Noel Sackett (1915-1998) (https://sackettfamily.info/search.htm) was survived by 29 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren, but was predeceased by 3 and 2, bringing his totals to 32 and 38 (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39472192/obituary-for-leonard-sackett-aged-83/).

But none of these surpasses what is shown on the SFA "Snippets" page:

Most surviving descendants

When Beatrice (Beldon) Sackett, wife of Edward, died June 1981 in Dodge Center, Minnesota, at age 99, she was survived by 155 descendants: 3 children, 24 grandchildren, 98 great-grandchildren, and 30 great-great-grandchildren.
— Karen Gerke.

This record was just beaten by Lissie (Billingsley) Sackett, widow of Woodie Ray Sackett. At her death aged 91 in 2012 she was survived by 160 descendants: 8 children, 53 grandchildren, 72 great-grandchildren, and 27 great-great-grandchildren.

But way out ahead of these two was Anna Sackett (1751–1844), of Elizabethtown, New York, widow of Joel Finney. At her death, aged 92, Anna was survived by 271 descendants. Anna's 4th great-granddaughter, Judy Allen, has in her possession her great-grandfather's diary in which it is recorded that, at Anna's funeral, a statement was read out that she was the mother of 14 children, of whom 6 were living, 82 grandchildren, of whom 57 were living, 240 great-grandchildren, of whom 188 were living, and 22 great-great-grandchildren, of whom 20 were living.

(Side note: Can one imagine outliving 25 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren??)

(There is also a Bertia Smith (1861-1957) listed in the database (https://sackett-tree.org/getperson.php?personID=I21482&tree=1) as having 54 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, however I do not see her or her husband's ancestry tied up to a Sackett line.)

Can anyone exceed these numbers?


Research notes:
Google search: "sackett" "53 grandchildren"
The quotation marks are necessary in both cases, but you may still come up with pages that include "Sackett" but that is not the person with the grandchildren.
If you want to go number by number until you run out of time, you can find more results!
Or start at 200 and work you way down . . . .
After a few searches I started at 60 and worked down to 53 when I found the "Snippets" page.
Brody Finney #686
 

I've never had the time to do an exhaustive check, but I actually believe that Anna Sackett Finney's totals are an undercount.  She had been living with her son Anson, apparently a prolific letter writer, in her latter years.  I've seen a letter from Anson to one of his nephews where he bemoans not having heard from several relatives in many years.  I would think that those counts are the descendents Anson knew about.

What I would give to see his original records!


On Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 2:48 PM Jon Eisenberg #770 <joneisenberg@...> wrote:

[Edited Message Follows]

For the easy route, I was going to go with Samuel Arthur Sackett's father, David Alexander Sackett (1821-1895) (https://www.sackettfamily.info/g122/p122262.htm), who had Samuel's 24 children as grandchildren plus four through his daughter Lydia Lucetta Sackett (1854-1931) (https://www.sackettfamily.info/g122/p122272.htm) for a total of 28.  ;-)

However Richard James Sackett (1942-2020) (https://sackettfamily.info/g115/p115575.htm) also had 28 grandchildren, as well as 7 great-grandchildren (https://www.postbulletin.com/obituaries/richard-dick-sackett-dodge-center).

Not to be outdone, Leland Stanley Sackett (1027-2020)(https://sackettfamily.info/g138/p138994.htm) had 29 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren (https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/columbustelegram/name/leland-sackett-obituary?id=15531514).

Milford John Sackett (1915 - 1984) (https://sackett.groups.io/g/main/topic/96194601) is listed as having 29 grandchildren, GGC not noted.

Leonard Noel Sackett (1915-1998) (https://sackettfamily.info/search.htm) was survived by 29 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren, but was predeceased by 3 and 2, bringing his totals to 32 and 38 (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39472192/obituary-for-leonard-sackett-aged-83/).

But none of these surpasses what is shown on the SFA "Snippets" page:

Most surviving descendants

When Beatrice (Beldon) Sackett, wife of Edward, died June 1981 in Dodge Center, Minnesota, at age 99, she was survived by 155 descendants: 3 children, 24 grandchildren, 98 great-grandchildren, and 30 great-great-grandchildren.
— Karen Gerke.

This record was just beaten by Lissie (Billingsley) Sackett, widow of Woodie Ray Sackett. At her death aged 91 in 2012 she was survived by 160 descendants: 8 children, 53 grandchildren, 72 great-grandchildren, and 27 great-great-grandchildren.

But way out ahead of these two was Anna Sackett (1751–1844), of Elizabethtown, New York, widow of Joel Finney. At her death, aged 92, Anna was survived by 271 descendants. Anna's 4th great-granddaughter, Judy Allen, has in her possession her great-grandfather's diary in which it is recorded that, at Anna's funeral, a statement was read out that she was the mother of 14 children, of whom 6 were living, 82 grandchildren, of whom 57 were living, 240 great-grandchildren, of whom 188 were living, and 22 great-great-grandchildren, of whom 20 were living.

(Side note: Can one imagine outliving 25 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren??)

(There is also a Bertia Smith (1861-1957) listed in the database (https://sackett-tree.org/getperson.php?personID=I21482&tree=1) as having 54 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, however I do not see her or her husband's ancestry tied up to a Sackett line.)

Can anyone exceed these numbers?


Research notes:
Google search: "sackett" "53 grandchildren"
The quotation marks are necessary in both cases, but you may still come up with pages that include "Sackett" but that is not the person with the grandchildren.
If you want to go number by number until you run out of time, you can find more results!
Or start at 200 and work you way down . . . .
After a few searches I started at 60 and worked down to 53 when I found the "Snippets" page.

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