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This concerns my great-great-great-grandmother Isabella Ormston, who gave birth to a daughter on April Fool's Day 1835. She had another daughter two years later on April Fool's Day 1837, a third exactly two years later, and a fourth exactly two years after that, so that all four girls had the same birthday and all were seperated by two years. This story was covered at the time in the local newspaper (http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DxkHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA250&dq=ormston+daughter+april+sunderland&hl=en), and I can confirm the birth of the third daughter on 1st April 1839 since I have her birth certificate.
Date submitted:Sun, 30 Jun 2013 10:03:25 +0000Coincidence ID:7119
