Another Interesting Statistic from the Past

This is something I researched and put on paper when we had the Klopfenstein reunion in Gridley a few years ago. It's another great scrapbook item. What a woman!

Sophie Meiss was married when she was 16 years old.
Exactly one year later:

Bertha A. was born.............13 months later,
B. Frank was born...............17 months later,
A Lee was born...................16 1/2 months later,
Elmer J. was born................17 months later,
Ida M. was born...................20 months later,
Fred W. was born................18 months later,
Joseph M. was born.............15 months later,
Mary E. was born................19 months later,
Anna K. was born................21 1/2 months later,
John A. was born.................18 months later,
Harry P. was born.................3 years later,
Arthur E. was born...............2 years 3 months later,
Minerva E. was born............2 years later,
William P. was born.

Sophia, speaking in German, often said, "Love is not divided, but is multiplied and added."