July, 2008
The birth of quads is certainly unusual, but may not be quite as unusual as might be thought, even in Jamaica! I already had a reference to an earlier birth of quads in Jamaica, and also to two sets of Siamese or conjoined twins born here, so I thought I could put them together with other such references on a small site - so here it is!
our.history (at) jamaica.la
Quadruplets, and Quintuplets even!
Daily
Gleaner, December 5, 1898
During
the latter part of last month a married
woman named Rebecca Reid, living in the
Ulster Spring district of this parish, gave
birth to four male children - three of
which were
delivered dead, and the fourth
born alive, but died also after a few days. Dr. W. E. Wilson
attended her and she is now, although weak, recovering
Daily
Gleaner, September 8, 1922
AN UNUSUAL INCIDENT
Mrs
Charles Green living in one of the
adjoining districts of Richmond gave birth
to five
children at one time. Such a
case as this has never been heard of
before, by even the
oldest residents here,
and it has created unusual alarm. All
of the babies have since died
as their undeveloped limbs and deformed bodies could
not really support life. The mother
has since been doing well.
Daily
Gleaner, December 18, 1929
WOMAN AT RED BANK GIVES BIRTH TO FOUR
(By Telegraph from Our Portsea Correspondent).
SOUTHFIELD,
Dec. 17. - Last night a woman. Isabel
Rowe of the Red Bank district, gave
birth to four children two boys and two
girls. The babies are all dead, but the mother is
doing well.
Daily
Gleaner, November 23, 1937
The
"Northern News" (Montego Bay) of
November 20 says:- "History was made in
St. James on Sunday last when a woman
gave birth to four children. A woman by
the
name of May Scott in the Marley
Land district was the mother and she
died after
giving birth to the second.
The third was taken from her and
the fourth died. The woman
was buried on Monday."
Daily
Gleaner, November 3, 1944
QUADRUPLETS BORN AT PORT MARIA
PORT MARIA. NOV. 2 - (By telegraph from our correspondent)
Leonora
Rodney of Fellowship Hall gave birth to
four babies yesterday morning at the Port
Maria Hospital. They are three boys and
a girl - the largest weighing four
pounds, and
smallest three and a quarter
pounds. The mother and children are well.
Dr G V Harry
delivered the babies
Daily
Gleaner, November 4, 1944
Advices
from the Port Maria Hospital late yesterday
state that the quadruplets three boys
and one girl born to Leonora Rodney on
November 1, are doing well. One of
the boys had
to undergo a slight surgical operation, but his condition is satisfactory.


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