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Originally Posted by Phoenix
In 1921, I am finding so many relations crammed into one house: a brother and sister, with their respective families; nephews and neices; a daughter, her husband and family, plus another grandchild. Was this the norm for working families? This is only happening for my town-dwelling relations, but may be a reflection of where my families were in the cycle: my rural families had most of the children still unmarried and at home.
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It's certainly the case for my family - my grandparents lived with his widowed mother, his unmarried sister, and their daughter.
Meanwhile in Bethnal Green another great-grandmother lived in 1 room with 3 of her adult sons. No doubt that explains why my unmarried grandmother was with her much older brother and his family (as she had been in 1911).