The family were from the Tolaga Bay area on New Zealand's North Island.. Issue 227 of the Gisborne Photo News carried a report in 1973 about a reunion of 140 of their descendants and noted that they had 215 direct descendants at that time.[71] 20 Mary and John Fullerton Mary and John Fullerton from County Donegal, Ireland, had 20 children, the eldest of whom was Eddie Fullerton, born in 1935.[72] 20 Mrs. and Mr. Rexford Oakley Mrs. Oakley, aged 54, from Scranton, Pennsylvania, gave birth to her 20th child in December 1954. 18 of the children, including the newborn, were alive.[73] 20 Zola Inez (née Sutterfield) and Harvey Auston Smith Mrs. Smith (born September 1, 1910) gave birth to her 20th child in Mountain View, Arkansas, in May 1956, at the age of 45.