He was the only one of their three children to survive childhood.

Over the next 18 years, they had 9 children, of which 4 survived childhood.

Most of the families had many children, often with 10 to 12 who survived childhood.

Together, they had five children, but only one survived childhood.

They had nine children, but only two survived early childhood.

He and his wife had several children, though only one survived past childhood.

The couple had nine children, but only five survived past childhood.

They had 10 children, 9 of whom survived early childhood.

The couple had eight children, three of whom survived childhood.

They had nine children, of whom only three survived childhood.