The most prolific couple conceived 13 children

In the period covered by the registers, people did not limit their fertility. As a result, families had ten or more children if the spouses married at around the age of 20. In the Vachuška family, there are even spouses who conceived more than ten children.

Václav Vachuška and Johanna, born Poleníková, conceived a total of 13 children. Václav and Johanna conceived children for an incredible 26 years, and their children were born between 1783 and 1808. The first birth was twins.

Petr Vachuška and his wife Maryana Magdalena had 12 children, who were born over a period of 20 years between 1730 and 1749. Incidentally, only one son can be said with certainty to have passed on the surname.

František Vachuška fathered a total of 12 children with two women. The first was born to him and his wife Petronila, born Kolářová, in 1888, and the last was born to him and his second wife Marie, born Klečková, in 1908. The year of birth is unknown for three of the children he had with Marie; they may have been born after 1908.

Marie, born Vachušková, had a total of 12 children with her husband František Švec over a period of 22 years between 1881 and 1902.

Anna, born Vachušková, and her husband František Malý conceived a total of 12 children between 1798 and 1818.

Jakub Vachuška and his wife Marie Magdalena, born Jandová, conceived 11 children between 1801 and 1824. Their fertile period lasted 24 years.

This record makes Václav and Johanna, born Poleníková, the record holders for the number of children born into the Vachuška family.

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