They had five surviving children together, four girls and a boy.

His wife was already the mother of three surviving children.

He was the third of three surviving children by them.

The benefits for surviving children average about $550 a month.

He was married with seven surviving children, three boys and four girls.

During this time his wife also died, leaving him with only one surviving child.

He was the younger of his parents' two surviving children.

His story was the same, except that he is left with no surviving children, just the four dead.

Families were small, with rarely more than four surviving children.

She was the fifth daughter, and second surviving child, of her parents.

And in later life it was she who would be responsible for the five surviving children.

The father, meanwhile, gave away four of the surviving children to local families.

The couple were to have nine surviving children: five boys and four girls.

They were to have four surviving children, three sons and a daughter.

She has four other surviving children; a fifth child died young.

Two of her surviving children are still in school, and she has never been employed.

Now he is struggling to save his only surviving child.

They have also pledged to provide medical care for their surviving children.

Officials said today that they were uncertain what would become of the surviving children.

The only surviving child from his marriage was a daughter who settled in America.

He freed all her four surviving children when they came of age, two in his will.

The couple married happily in 1744 and had two surviving children.

His wife was named Mary and there appears to have been only one surviving child, a daughter.

They have four surviving children, the last born in late 2003 just after their separation.

When he is gone, the tiny piece of property will be left to five surviving children who themselves already have large families.