Most generations to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary (50th)
According to Official Guinness Records,
The record for most generations of the same family to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary (50th) is five. Generation #1: Philipp Jakob Kober (b.16 June 1776) married Maria Barbara Ullrich (b. 1 February 1775) in Wachenheim, Pfalz, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany. Their marriage lasted 53 years and came to an end when Maria Barbara Kober, nee Ullrich died on 28 September 1849. Generation #2: Susan Kober (b. 21 August 1810), daughter of Philipp Jakob Kober and Maria Barbara Ullrich, married Johannes Machenheimer, Jr. (b. 8 September 1811) on 21 January 1836 in Wachenheim, Pfalz, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany. Their marriage lasted 62 years and came to an end when Susan Machenheimer, nee Kober died on 27 August 1898. Generation #3: J. Elizabeth Machenheimer (b. 9 April 1846) daughter of Johannes Machenheimer, Jr. and Susan Kober, married George Christopher Nestle (b. 25 February 1837) on 7 November 1863, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA. Their marriage lasted 54 years and came to an end when George Christopher Nestle died on 30 March 1918. Generation #4: Ernestine Amalia Nestle (b. 22 June 1877), daughter of George Christopher Nestle and Johanna Elizabeth Machenheimer, married James C. Curran (b. 8 September 1871) on 1 June 1898, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA. Their marriage lasted 52 years and came to an end when James C. Curran died on 19 March 1951. Generation #5 (two couples): a) Elizabeth Ruth Curran (b. 18 June 1915) daughter of James C. Curran and Ernestine Amalia Nestle, married Edward Louis Heim, Sr. (b. 21 July 1914) on 1 June 1938, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA. Their marriage lasted 50 years and came to an end when Elizabeth Ruth Heim died on 13 April 1989. b) Doris Ann Curran (b. 8 August 1921) daughter of James C. Curran and Ernestine Amalia Nestle, married Russell Eugene Callahan (b. 27 March 1920) on 1 June 1943, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA. The couple is still married as of 02 April 2003, having been married 59 years, 10 mon