Have you met anybody who was born in the 19th century?
My grandparents were born during the 1880's. My grandparents were very much part of my life when I was growing up during the 1950's. My grandparents would take me to watch movies, to the park, etc.
All my grandparents were born in the late 1800s, I was born 1945 so there were many people in the neighborhood who were born in the late 1800s too when I was growing up.