Thanks for tha tid bit. ... I was wondering why ages could be off a year or two in these census reports.  Do you think this may have been a standard of the era, even for non-Acadians? This same thing seems to happen elsewhere in the non-Acadian branches, but in similar fashion. I was attributing it to illiteracy or lack of education. Leslie LeBrun Johnson L J's phone -------- Original message -------- From: Paul L LeBlanc via ACADIAN <acadian@rootsweb.com> Date: 4/5/17 6:20 AM (GMT-05:00) To: jaggy227@fltg.net, acadian@rootsweb.com Cc: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> Subject: Re: 100 years old A rule of thumb Fot those over 40-50, I expect age to be overstated at death especially if spouce predecesed and/or age ends in Zero. 2nd related rule for census ages of wives are adjusted to be a couple of years younger than husband especially if older. -----Original Message----- From: Gordon Bonnet <jaggy227@fltg.net> Given that Charles Pontiff died in 1832 and was said to be “100 years old,” his birth year COULD be off by 11 years.  I might be grasping at straws…. but it’s the closest Charles I’ve found to the right birth year. cheers, g . ------------------------------- To check our Archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ ------------------------------- To subscribe to the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message.  You will receive a confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" enrollment spam.  Give it the "Name" you would like us to call you. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It applies to all areas where "we" were a large percent of the population. Days (& months/years) were not as important as today. We celebrated my Grandfather's baptism until I looked up his birth. It is only in the last hundred years that it was required to be able to read & write to have a "full life" In the images of lists if there is a small cross (above) between the two names the name was written by the scribe and the person's mark was the cross. Do NOT assume lack of the cross means could read & write. So the "X" at the end of names in Louisiana did NOT start out as the person's mark. Something else even if the person signed their names they may not been able to R&W. Claude Guedry was probably taught to sign his name by his Father-in-Law Claude Petitpas. Compare their signatures. In census / lists you should think about the relationship of the taker/scribe to the individual. Did they speak French. Was a neighbor (or priest?) the informant for a family. enough high horse for now. Anyone disagree? -----Original Message----- From: Leslie Johnson, CPC <ljohnsontx@inbox.com> Thanks for tha tid bit. ... I was wondering why ages could be off a year or two in these census reports. Do you think this may have been a standard of the era, even for non-Acadians? This same thing seems to happen elsewhere in the non-Acadian branches, but in similar fashion. I was attributing it to illiteracy or lack of education. Leslie LeBrun Johnson