This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Grimes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RS.2ADI/1594.1 Message Board Post: Christine, there have been several times that my ancestors have had their wrong age listed on a census. In fact, just this morning, I found my great grandma on the 1890 census and they listed her as 71 years old!!! She was only born in 1873!! So, if the rest of the family members "fit" the person you're looking for, chances are, the age listed is off.