This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: hallgeneseeker Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2539.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You may have better luck finding information on John's birth if you try looking for him to have been born a fair bit later than 1794. I believe that date to be about 10 to 15 years away from the truth. He was a man whose years rapidly outstretched the number of decades through which he lived. In 1861, he was 45, and married to Mary in 1833. By 1871, he was claiming to be 60. 1881 census shows him to be age 71. I couldn't find him in 1891. 1861 has Mary age 44. In 1881, notably only two decades later, she also was an astonishing 71. Ten years after that, she was allegedly 90! 'Tis a common phenomenon that I've observed hundreds of times during my transcriptions of successive censii. The older some people get, the more eager they are to reach the vaunted status of octogenarian. Once they achieve that milestone, thay almost invariably attain centenarianhood within less than 15 years. It's just a hint, but you should probably be looking for him to have been baptised between 1804 and 1816. Patricia Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Household Record 1881 Canadian Census Search results | Download Previous Household Next Household ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Household: Name Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation Religion Samuel CUNINGHAM Male Irish 23 O <Ontario> Farmer C. Presbyterian John CUNINGHAM M Male Irish 71 Ireland C. Presbyterian Mary CUNINGHAM M Female Irish 71 Ireland C. Presbyterian Isaiah CUNINGHAM M Male Irish 23 O <Ontario> Labourer C. Presbyterian Lora CUNINGHAM M Female Scottish 20 O <Ontario> C. Presbyterian ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Source Information: Census Place Essa, Simcoe South, Ontario Family History Library Film 1375886 NA Film Number C-13250 District 138 Sub-district F Division 2 Page Number 44 Household Number 187 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- C 1999-2005 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. English approval: 3/1999 Use of this site constitutes your acceptance of these Conditions of Use (last updated: 3/22/1999). Privacy Policy (last updated: 3/27/2006). 27 http://www.familysearch.org v.2.5.0 About Us | Contact Us | Press Room LDS Church Sites | LDS Country Sites -----Original Message----- From: can-ont-simcoe-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:can-ont-simcoe-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of gc-gateway@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 12:45 AM To: CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] John and Mary Cunningham This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: hallgeneseeker Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2539.2/m b.ashx Message Board Post: You may have better luck finding information on John's birth if you try looking for him to have been born a fair bit later than 1794. I believe that date to be about 10 to 15 years away from the truth. He was a man whose years rapidly outstretched the number of decades through which he lived. In 1861, he was 45, and married to Mary in 1833. By 1871, he was claiming to be 60. 1881 census shows him to be age 71. I couldn't find him in 1891. 1861 has Mary age 44. In 1881, notably only two decades later, she also was an astonishing 71. Ten years after that, she was allegedly 90! 'Tis a common phenomenon that I've observed hundreds of times during my transcriptions of successive censii. The older some people get, the more eager they are to reach the vaunted status of octogenarian. Once they achieve that milestone, thay almost invariably attain centenarianhood within less than 15 years. It's just a hint, but you should probably be looking for him to have been baptised between 1804 and 1816. Patricia Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message