Hi Joy, Your message reminded me of a late, 2x grt-uncle who had been widowed and remarried several times, each to a progressively younger wife. The census follows a pattern where, as it was taken every ten years, but the uncle aged only 3-5 years. While he was born (I have the documents) in 1824 and lived to a very ripe old age of 87, his death certificate from 1911 lists him as a mere 67! Even then, his widow was still younger by more than a decade! Thus, do your own math and remember that men can be just as vain as women. One more story that I just recalled! Another great-uncle had us very confused because his name was common (John) but the census kept listing the wrong birthplace, so we always felt that his info wasn't completely accurate. Then, the 1901 census came out and I found him both widowed and retired, living with his daughter and son-in-law. It listed the birthplace and corresponding age that we felt was correct - and completely different from all other censuses - likely because he was retired and was the one giving the data to the census taker for the first time! Warmest regards, Beth Marcheschi Colorado On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 10:42 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 11:38:21 +0000 (GMT) > From: Joy Langdon <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] Age information on documents > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > I have examples of baptisms much later than the age of two so I?would > advise against?discounting a?baptism?just because it is later than?expected > without investigation.? Sometimes the age is on the?register when it?occurs > for an older child but not always.?? > ? > I also have examples of ages on death registers being wrong because the > family didn't know - in one case the lady concerned had married a much > younger man and she obviously told him she was 10 years younger than she > was because that is the age that appears on the marriage certificate, all > subsequent censuses and her death certificate!?? Fortunately, Scottish > marriage certificates gave the bride and groom's mother's names?as well as > the father's so when I eventually obtained the certificate after years of > discounting the marriage because of the age differences pre and post 1861 > census, it confirmed that it was the same lady.? > ? > Regards, > ? > Joy >

Hi Beth That's spot on. There are so many examples of this sort of thing. Your post should be framed and hung on the walls of all budding genealogists! best wishes Tony Tony Bennett Cheshire, UK On 03/01/2013 19:14, Elizabeth Marcheschi wrote: > Hi Joy, > Your message reminded me of a late, 2x grt-uncle who had been widowed > and remarried several times, each to a progressively younger wife. The > census follows a pattern where, as it was taken every ten years, but the > uncle aged only 3-5 years. While he was born (I have the documents) in 1824 > and lived to a very ripe old age of 87, his death certificate from 1911 > lists him as a mere 67! Even then, his widow was still younger by more than > a decade! > Thus, do your own math and remember that men can be just as vain as > women. > One more story that I just recalled! Another great-uncle had us very > confused because his name was common (John) but the census kept listing the > wrong birthplace, so we always felt that his info wasn't completely > accurate. Then, the 1901 census came out and I found him both widowed and > retired, living with his daughter and son-in-law. It listed the birthplace > and corresponding age that we felt was correct - and completely different > from all other censuses - likely because he was retired and was the one > giving the data to the census taker for the first time! > Warmest regards, > Beth Marcheschi > Colorado > > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 10:42 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Message: 1 >> Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 11:38:21 +0000 (GMT) >> From: Joy Langdon <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] Age information on documents >> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: >> <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 >> >> I have examples of baptisms much later than the age of two so I?would >> advise against?discounting a?baptism?just because it is later than?expected >> without investigation.? Sometimes the age is on the?register when it?occurs >> for an older child but not always.?? >> ? >> I also have examples of ages on death registers being wrong because the >> family didn't know - in one case the lady concerned had married a much >> younger man and she obviously told him she was 10 years younger than she >> was because that is the age that appears on the marriage certificate, all >> subsequent censuses and her death certificate!?? Fortunately, Scottish >> marriage certificates gave the bride and groom's mother's names?as well as >> the father's so when I eventually obtained the certificate after years of >> discounting the marriage because of the age differences pre and post 1861 >> census, it confirmed that it was the same lady.? >> ? >> Regards, >> ? >> Joy >> > ------------------------------- > Listmom: [email protected] or [email protected] > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message