On 26 Jan 2014 at 13:14, Mike Gould wrote: > To clarify the recording of ages on the 1841 census, the instructions to the > Enumerator were as follows: > > “Age and Sex.—Write the age of each person opposite to the name in one of the > two columns headed “Males” and “Females,” according to the sex. > > Write the age of every person under 15 years of age as it is stated to you. > For persons aged 15 years and upwards, write the lowest of the term of 5 years > within which the age is. Thus—for Persons aged 15 years and under 20 write 15 > 20 years and under 25 write 20 25 years and under 30 write 25 30 years and > under 35 write 30 35 years and under 40 write 35 40 years and under 45 write > 40 45 years and under 50 write 45 50 years and under 55 write 50 55 years and > under 60 write 55 60 years and under 65 write 60 65 years and under 70 write > 65 70 years and under 75 write 70 and so on up to the greatest ages. I thought that's what I said, though in summarised form. -- Keep well, Steve Hayes Blog: http://hayesgreene.wordpress.com Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/famhist1.htm E-mail: shayes@dunelm.org.uk

It should be remembered that not all enumerators followed (or even understood) the instructions. I have found many examples where they were not followed. Paul -----Original Message----- From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Steve Hayes Sent: 26 January 2014 14:53 To: devon@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DEV] Ages recorded on the 1841 census On 26 Jan 2014 at 13:14, Mike Gould wrote: > To clarify the recording of ages on the 1841 census, the instructions > to the Enumerator were as follows: > > "Age and Sex.-Write the age of each person opposite to the name in one > of the two columns headed "Males" and "Females," according to the sex. > > Write the age of every person under 15 years of age as it is stated to you. > For persons aged 15 years and upwards, write the lowest of the term of 5 years > within which the age is. Thus-for Persons aged 15 years and under 20 write 15 > 20 years and under 25 write 20 25 years and under 30 write 25 30 years > and under 35 write 30 35 years and under 40 write 35 40 years and > under 45 write > 40 45 years and under 50 write 45 50 years and under 55 write 50 55 > years and under 60 write 55 60 years and under 65 write 60 65 years > and under 70 write > 65 70 years and under 75 write 70 and so on up to the greatest ages. I thought that's what I said, though in summarised form. -- Keep well, Steve Hayes Blog: http://hayesgreene.wordpress.com Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/famhist1.htm E-mail: shayes@dunelm.org.uk ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message