Well my three, never married, Young great aunts lived with my grandfather and their brother (William Albin Young) until they died. I have them in a series of census records. They only seemed to age some seven or eight years per decade. My father lied about his age to get in the Army where he served for 33 years. Naturally having once lied on an important official matter he was stuck with the lie. His social security application (I have a copy in his handwriting), driver's license, etc. all show him to be a year older than his birth record. The birth record is known to be accurate. Bill Epling -----Original Message----- From: Dean Black [mailto:dcblack@sympatico.ca] Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 10:04 AM To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Lying About One's Age Tongue in cheek, of course, I lay this subject out knowing it is one better suited to the ladies out there, than the men. :0) In all seriousness, however, I have noted with quite interest the number of men who lied about their age so as to ensure a berth for their family and passage to Canada in the early 1800s. My own GGGGrandfather - Walter Black - is recorded as 40 years old, as he boarded the George Canning on 14 April 1821 for the Bathurst District in Canada. However, his grave marker cites a birth date of 1769. Clearly he was 53, and not 40. Are there any other stories out there that might shed some additional light on this practice? Was this the only reason why men would lie about their age? Kindest regards from Canada Dean Black ______________________________
Another reason for men lying as in one case in my family was so that he could work longer - a great uncle worked well into his 70's in Australia. Ruth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Epling" <wepling@cox.net> To: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 1:18 AM Subject: [D-G LIST] RE: Lying About One's Age > Well my three, never married, Young great aunts lived with my grandfather > and their brother (William Albin Young) until they died. I have them in a > series of census records. They only seemed to age some seven or eight years > per decade. > > My father lied about his age to get in the Army where he served for 33 > years. Naturally having once lied on an important official matter he was > stuck with the lie. His social security application (I have a copy in his > handwriting), driver's license, etc. all show him to be a year older than > his birth record. The birth record is known to be accurate. > > Bill Epling > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dean Black [mailto:dcblack@sympatico.ca] > Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 10:04 AM > To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Lying About One's Age > > Tongue in cheek, of course, I lay this subject out knowing it is one better > suited to the ladies out there, than the men. :0) In all seriousness, > however, I have noted with quite interest the number of men who lied about > their age so as to ensure a berth for their family and passage to Canada in > the early 1800s. My own GGGGrandfather - Walter Black - is recorded as 40 > years old, as he boarded the George Canning on 14 April 1821 for the > Bathurst District in Canada. However, his grave marker cites a birth date of > 1769. Clearly he was 53, and not 40. Are there any other stories out there > that might shed some additional light on this practice? Was this the only > reason why men would lie about their age? > > Kindest regards from Canada > > > Dean Black > > ______________________________ > > > > ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== > FIND YOUR ANCESTORS > http://www.directcon.net/tomas/Ancestry/index.html/ >