Hi Bart! Yes, you have the correct family. Elizabeth's birthdate as given in the Pickering Meeting [Ontario, Canada] Quaker records is the 11th of December, 1835, which is two days before her baptism. The 1871 census is not an accurate estimate of her date of birth. She is 27 in 1861 ["age next birthday"] and 16 in the 1851/2 census ["age next birthday"] - so they are a little closer to the correct year. Regards, Stephen On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 11:20 PM, Bart Simon via <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hello: Stephen, if I am correct ?, in the ON Whitby Census 1871C: > > 1871C: > Selah Orvid 45y (1871-45=1826). He is bp:04-02-1826. > Elizabeth (Proctor) 34y (1871-34=1837) given to be bp:13-12-1835 > (Messingham). > > Since Elizabeth Proctor 34y in 1871 (=bp:1837), and since she was > 'apparently' bp:13-12-1835, which although at the end of the year, it means > she would have turned a full year before any census. Are you sure you have > the correct ship list ?. We are probably in the right place for the person > on that ship list, but things are not adding up yet, but not in the right > place for the whole family. His dates are fine, your Elizabeth Proctor is 2 > years out, 1 year only would have been sought further as to why. If the > census is correct, we are in the wrong place. Bart [!!!] .... > -----Original Message----- > > >