Hilary, The rules for the 1841 Census were that adult ages were to be rounded DOWN to the five years, and only those under the age of 15 had to have their ages recorded to the nearest year. Thus someone whose age on the 1841 census is given as 15, is actually aged from 15 to 19 years old if the rules were followed. Also it sounds as if you haven't actually got the 1843 marriage certificate which would give Thomas' age, even if it's only stated as of "Full Age", ie 21 years or over. Regards David Armstrong Maylands, Western Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: HILARY RIMMER To: eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 10:57 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] An 1841 Request Please Thank you Sally, I while ago I took copies of some 1841 census pages looking for Thomas Hughes who married in 1843, one of them is of Ford Street, Thomas is only 15 at that time which makes him a bit young to get married 2 years later,but, there is a connection with Ford Street. I am not sure where Alice fits in though. Thank you once again for looking. Best Wishes Hilary.

Thanks David I do have Thomas's Marriage certificate and it does say he is full age, but did they always tell the truth?, his bride was baptised in 1825, so his age would match hers if he was aged between 15 and 19 in 1841. Best Wishes Hilary. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Armstrong" <davidrli@iinet.net.au> To: <eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 4:10 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] An 1841 Request Please > Hilary, > > The rules for the 1841 Census were that adult ages were to be rounded DOWN > to the five years, and only those under the age of 15 had to have their > ages recorded to the nearest year. > > Thus someone whose age on the 1841 census is given as 15, is actually aged > from 15 to 19 years old if the rules were followed. > > Also it sounds as if you haven't actually got the 1843 marriage > certificate which would give Thomas' age, even if it's only stated as of > "Full Age", ie 21 years or over. > > Regards > > David Armstrong > Maylands, > Western Australia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: HILARY RIMMER > To: eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 10:57 PM > Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] An 1841 Request Please > > > Thank you Sally, > I while ago I took copies of some 1841 census pages looking for Thomas > Hughes who married in 1843, one of them is of Ford Street, Thomas is > only > 15 at that time which makes him a bit young to get married 2 years > later,but, there is a connection with Ford Street. > I am not sure where Alice fits in though. > Thank you once again for looking. > Best Wishes > Hilary. > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Admin Message - List guidelines: > http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > > The list admin can be contacted at > Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message