Hi Anne, during the 1841 census for Manchester John ATKIN was recorded as 7 months old. All my best Mike Morris Toronto Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne C" <annecwinfield@ntlworld.com> To: "Manchester List" <eng-manchester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 5:49 AM > Have you considered the possibility that he could have been born the year > before? I have an ancestor whose birth was registered in 1882 but, on > receiving the certificate, it turned out that he was actually born the > year before which makes it awkward for family researchers. <snip>