Colin Adult baptisms were quite common, some were performed in very much later years. Regards David Pearsall - Solihull UK ----- Original Message ----- From: "colin jarvis" <colcon2@bigpond.com> To: <ENG-WORCESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 2:52 AM Subject: [WOR] AGES SHOWN IN CENSUS RECORDS. > Hrllo everyone, > Have found an entry for an ancestor as a child in a 1851 census giving an > age which would give a birth year of > about1846. > An 1881 census shows him married with an age given which would make the > birth year about 1850. > Am I correct in assuming that the information shown would be given by the > head of the house and that the age shown would be based on the birth year. > This latter point is of interest as in some cases I have found > considerable gaps between baptism and birth dates. > > Thanks, > > Colin Jarvis. > > > > > ==== ENG-WORCESTER Mailing List ==== > FreeREG Project: parish register database > http://freereg.rootsweb.com > > UK Census on-line > http://freecen.rootsweb.com/ > http://www.worcestershiresurnames.co.uk/ > > >