Hi Tim, The correct age was given up to the age of 15 but from 16 onwards the age was rounded down to the nearest five. So, the child was aged 5 but William PICKARD was aged between 25 and 29. Marilyn Maybury ----- Original Message ----- From: "tpickard" <tpickard@sympatico.ca> To: <ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 8:55 PM Subject: [ BRAD] Ages on 1841 census > Greetings to the list, > The ages on the 1841 census are given in multiples of 5. I'm not sure whether this means to the nearest 5 or not. > For example my gg-grandfather William PICKARD's age was given as 25. > Does this mean between 23 and 27? Or does it mean 21 to 25? > A child's age was given as 5. What does this mean? > > As a supplementary, the same guy William was a woolcomber in 1841. By 1843 he had become a miner. Would this mean an improvement in the economic situation of the family? > Hoping for some enlightenment. > > Regards. > Tim Pickard > Ottawa > > > ==== ENG-YKS-BRADFORD Mailing List ==== > Please do not just click on 'reply' - Change the subject line to describe more accurately the subject of *your* message. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Ridiculous practice!!!! Didn't they think that in years to come it would cause us all problems??? Lynda in Montreal ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Maybury" <m.maybury@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 1:36 PM Subject: Re: [ BRAD] Ages on 1841 census > Hi Tim, > > The correct age was given up to the age of 15 but from 16 onwards the age > was rounded down to the nearest five. > So, the child was aged 5 but William PICKARD was aged between 25 and 29. > > Marilyn Maybury > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "tpickard" <tpickard@sympatico.ca> > To: <ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 8:55 PM > Subject: [ BRAD] Ages on 1841 census > > > > Greetings to the list, > > The ages on the 1841 census are given in multiples of 5. I'm not sure > whether this means to the nearest 5 or not. > > For example my gg-grandfather William PICKARD's age was given as 25. > > Does this mean between 23 and 27? Or does it mean 21 to 25? > > A child's age was given as 5. What does this mean? > > > > As a supplementary, the same guy William was a woolcomber in 1841. By 1843 > he had become a miner. Would this mean an improvement in the economic > situation of the family? > > Hoping for some enlightenment. > > > > Regards. > > Tim Pickard > > Ottawa > > > > > > ==== ENG-YKS-BRADFORD Mailing List ==== > > Please do not just click on 'reply' - Change the subject line to describe > more accurately the subject of *your* message. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== ENG-YKS-BRADFORD Mailing List ==== > Visit http://www.genuki.org.uk/ for initial information on all > aspects of genealogy in the UK.........For the Bradford pages visit > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Bradford/index.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >