It just shows how careful you need to be with figures!! The first paragraph below of course should have been "Charles and Hester could have been anything between 25 and 29." Many apologies for the error! Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Hase" <pat@pathase.demon.co.uk> To: <gloucester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 2:22 PM Subject: Re: [GLS] Maps & Smiths > HI Joan, > > The ages of anyone over the age of 15 on the 1841 census was were supposed > to be approximated to the nearest 5 years downwards so that your Charles > and > Hester could have been anything between 15 and 29. > > On the 4th Jan I sent this message to the list - did you get it? > > The marriage index 1800-1837 produced by the Glos FHS on CD see > www.gfhs.org.uk has the following entry > Charles SMITH to Hester BEER 16 April 1832 St John the Baptist Gloucester > by > banns. > > If they were both 29 in 1841 that would have made them about 20 when they > were married - both technically under age - ie under 21 so requiring > parental consent. > > Pat > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joan Canning" <ja.perl@bigpond.net.au> > To: <gloucester@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 10:23 AM > Subject: [GLS] Maps & Smiths > > >> Sincere thanks to all the Listers who were kind enough to answer my query >> and forwarding me so much valuable information which I will most >> certainly >> follow up. >> >> Apologies for not including the name of the people I am looking for. I >> am >> looking for information on my ggGrandparents, Charles SMITH and >> Hester(Esther) nee BEER. They were both listed as age 25 on the 1841 >> Census. Their eldest child on the Census was listed as age 9, which >> seems >> to make them very young when first child born. This would also have them >> married approx. 1832 at only 16 or 17 years of age. Birth place of both >> was listed as Gloucester. >> >> I do hope all you folks on this list realise what a valuable asset you >> are >> for us who live so far away. >> >> Many thanks >> Joan in Oz >> >> >> _____________________________________________ >> >> Browse the list archives at: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GLOUCESTER/ >> >> Keyword search - any or all lists: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > _____________________________________________ > > Browse the list archives at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GLOUCESTER/ > > Keyword search - any or all lists: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >