Hi Sharon, I'm certain that there was a certain elasticity in people's ages. In some cases they might been around too long for them to remember ( wasn't that polite?!). In the case of deaths, the people reporting them were not related to the bodies so guessed. People eager to get married ???? so upped their age. In the case of lodgers their landlord just guessed. It most certainly is not a good yard stick to rely on. Anyway, nobody said it would be easy (this family tree thing), Trust it all worked out in the end Regards - Anthony ---- "Moss wrote: > > I have this happening to me as well right now! I found my GG > grandmother on the 1881 census listed as being born in 1866. And I have > her marriage cert from 1888 and it also says she was born around 1866 > (she's listed as 22 on her marriage cert). However, I cannot find her > on familysearch.org (even using the batch numbers) nor freebmd. I look > at the 1891 census and she's listed as being 23, so that'd work out to > be born in 1867. This works out be the same for the 1901 census. The > closest person I can find in the area where I know she was born was born > in 1864 or 1873! Quite a spread in years.... > > I'm wondering if this is a case of "fixing the numbers" as she was > actually older than her spouse....and I'm not sure how common that was > back in the mid-late 1800's. So, I too, am not sure where to look next. > > Sharon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 2:33 PM > Subject: [HAM] Mobile Birthday ? > > > Hi Folks, > NELLIE ALBURY was married in 1901.On the certificate she gave her age as > 26. > Thus she was born c1875. She and her husband emmigrated to the US in the > > same year. On the 1910 US census (dated 20th Apri)l, census she gives > her > age as 34 (b1876), the 1920 census shows her to be 42 (b1878) and on > the > 1930 census she's 52 (b1878). In July of 1922 she applies for a > passport. > This time she gives her birth details - born in Hampshire, 12th August > 1877. > All this and I still CANNOT FIND HER !!!!!!!!! I've tried BMD and > findmypast > sites, different spellings, but to no avail. So, I feel that only leaves > > Parish Registers. This is uncharted territory to me. > Please can sks advise on my next move ? > Yours hopefully, > Anthony > > > For FREE online parish register transcriptions visit the Hampshire OPC at www.knightroots.co.uk > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message