Put your shoes back on and try this. http://enws347.eas.asu.edu:8000/~buckner/bdjscr.html Lowell Majorville@aol.com wrote: > > I've been working with pencil and paper, fingers and toes, and have not been > able to solve this puzzle. I'm hoping that someone on this mailing list has > already found the answer. > > How does one calculate a person's age as is often seen on old tombstones, > with the years, months and days? I am including two examples for which I > have each person's birth and death dates, but I can't come up with the same > result as shown on the stones. Did they include calculations for leap years? > February (28 days), months with 30 days, 31 days? Did they use a Julian > calendar? > > Understanding this method of calculation would be helpful when one has only > the information on a tombstone from which to calculate a person's date of > birth. > > Jesse Hadley died in Hancock County on Sept. 7, 1859. His stone said that > his age was 74 years, 11 months, 20 days. From other documented resources, I > believe his birthdate was Sept 13, 1784. > > Lucinda Lawrence Hadley died in Hancock County on Jan. 29, 1860, at the age, > also according to her stone, of 70 years, 9 months, 10 days. Her birthdate > was April 19, 1790. > > If someone can provide an answer or point me at a website, I'd appreciate it. > > Marcia Farina > Majorville@aol.com