Suppose the person died May 6, 1889, at the age of 71 years, 7 months, 9 days. ****Write the year, month, day as:->18890506 ****Subtract the age at death:---------->710709 ****This gives the figure:-------------->18179797 ****Now subtract 8870:----------------------->8870 ****The result is:------------------------->18170927 Year 1817, 9th month (Sept), 27th day or 27 Sept 1817