Also, Christening/Baptism could take place several years after birth. Sometimes whole families of various ages, were Baptised at the same time. If you are in the US and are reasonably close to a FHC, get a film for the year in question for Portesea and start searching. If you can find her birth record it should tell you her parents. Have you tried Familysearch.com on line? Happy Hunting! Jan Kelley Bellevue Washington USA [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Young <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 12:43 AM Subject: Re: Kemp's of Portsea > Howdy.... > > >>We know from the 1851 census that Sarah SQUIRE (married name) was 47 > which would put her birthdate between 1 Apr 1803 and 31 Mar 1804 so she > could not have been chr. before 1803 (which rules out a Sarah KEMP of > Brading Hampshire) and her birthplace is shown as Portsea (which also > rules out a Sarah KEMP of Selborne). > > Keep in mind that the ages given in the census records (both UK and US) > are the ages that the individuals gave to the census taker. It is not > uncommon > for a person to "age" only 8 years, or over 12 years, between censuses. > > Bob Young, Secretary > Kemp Family Association >