The age question in the 1850 census was _supposed_ to be "age at last birthday". The enumerator got to this family sometime in August 1850, as best as I can decipher it. So the answer could refer to a birthday in 1849 - or maybe someone's arithmetic skills weren't very good. [email protected] wrote: >Sure is and I think you may well be right. I searched on KNIBB and missed >him as KNIBBS but we all know about that one. The age discrepancy is minimal >particularly bearing in mind we only have his baptism and not his birth - I >even have a 3 year gap between him and his nearest older sibling. What can >be said is that no one has tracked him further in England, as far as I'm >aware, so it does set up the real possibility that he emigrated. > >No, I can't recall any other KNIBB/S saddlers within another family but I >can't check the database on that parameter as can Don re his tree. > >Will keep a beady eye out for the family henceforth and hope to be able to >confirm [or at least find him fitting in elsewhere] at some time in the >future. > >bfn > >Alan > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > -- *Marsha L. Ensminger __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with [email protected]! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

Marsha, Thanks for passing the information on about James H KNIBBS. I've had a good search around in USGenWeb but sadly, can't find any reference to him in either Maine or New Hampshire. If indeed it is the James we suspect it is, he was baptised in Feb 1819, so "age last birthday" when the census was taken would have been at least 31. Nevertheless, I still wouldn't discount him due to the age discrepancy - ages, as I'm sure you've found, are often given or recorded wrongly. Thanks again, Don ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 5:25 AM Subject: RE: [K/NIBB/S] Another saddler, a blacksmith, a worthy .... > The age question in the 1850 census was _supposed_ to be "age at last birthday". The enumerator got to this family sometime in August 1850, as best as I can decipher it. So the answer could refer to a birthday in 1849 - or maybe someone's arithmetic skills weren't very good. > > > [email protected] wrote: > > >Sure is and I think you may well be right. I searched on KNIBB and missed > >him as KNIBBS but we all know about that one. The age discrepancy is minimal > >particularly bearing in mind we only have his baptism and not his birth - I > >even have a 3 year gap between him and his nearest older sibling. What can > >be said is that no one has tracked him further in England, as far as I'm > >aware, so it does set up the real possibility that he emigrated. > > > >No, I can't recall any other KNIBB/S saddlers within another family but I > >can't check the database on that parameter as can Don re his tree. > > > >Will keep a beady eye out for the family henceforth and hope to be able to > >confirm [or at least find him fitting in elsewhere] at some time in the > >future. > > > >bfn > > > >Alan > > > > > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > -- > *Marsha L. Ensminger > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with [email protected]! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ > > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >