From among the tree tops... wrote: > Cecily, hmmmmm in my research I found two of these little sweet > hearts. One was known as Maud for no apparent reason and the other > Jane, her middle name.... in my opinion Cecelia Elizabeth has a > nice ring to it - > > can you chase info that cannot be altered, ie ages? People lied about their ages then as they do now :)) I've no doubt many researchers have discovered that someone supposedly one age actually turn out to be older, sometimes much older. Sometimes they claim to be older than they actually were. My great great uncle lied about his age and claimed he was older than he actually was. I think that was because his wife was much older than him. Dear Cousin Albert's DoB on his death certificate made him four years younger than he actually was, but his age (along with a lot of other information about him) tended to wander like a crooked path! To be fair, back then, people often didn't know exactly how old they were. They weren't asked for their DoB as frequently as we are today. There's no doubt there was a degree of manipulation by both men and women though. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/