Looking at census records be careful about accepting any ages given. The instructions for the 1841 census that I read showed that ages given were rounded up or down. For example: if a person was of the ages 50-55 the census taker was to put 50, if the person was 55-60 the census taker was to put 55 (so in reality a person of 55 might be recorded as either 50 or 55!). Just thought this might help some folks with census age discrepancies. Lori