Robert Holmes wrote: > I have just paid out £45 for a copy of the 1911 census and very > useful it is too. However,it is difficult to explain away certain > age discrepancies: In 1911 ,grandfather is 31 and grandmother is 29. > When they married in 1914-just before he volunteered for the > army- the stated ages are 30 and 24! While both could write, was > their arithmetic so awful or memory so bad. As she had already > declared her real? age in 1911 was their any point in concealment > at the marriage. Age wasn't as important as it is today. There's no question of there being a transcription error with the 1911 census so that can't explain the discrepancy! There may be a transcription error on the marriage cert though. The way to find out their actual age is to find their birth registrations. -- Charani (UK)