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Biggest age discrepancy??
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Merry | Report | 15 Feb 2006 23:18 |
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I keep reading people saying age at death is often widely out, but most of my rellies are very accurate..........................but not all!! What's the biggest error on your tree?? |
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Merry | Report | 15 Feb 2006 23:21 |
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My 3xg-grandfather was 45 in 1851 and 80 on his death cert five years later!! The death cert is correct.......he was 35 years older than his wife! I do wonder what the enumerator thought, if he saw him??! Merry |
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Andrew | Report | 15 Feb 2006 23:23 |
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Not quite what you meant, but my g. g. g. grandmother's age was transcribed with a twenty year error for one of the censuses on Ancestry. |
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Merry | Report | 15 Feb 2006 23:25 |
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A distant cousin is recorded as age 70 at her death, but she was actually 83. Her hubby wanted her age kept quiet (I suppose) because he was about 15 years younger! Merry |
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An Olde Crone | Report | 15 Feb 2006 23:26 |
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Merry Oooh, I've just posted this on another thread! Not my rellie (but I thought he might be, lol). Death transcribed as age 80 - the certificate actually said he was 30!! Olde Crone |
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Susan | Report | 15 Feb 2006 23:26 |
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I have a 20 difference on 1841 census how can a man have a son only 4 years younger than him, there again hospitaluity in the form of beer was the norm then I think. Sue |
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Rachel | Report | 15 Feb 2006 23:26 |
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the enumerator may have spoken to the wife and she told a little lie. |
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Phoenix | Report | 15 Feb 2006 23:47 |
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Friend's ancestor is 50 in 41, 70 in 51 and 90 in 61 As we can't find her marriage circa 1800 and her birthplace varies from Oxfordshire to unknown, we are unlikely ever find out the truth. |
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Christine in Yorkshire | Report | 15 Feb 2006 23:52 |
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I have gg grandmother age 40 on 1871 50 on1881 - ok so far.. 63 on 1891 ok a couple of years out isn't too bad... 61 on 1901!!! no wonder they're so hard to find!!!! keeps us on our toes! |
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Andrew | Report | 15 Feb 2006 23:53 |
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So she was 30 in 1831, and only 10 in 1821?! Must've been born in 1816!! |
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Christine in Yorkshire | Report | 16 Feb 2006 00:12 |
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additional info.... age at death in 1902 - 61! which would make her dob c 1841 but if you go from 71-91 census's c 1831! did this woman never age/ No wonder I have so much trouble finding her with calculating year of birth from various census's my head hurts!!!!!!! |
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Chris in Sussex | Report | 16 Feb 2006 00:33 |
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GGrandfather 2nd marriage age 34. Really 43. Registrar at the Register Office in 1906 just transposed the numbers???? Or GGrandfather 'forgot' his real age when marrying his younger second bride age 25 :) Chris |
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