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rounding the dates up on census
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Jane | Report | 16 Jun 2005 22:30 |
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Many thanks for this info. I knew about the problems when the calendar changed ,but having found ancestors in Dorset couldn't reconcile the Parish records with Death Cert. and IGI record. Relief Thanks ..Jane |
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An Olde Crone | Report | 16 Jun 2005 21:03 |
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Which reminds me most painfully of my most useless census return ever.. 1841 James Holden age 65 born out of county James Holden age 15 born out of county James Holden age 15 born out of county James Holden age 15 born out of county. Jane Holden (splodge) Marjorie |
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Geoff | Report | 16 Jun 2005 12:56 |
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The instructions were that children up to fifteen were to be given their correct age. After that 15 meant 15-19 20 meant 20-24 25 meant 25-29 etc So rounding was only DOWN, and rounding was to the nearest multiple of 5 below, with a final instruction ... 'If no more can be ascertained respecting the age of any person than that the person is a child or is grown up, write 'under 20' or 'over 20', as the case may be.' |
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Heather | Report | 16 Jun 2005 12:55 |
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The 1841 was supposed to round anyone over age of 15 down to the nearest five. Hence you can end up with 3 siblings all the same age and looking like triplets but arent so! However, not all enumerators seem to have stuck to this rule and in some I have had the exact age. |
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Tmwg | Report | 16 Jun 2005 12:53 |
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thanks angie, that helps, was never any good at maths!, sorry no humour allowed :-) |
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Angie | Report | 16 Jun 2005 12:49 |
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The rule in 1841 census was to round down the ages for adults to the nearest five years but sometimes for the elderly people it might have been rounded down to the nearest ten years Angie x |
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Tmwg | Report | 16 Jun 2005 12:44 |
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I read somewhere that in early censusses (censi) lol, that they used to round up the ages to nearest 5 years? so if you were 3 you were rounded up to age 5, 12 up to 15 etc, am i right? and what years did they do this and which year was it stopped and True ages given? thanks |
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