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Beware ages on Census images!
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Glenys the Menace! | Report | 15 Jun 2005 15:57 |
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See below. |
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Glenys the Menace! | Report | 15 Jun 2005 15:57 |
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Hello everyone - Just to warn you that ages on Census' can be very misleading indeed! I've been searching high and low for my G-G-Grandparents, Thomas and Caroline Parsons, on various census' for months now without success. Then what do I find? In 1901 they're listed with Thomas' age as 31 (instead of 81), and Caroline's as 30 (instead of 80). I've seen warnings of name mistranscriptions, and thanks to the people who put those, I've found other definite 'flesh and blood' of mine lol. Anyway, just so you know - though you may know already. Ta-ra for now! Glenys x |
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☼ Orangeblossom ☼ - Tracy | Report | 15 Jun 2005 16:01 |
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How very true. Tons of my family are wrongly transcribed by age. Some is understandable looking at the actual image, but makes searching for them very difficult. |
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Kate | Report | 15 Jun 2005 16:01 |
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You're right, but often the age is almost impossible to read because it has been crossed through with a thick line by the person who processed all the census information. Kate. |
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Glenys the Menace! | Report | 15 Jun 2005 16:07 |
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Thankfully their places of birth caught my eye, as they were the exact places I had on my records. I looked at the original images, and guessed what had happened. It must have been an awful job sometimes to try and read some of the handwriting on the original census'. |
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Glenys the Menace! | Report | 15 Jun 2005 20:54 |
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Nudge, in case anyone else may find it useful. x |
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Heather | Report | 16 Jun 2005 07:22 |
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Yes I think we all know to ignore the ages! ALWAYS look on the census image too as they can be transcribed wrongly by ancestry. |
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David | Report | 16 Jun 2005 08:18 |
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Ages on census returns can also be wrong because the person gave their wrong age. The same applies to marriage ages. I have found a brother and sister who both gave wrong ages on their marriage certs. Him: 21 instead of 23. Her:29 instead of 36. I have also a marriage cert where the father's christian names were reversed. David |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 16 Jun 2005 08:24 |
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My wifes g grandad gives his age as 22, 34, 44, 53 - no wonder we can not find his birth certificate - the fact he has a common Southport name, Thomas Rimmer, is making it an impossibility. We also have a few errors down to mis-transcriptions and poor handwriting, so don't dismiss something as wrong jus cos the age is out. Check the image as well. Peter |
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Glenys the Menace! | Report | 16 Jun 2005 20:08 |
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Some more good tips above - thanks! x |
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