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From: Nigel Reed <>
Subject: Re: [DBY] Age Discrepancies
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 17:23:58 -0600
References: <007001c07510$aab09680$13c634d1@bennett3>
In-Reply-To: <007001c07510$aab09680$13c634d1@bennett3>; from djben@telus.net on Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 03:06:00PM -0800


A couple of possibilities.

1) The census was originally written incorrectly
2) The census was transcribed incorrectly.
The way to prove that is to get hold of the film/fiche with
the census page.
3) They lied about their age to get married, though 18/21 seems
extreme.
4) The people in the census are not the people in the marriage
certificate? How have you verified the information?

Regards
Nigel

On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 03:06:00PM -0800, john bennett wrote:
> Hello all - Happy New Year!
>
> I have my G-Grandfather/Mother listed as being 33 and 32 years old respectively on the 1881 census. However, their marriage certificate ( Feb 1866) lists them as being 21 and 18 years respectively. I realize that the only way to identify their correct age is through the birth certificates but would I be wrong in thinking that the ages given on their marriage certificate are probably the correct ones?
>
> John Bennett
>
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