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Accuracy of age in 1851 census
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 31 Aug 2009 07:16 |
To make such a sweeping statement "Most submitted records are in fact assumptions." is inaccurate, and does a great disservice to those who are meticulous in their research and pride themselves in submitting accurate information to the IGI, |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 31 Aug 2009 01:26 |
John |
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Researching: |
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Kate | Report | 31 Aug 2009 01:10 |
Depends who filled the form in - there are a lot of reasons the age could be out. Might have been a child in the house who did it and they guessed at Dad/Grandad's age, or perhaps there was a big age gap between the man and his wife and they got a bit creative with the facts to make the gap look smaller. Possibly he wasn't actually sure himself how old he was. (I have relatives who aged inconsistently - my great-grandad was 8 months old in 1861 but by 1901 was only 37, but then he was actually eight years older than his wife.) |
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John | Report | 31 Aug 2009 00:38 |
Hi |