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Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 211 Send Message	margaret	Report	18 Dec 2009 12:40
	I have a marriage in 1794 , and the death of the groom in 1812, neither parish register entries gives his age. There are two possible 'fathers' for this man, in that there is a baptism in 1765 and one in 1775 -both in the same parish register. The earlier one would make him 19, at the marriage, the latter 29. As he was a cordwainer at his marriage, is he more likely to be the man aged 29. AND how do I prove this?
	Researching: MASSEY in Cheshire, UK / ADDERLEY in Staffs & Cheshire/ BRUSHETT in Portsmouth
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 786 Send Message	Helen in Bucks	Report	18 Dec 2009 13:38
	also, remember that baptisms didn't necessarily happen when the person was a baby, sometimes families baptised the whole family together with older children being up to 12 or so, sometimes people only got baptised when they came to be married