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Confused over dates
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Charles | Report | 23 Oct 2006 02:32 |
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I find that dates are often wrong (or approximate) in the various censii. You have to look for other corroborating information such as place of birth, family memberrs, etc. |
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Robin | Report | 23 Oct 2006 02:26 |
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Thanks for your help - I couldn't find it on ancestry. I just now have a problem with the 1881 census. The names seem to match but the dates and place of birth are wrong (born Tottenham age 11). Edith's father was a Stone Mason which seems to fit with Alfred on the census being a Mason. |
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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! | Report | 20 Oct 2006 08:56 |
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Robin, You can see the coverage charts for what's been transcribed here: http://freebmd.rootsweb.*com/progressB.shtml Remove the * Last qtr of 1868 is pretty poor. Rose |
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Researching: |
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Linda | Report | 20 Oct 2006 07:52 |
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Found this Edith Annie Griffiths, Swansea, 4th quarter 1868, 11a 584. Found on the complete BMD on Ancestry Linda |
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Robin | Report | 20 Oct 2006 07:41 |
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Just received a marriage certificate for my great grandmother Edith Annie Griffith on 1st Apr 1888 which states her age as being 20 and her father John Griffith (Stone mason). I then checked the familysearch site and found the birth of Edith Annie Griffiths 11-10-1868 father John mother Mary Ann in Swansea, which fits with the information I had. I thought to order the birth certificate but neither on the ancestry site or freebmd is there a birth of an Edith Griffith(s) in Swansea. The only Edith Annie Griffith(s) I can find are both in London for the following year (Bromley and Edmonton both Dec 1869). On the 1881 census I found what I think might be the family Mother Mary Ann Edith age 11 Alfred J age 17 (Mason) Mary E age 14 (Alfred John and Mary Ellen Griffith were the witnesses on the marriage certificate - the father was deceased by 1888). Is there any gaps in the official records? Any suggestions to help pinpoint her? |
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