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Vital Records Indexes Question
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McAnne's Gahan-Crazy | Report | 11 Feb 2005 22:23 |
Can the ages on these be trusted as accurate?? I know the ages on census returns are seldom accurate, and I have the pair on all from 1871 to 1891, plus his death, but these suggest that the ages given at marriage may not be 10% correct. Can anyone help?? |
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Unknown | Report | 11 Feb 2005 22:47 |
Anne I don't know about VRI ages, but from my own experience my relatives ages on censuses are fairly exact. The only ones I've found to be a bit suspect are the ones given on death certs. As with all records they are as accurate as the people who recorded the information. nell |
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McAnne's Gahan-Crazy | Report | 11 Feb 2005 22:59 |
Thanks Nell, This family are a bit of a pain!! I know I have the right ones throughout from info I have been given by my family, but so far I have ages for the Head and Wife as follows: Married 1861 aged 31 & 24 1871 - 48 & 45 1881 - 50 & 46 1891 - 66 & 50 What a nightmare LOL!! |
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Mad Alice | Report | 11 Feb 2005 23:05 |
Anne I have a couple whose details read similar to that, The wife was Hannah then Anna. I assumed these were one and the same as they were born in the same village. Then I discovered he had remarried and they were in fact different people- perhaps he lied because his wife was young ? Just a thought Alice |
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McAnne's Gahan-Crazy | Report | 11 Feb 2005 23:13 |
Hi Alice, Well I know he was born 1825, so that makes him 36 when he married - which matches the age for 1891 at 66yrs. Oh well, I guess I will just have to wait till I 'meet up' with them to find out the true story LOL............ |