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any ideas?
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Christopher | Report | 11 Feb 2005 08:55 |
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thanks heather i thought thats what might have happened but it niggles when the information doesn't fit properly |
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Heather | Report | 11 Feb 2005 08:45 |
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Christopher, dont worry about the wrong age. All the other details fit. I suppose you know that the image we see is actually a copy made at that time of the enumerators' forms? So the image with the 56 year old ancestor has been copied from the form completed at the door step so to speak. Easily misread from 50 I would have thought. I have a 32 year old on one image with a 19 year old son. This guy was actually 52 from all the other censuses but obviously someone has misread the 3 and 5 when copying the details from the enumerator. |
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Christopher | Report | 11 Feb 2005 08:23 |
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Thanks for your help barbara, i know matthew was in india in 1891 so i'm not worried about him james senior may be dead i'm just wondering where louisa the wife is |
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Christopher | Report | 10 Feb 2005 22:05 |
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in 1871 james donovan age 40 is married to louisa age 30 children james 12, catherine 10, charles 5, Matthew 3(my gggrandfather). in 1881 james age 56, louisa 40, matthew 14,catherine is now married and spelt with a k and is 19,there is daughter louisa 7,mary ann 5, ellen 9m. and james desmond grandchild. aswell as some boarders. any ideas |
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Christopher | Report | 10 Feb 2005 21:46 |
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i think i found his wife on the 1901 census, she's a widow by then i've not found them on the 1891 census yet |
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Christopher | Report | 10 Feb 2005 21:41 |
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I have found a family i'be been looking for on the 1871 and 1881 census, which is great, my problem is the head of the household,James Donovan is aged 40 in 1871 but 56 in 1881 how can that be.The writing is quite clear so i don't think the zero is confused for a six although on the submission bythe family all those years ago may have been misread i suppose. i'm not sure if i've answered my own query any ideas still appreciated. |
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