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From: Neil Wagstaff <>
Subject: Re: [LAN] 1841 CENSUS LOOK-UPS PLEASE.
Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 09:43:29 -0600
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wrote:
>
> Dear Sheila,
> ......
>
> HO 107 578 6
> Manchester Ardwick
> Birch St
> Page 7
> Thomas Livsey...50...Porter...Y
> Mary............55............y
> William.........25............y
> Peater?.........20............y
> Joseph..........18............y
> Patience?.......16............y
> Mary............14............y
>
> This is as written. The "y" is because they were all born in Lancashire. There was
> no house numbers. The ages in 1841 are rounded off to the nearest 5th year,
> although some enumerators did every year and some did every year until the age of
> 20.

The ages were rounded DOWN to the nearest 5 years (15, 20, 25 etc) for
all over 15. I have found cases where no rounding was done and exact
years were entered for all persons - rare but fortunately some
enumerators ignored the instructions.
--
Neil Wagstaff - Provo, Utah, USA: http://www.xmission.com/~famties
D E W S N U P, Lancs: D E A R D E N, Spotland, Lancs
H E Y W O O D, Lancs: G R I N D R O D, Hallfold, Lancs:
N E E D H A M, Derby: R U D M A N, Hallfold, Lancs
T O P P I N G, Lancs: W A G S T A F F, Lancs, Derby, Yorks

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