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From: Donna Aitken <>
Subject: Re: [WIG LIST] 1841 census
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:02:35 -0700
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Hi Bill
You will find that is a common fault with the 1841 census- the 1851 is so
much better.
I had one relative who was enumerated age 20- her daughter was enumerated as
10 .The enumerators were permitted to round off the ages for the 1841
census- some rounded it in 10's- there didn't seem to be any 5 numbers
recorded by some!
It is very frustrating isn't it!
Donna
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Subject: [WIG LIST] 1841 census


> I don't understand the ages on the 1841 census; they don't appear to be
> accurate. I just looked the family of William Mckie on the census for
> Whithorn. William, his wife Jannet and their daughter Jannet all appear to
> be at least 10 years too young. It is hard to imagine that two different
> families with the same set of 3 names all 10 years in difference would
> come from the same village. This makes me very skeptical of the record for
> Andrew Mckie of Stranraer who appears to be 10 years too old.
>
> Does anyone have access to the birth records to see if there was an
> Andrew Mckie born ca 1800 in Stranraer?
>
> Bill
>
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