True and there could have been but there's no way of telling. However, all the advice on interpreting census returns is that ages are probably the least reliable item.Originally Posted by Lenore
There's no reason why enumerators should have been OK at transcribing most of the household schedule except the age!
One should also be cautious about the age given on death certificates. The informant may simply not have known the exact age of the deceased.
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04-01-2007, 7:55 AM #11
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04-01-2007, 9:25 AM #12
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Originally Posted by Peter Goodey
You are quite right, and no-one is more wary of anything at all on a death certificate than me - we get more details in Australian death certificates, so we see a wider range of errors and fibs. And so we will be looking for other corroborating (or otherwise) evidence, don't you worry about that.
And it's even hotter in Melbourne now than it was this morning.
Best wishes,
Lenore
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06-01-2007, 3:42 PM #13ziksbyGuest
Benbow emigration to Utah
Hi
Only just picked up on this thread, but I have Benbows in my tree, including a Mary, William and Jane from the Grendon area. They emigrated in the 1840s and eventually settled in California. Look at my tree at www.tribalpages.com/tribes/ziksby
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Roger
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06-01-2007, 4:36 PM #14jeebGuest
Emigration?
Originally Posted by ziksby
I think only some of the family emigrated to America after the death of Thomas in 1835. Mary,(mother) William & Jane are in London on 1851 census and Mary Benbow, the widow of Thomas dies in London in 1857 and her son William is the informant on her death certificate.
Cheers, Jeremy
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24-10-2009, 3:11 PM #15Red KiteGuest
Hi Lenore, I have Herefordshire Benbows too. I wonder if you have made any progress since this thread.
I'm descended from James Benbow c1759 and Mary Bray b 1762 in Bromyard. They married in Bromyard in 1792 and lived in Winslow. I think it's possible that he is the James Benbow born 1759 in Grendon Bishop, son of Prestwood Benbow & Elizabeth Cook - if so he would be the uncle of your Thomas. (But I would need to 'kill off' James's first wife for this to work! However my James & Mary had children called Prestwood and Elizabeth so ...)
Anyway there were certainly Brays in Bromyard, so could it be that your 1841 Brays were connections of my Mary Bray ...
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26-10-2009, 3:32 AM #16
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Hi Red Kite,
Sorry for being slow to respond, I've been away. Now I have to contact my cousin to unravel this mystery (it's her family, not mine), so I'll do that and get back to you.
Best wishes,
Lenore
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26-10-2009, 10:48 AM #17Red KiteGuest
No worries, not been in much myself as my pc has been misbehaving. Will be interesting if we can manage to connect any of these people!
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