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Offline redpaws

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Pension Records
« on: Sunday 10 June 12 10:04 BST (UK) »
What sort of information is held on the old age proof of extraction claim forms 1841-1851 that www.ancestryireland.com have available to their guild members?
Wilts: Goodfellow, Coombs, Copp, Connor, Gibson, Amor, Freegard, Knee
Som: Woodland, Parsons
Kent: Page, Everest, Turner
Ire: O'Hara, Darcy, Spencer, Smyth, Murdock, Bones

Offline shanew147

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Re: Pension Records
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 10 June 12 10:11 BST (UK) »
Not sure which details Ancestry Ireland have, but there are some examples of the details recorded on the forms at this link

  Inver civil parish, Donegal

 

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Re: Pension Records
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 10 June 12 10:18 BST (UK) »
There can often be a great deal of information in the pension applications- especially if the first search was not successful and applicant was asked for clarification/more details.
If applicant wasn't sure where they lived in 1841/51 there are often several possible addresses/relatives listed with a connection to the applicant.
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Re: Pension Records
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 10 June 12 15:18 BST (UK) »
I was wondering about this too..I have a couple with 9 kids named, with ages etc.

On the record it shows the following (as per snippet which I hope is OK to post)...My query is this; It says age 9 in 1851 etc, so was this information as given by applicant OR is it as a result of data having been checked, in other words has it been officially verified?
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