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Re: SEWELL/can anyone help
« Reply #18 on: Wednesday 17 August 11 16:52 BST (UK) »
Hi Valda and others,  In 1841 the age was always rounded up, so anyone 16-20 was listed as 20, 21-25 was listed as 25 etc., they were never rounded down.  So if the age listed was 55, they were 51-55.  Morskaj.

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Re: SEWELL/can anyone help
« Reply #19 on: Wednesday 17 August 11 19:17 BST (UK) »
Actually the instructions to the enumerator in 1841 were to round down ages above 15.     However there does seem to be great variation and some records actually give the correct age which is a bonus.  I think the answer is to take whatever the age is with a pinch of salt.
As this post is very old I suspect the research may have been done in more detail now.
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Re: SEWELL/can anyone help
« Reply #20 on: Wednesday 17 August 11 19:24 BST (UK) »
Quote from: sillgen on Wednesday 17 August 11 19:17 BST (UK)
Actually the instructions to the enumerator in 1841 were to round down ages above 15.

Yes, read here http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~somtcen/1841instructions.html
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