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Re: St. Ninians Birth Records
« Reply #18 on: Thursday 16 November 17 17:44 GMT (UK) »
That's fine, gets that one out of the way.

If he was 24 in 1879, he was born in 1853 or 1854, which tallies with the 1861 and 1871 censuses, more or less. His age at death is more likely to be wrong than his age in census/marriage certificate.
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.