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It is probably not worth bothering with.

They have recorded the following false info

‘ MS Thelma Eileen Emma Reynolds
Gender   Female
Age   83
Birth Date   7 Jan 1928
Last Residence   Crewkerne, Somerset, England
Postal Code District   Ta18
Death Date   18 May 2011.’

Although the date of death is correct, the birthdate is about six months too early.

What is MS supposed to mean?

The birthdate was probably transcribed by someone from the USA and they've used their usual date formula of month-day-year, instead of the British formula of day-month-year. So I'm guessing her birthdate was actually 1st July 1928?

It took me a while to work out why so many dates were wrong on recent death records, but that's why.

Thanks for the replies. Perhaps the tech people at Ancestry are tinkering away behind the scenes again, making more "improvements" (ha ha). Ancestry was such a good site back when it started but the more they fiddle with it, the worse it gets.

Romilly - I've had a trickle of new DNA matches over the last few months but none in the last few days.

Hi Simon,
 
I couldn't find any trace of Arthur Moreton after that 1911 Luton census, so it's very possible that he and your Great-GF are one and the same. Your Arthur had the middle name George, which was my Arthur's father's name, so I think that lends a bit of weight to the theory.

Have you taken an Ancestry DNA test? I have a DNA match with one of Arthur and Rhoda's 2xGreat Granddaughters - so whether or not you match with her would give you your answer (well, that's assuming, of course, that Arthur Moreton was the father of all of Rhoda's children - I have no reason to suspect otherwise but you can never take anything for granted in genealogy!).

I've been researching a friend's family history and found an ancestor called Gould Grant (bap 1717 in Dorset), who had a brother called Vine Grant. Gould and his wife had nine children, one son was also called Vine and one daughter was called Unity.