' COMPLETED' I need help already

[Roobarb]

Hi Maisey
To follow up on your original question - although I'm sure the other Rootschatters have supplied the correct information, I'd urge caution when looking for birth dates based on the age supplied on the marriage certificate. I had terrible trouble finding my gt grandmother based on her age of 21 on the marriage certificate. I couldn't find her in any of the previous censuses based on that age and the two entries I narrowed it down to put her at a younger age. I eventually managed to get her death certificate which showed what I suspected was her correct age- three years younger than she would have been if her marriage certificate was correct. I deduced that she probably lied about her age when she got married to avoid the need for parental consent.
(The fact that her name was Jones didn't help much either!)