Puzzled birth date of daughter

[nicoalanne]

Can anyone offer a possible explanation to the following...Jacob and Susannah married in 1860, so Ellen  would have been six.

   
Jacob   Anderton, Head Married, Male   21, 1840,Agricultural Labourer, Packington, Warwickshire,

Susannah   Anderton   Wife   Married   Female   23   1838   Dressmaker   Warwickshire,

Edward   Anderton   Son   -   Male   0   1861   -   Attleborough, Warwickshire,

Ellen   Anderton   Daughter   -   Female   7   1854   -   Meriden, Warwickshire,

Thanks

[PaulineJ]

Is that your reading of the original or an index entry?
Is there a birth reg for either Ellen Anderton or Ellen (susannah maidenname)

[heywood]

Have you found a birth registration? Could she be Susannah's illegitimate child?

[heywood]

There is a birth for Ellen Anderton 1853 Meriden.

[nicoalanne]

That's what I am looking at...perhaps childhood sweethearts

[Manchester Rambler]

I wonder whether she might be Jacob's niece sister, not his daughter?  There is a baptism for Ellen Anderton, daughter of William and Mary Ann, in Gt. Packingham on 13 January 1856, and an Ellen, daughter of William, later marries Charles Birch - details match.  As far as I can see, William and Mary Ann are Jacob's parents.

[Millmoor]

Hi

I agree with the previous post although:

I wonder if she was actually Jacob's younger sister. There is a baptism of an Emma Anderton Jan 13th 1856 Parents William and Mary Ann Anderton Abode Meriden Occ labourer Parish Great Packington . Sister Emma was baptized the same day.

There is a marriage of Ellen Anderton 24 Nov 1885 to Charles Birch in Meriden where her age is given as 30 and her father is named as William Anderton, labourer.

William

[nicoalanne]

on 1861 census Ellen is down as DAUGHTER age 7

but did wonder if she could actually be Jacobs sister...

Thanks

[heywood]

In 1861, William and Mary have a daughter, Mary 8 yrs and Emma, 6 yrs plus a younger daughter.