Hi All,
This may seem a silly question to all you experienced researchers but are the census dates out by some margin and if so by how much?
I have been looking for possible infant deaths because they are on the 1871 census but not on 1881.
When searching the free births and deaths I have found possible deaths but the dates are wrong, what am I doing wrong?
1871 CENSUS
J C JACKSON Age 42 1829
Ellen JACKSON Age 33 1838
Ellen JACKSON Age 13 1858
Emma JACKSON Age 9 1862
John JACKSON dob Age 7 1864 Possible Infant Death ?
Charles JACKSON Age 5 1866
Henry JACKSON Age 4 1867
Caroline/Cordelia JACKSON Age 1 1870
Emma JACKSON 2/1 Possible Infant Death ?
1881 CENSUS
J.E. Jackson Age 50 1831
Ellen Jackson Age 43 1838
Emma Jackson Age 19 1862
Charles Jackson Age 15 1866
Henry Jackson Age 13 1868
Cordelia Jackson Age 10 1871
Fred Jackson Age 7 1874
Alfred Jackson Age 5 1876
Ada Jackson Age 6 1875
Rose Jackson Age 3 1878
JACKSON, JOHN dob 1963 age 5 GRO Reference: 1868 J Quarter in ISLINGTON Volume 01B Page 176
JACKSON, EMMA MARIA 0
GRO Reference: 1873 D Quarter in ISLINGTON Volume 01B Page 274
JACKSON, EMMA 2
GRO Reference: 1877 S Quarter in ISLINGTON Volume 01B Page 174
Thank you
Barbara