Some confusion

[sft456]

Hi

Alfred GREEN m Jane MORRIS 27.10.1851 All Saints, Lydd, Kent - can't seem to relocate the m

Jane, was b Hastings, Sussex @1827 a/c to the 1851-1891 C
Her father was Moses Morris (she is with him in 1851) (in 1841 she is b Kent)
She d Dec qtr 1897 Lydd, Kent aged 69 - so b 1828

However a/c to records, she was b 1 Aug 1825 Hastings, bap 4 Sept 1825 Hastings - Moses & Janes's only child to be b in Sussex (the rest b Kent)

But 1825 doesn't square with the Censae or d of 1827/8

2 Janes? ie the first d or is the b/bap wrong - can't locate it on FreeReg

Their kids - Moses b 1823, Jane b 1825, John Butler b 1828, David b 1830 & Emily b 1832

Any assistance  will be helpful, thanks

sft456

[rosie99]

The marriage was at Orleston 27th October 1851 - fathers were William Green and Moses Morris

[rosie99]

Jane was with her widowed father in 1851 born Hastings age 24 living Orlestone.

I would not be concerned about a couple of years difference in age on census.  The 1841 is not reliable for counties of birth and often marked as born in county when they were not.  Ages at death rely on the knowledge of the informant

[sft456]

The 1841 C I agree was not reliable.

However in all the later Censae Jane gives her age as .....so b at the earliest 1827. If she was b 1825 & we assume she knew, why not say so - the same age as husband Alfred Green - vanity aside.
However at the end of the day, literally, whoever was the informant - let us assume either of her 2 sons (still living in the same village Lydd) would have surely known her correct age & stated it!

[rosie99]

We can assume what we like really as we will never know the truth.  Why should the sons know her age, they would not have had to prove when she was born as is asked today when a death is registered.  I have a couple of 1800's death certificates notified by family where the age at death is wrong