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Could some one please let me know what age do you think it is on this image. says born Halifax on image.

Births Dec 1869.
Clee William Henry. Halifax. 9a. 411.

Name: William Hy Clee.
Arrival Date: 16 Dec 1906.
Birth Year: abt 1876.
Birth Location: England.
Birth Location Other: halifax.
Age: 30.
Gender: Male.
Ethnicity/Race-.
/Nationality: English.
Port of Departure: Southampton, England.
Port of Arrival: New York, New York.
Ship Name: St Louis.
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Looks like 27 to me
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It looks to me the first number as been over written with a 3.
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Jimmy wrote:Births Dec 1869.
Clee William Henry. Halifax. 9a. 411.


This was the only William Clee born in the Halifax area between 1865 and 1880.
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Jimmy wrote:It looks to me the first number as been over written with a 3.


Looked like to me 30 was put down then 27 on top?
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I think it's 27, because the number 7 has been written through the line
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Are they rounding ages up, i.e. 27 would be 30?
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Margarett wrote:Are they rounding ages up, i.e. 27 would be 30?


Not normally on passenger lists.
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It looks to me like a 30 overwritten with 27! (I think you have just about every formulation there Jimmy)

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Thanks every one, this is now "COMPLETED".
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