Hi
I'm having problems making sense of an 1861 census entry that contains my great-grandfather John William Moore
Ancestry's record show the following residents at
Samuel Moore 38
Annie Moore 26
John William Moore 7
Samuel George Moore 6
Alice Annie MooreAge7/12
I find this hard to reconcile with the original record, see:
https://1drv.ms/w/s!AmxJyApgEAcYhpB06Di ... w?e=kkGEwg
I can just about see Annie might be 26, John William might be 7 and Samuel George might be 6 - the entries could equally be 2h1, 17 and h - but how they get Samuel Moore as 38 is a mystery to me.
Any thoughts, anyone?
Deciphering an 1861 census entry
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Re: Deciphering an 1861 census entry
It is a copy -when it was copied from the original may have mistook 2 for 3 but the originals census were destroyed so no way to check 
The originals started in 1911 actual signatures etc
The originals started in 1911 actual signatures etc
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