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Age at death - parish or civil

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  • 19-11-2015 12:51am
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    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,313 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    According to the civil record of her death Anne O'Neill was aged 48 years when she died in 1879.
    The parish record states that she was 55 years.

    Which is more likely to be closer to the truth?

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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    Waitsian
    Registered Users Posts: 1,708 ✭✭✭Waitsian


    From my experience of records from that era, she's likely to be anything between 40 and 60!


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    pinkypinky
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,622 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    Amazed to see a Catholic register of deaths!
    See if you can locate a corresponding baptismal record.

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    Hermy
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    I have a possible baptism in an adjoining parish (Rathaspick 1825) but nothing yet to confirm it.

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    shanew
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    I've spot checked a few of the more distinctive names on that page and where there are reasonably good matches their reported ages also differ - e.g. William Cox shown as 27 in the RC register is reported as 28 on the BMD Index, Bridget Keenan is 75 on the register and 82 on the BMD Index.


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