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Please can someone check age on an image?

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ErikaH

ErikaH Report 15 Oct 2012 22:00

As there were no penalties for not registering births until 1875, the child aged 2 may simply not have been registered, and the registration you found relate to a totally different child

Always cross-refer..............

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 15 Oct 2012 20:08

Bear in mind that the 1859 birth may not have been registered.

This *might* be the 1856 born child in 1861:

TAPP, Henry Head Widower M 57 1804 Wool Sorter
TAPP, Elizabeth B Daughter Unmarried F 24 1837 Dressmaker Exeter
TAPP, Charles B Son M 11 1850 Exeter
TAPP, Thomas C B Grandson M 6 1855 Exeter
TAPP, Frank B Grandson M 5 1856 Blind Exeter <<

Piece: 1396 Folio: 21 Page: 37
Registration District: Exeter
Civil Parish: Holy Trinity
Municipal Borough: Exeter

Address: 59, Magdalen Street, Holy Trinity, Exeter County: Devonshire

Familyfinder

Familyfinder Report 15 Oct 2012 20:06

HHHHmmmm- thanks! Its just the only birth is for 1856-and that makes him 5! Thanks anyway. was hoping it was wrong.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 15 Oct 2012 20:05

I would say it's definitely 2 on the original.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 15 Oct 2012 20:04

Definitely says "2" on the image. But I see where you're coming from:

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Francis Tapp
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1856
Registration district: Exeter
Inferred County: Devon
Volume: 5b
Page: 85

The family may not have been literate so wouldn't have known if the correct info was recorded.
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Familyfinder

Familyfinder Report 15 Oct 2012 20:00



I was very kindly given this ages ago-but have a feeling that maybe Francis was '5' not '2' -and wondered if it had been mis-read?- or just possibly mis-transcribed?

I'd be very grateful if someone could be bothered to check for me as My library is hardly ever open at the moment for me to go and look myself.

1861
Mary Ann Tapp 30
Rose Tapp 8
Francis Tapp 2
George Tapp 40

Mary Ann Tapp
Age: 30
Estimated birth year: abt 1831
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Teignmouth, Devon, England

Civil parish: Exeter St George and St John
County/Island: Devon
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage: View image

Registration district: Exeter
Sub-registration district: St David
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 111
Household Members: Name Age
Mary Ann Tapp 30
Rose Tapp 8
Francis Tapp 2
George Tapp 40