Henry POWELL 1840(ish) Brockweir / Woolaston/ St B (General)

by mpowell831 , Chicago, United States, Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 14:22 (2 days ago) @ slowhands

I think the most difficult part with the 1841 and 1861 census is the age discrepancy. I know people could embellish or gain years as time went on especially to keep marriages seeming more "proper", but I think the big question is still, "is the Henry on the 1841 census in Brockweir the same Henry on the 1861 census in Lydney. Also, I saw on the 1861 census that Charles White is listed as "G G Son" would that even imply great grandson? Kind of cool to see that Henry was a distillery laborer!

On the 1851 census via Ancestry. Henry is in Lydbrook, East Dean within the Parish of Holy Trinity. Info as follows:

John Powell - 60- birth location Crow Hill, Hereford

Elizabeth Powell - 60- birth location is given as Aylburton, Glos, on the 1841 it said Risca in Wales

John- hard to make out, but looks like 18? birth place is Hillersland, Glos

Henry- again hard to make out, but looks like 11, birth location os Hewelsfield (this seems somewhat consistent across documents..)

Emma White- again, why is White the surname? Looks like it could say granddaughter, 10 years old? Maybe this is the mother of Charles White from the 1861 census?

This one is doing my head in guys! Do we have the same Henry? or is this a different family altogether with similar location/age.. Seems that John and Elizabeth in particular go from being born in about 1800 to 1793 and 1795 respectively..