Susannah MEEK 1779 Berkeley (General)

by Trudy Johnson , Ontario, Canada, Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 17:09 (5062 days ago) @ Brian Meek

Hi Brian,
Yikes... the more I search... the more confused I get!
The one consistent thing... is that Susannah married John Oakey and died 1865.

The census records move her birthdate about... so I am wondering if the only reason for a birth year of 1779 was her estimated age at death... then is 1779 accurate?

1841 census
John b in same county (ie Glou) in 1791...... age 50
Susannah b 1786 Glou..........................age 55

1851 census
John b Herefordshire 1790...........age 61
Susannah b 1782 in Berkley Glou.... age 69

1861 census
John b Aston Ingham Here 1788...... age 73
Susannah b Berkely Glou 1782........age 79

The LDS site has support for her birth being 1779,1782,1785,1790...
You would think with names like Cornelius and Barzilla in the works it would make it simpler to find!

The LDS site has 2 lists of siblings... so.. either by sheer coincidence.. 2 families named their children in essentially the same order... or... it is the same family and the dates are confuddled.

Susannah b 1779 dau of Cornelius (b 1753) all in Berkeley
siblings
Barzillai, 1781
John, 1783
William, 1785
George, 1787

then born 1790 to Cornelius and Eliz... all in Mitcheldean
siblings:
john 1792
barzilla 1793
william 1794
george 1796
cornelius
hannah
christana
elizabeth

So... it is still pretty muddy water!