FREEMAN and MORGAN, Lydbrook (General)

by shepway , Sunday, August 27, 2006, 22:32 (6663 days ago) @ Lynda Gilbey

Hello Lynda,

I agree the IGI is not reliable hence the use of the words "appear to".

The entry in the Marriage Certificate is obviously disconcerting but sadly errors do happen and it is often not helped by the fact that the participants often could not read or write.

I concur with Slowhands comment that being christened together does not make them twins. I have instances in my family. One case involved my father and a sister. My father is now 89 and his sister 91. In the case of Miles and John they are clearly shown as 42 and 45 respectively in the 1851 Census and in the 1841 Census there is a similar age difference.

The following burials from GFHS Burial Index:
Date: 7 JAN 1846
First Name: JOHN
Surname: FREEMAN
Age: 76
Burial Register: DUNTISBOURNE ABBOTTS(BT) 1813-1851
Place of Abode: DUNTISBOURNE ABBOTS

Date: 1 MAR 1837
First Name: MARY
Surname: FREEMAN
Age: 75
Burial Register: DUNTISBOURNE ABBOTTS(BT) 1813-1851
Place of Abode: DUNTISBOURNE ABBOTS

Best wishes
Mike