Gee, can't believe our ancestors might have "cheated" a little to obtain a pension!!
Jim McKane Kitchener, Ontario On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 8:57 AM Robert Forrest via CoTyroneList < [email protected]> wrote: > > The discrepancy between ages (especially in the older age group) in the > ten years between 1901 and 1911 can often be explained by the introduction > of Old Age Pensions in 1908. > > The Old Age Pensions Act 1908 introduced a non-contributory pension for > 'eligible' people aged 70 and over. It came into law in January 1909 across > England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. > > To be eligible, applicants had to have an income of less than £31 and > 10shillings per annum (£31.50), and had to 'be of good character'. > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Roger Cousens via CoTyroneList < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* 05 October 2021 09:26 > *To:* CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List < > [email protected]>; [email protected] < > [email protected]> > *Cc:* Gordon Wilkinson <[email protected]>; Roger Cousens < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* [CoTyroneMailingList] Re: [EXT] Re: An interesting read > > We have noted such discrepancies in census ages repeated. Does it show > the distain they held for the census and authority, or is it simply that > they did not pay much attention to birthdays back then? Or when the census > man came to call, whover was in the house just guessed at everyone else's > age? Back then it was the assessor who filled in the form, not the > householder. I can understand losing track of age as one grows older (I > have to stop and think!). My mother was always 5 years out in her age, as > she had lied to my father when they were courting - she was a widow with > two children...... > Roger > > Get Outlook for Android <https://aka.ms/ghei36> > ------------------------------ > *From:* ECardwell via CoTyroneList <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 5, 2021 8:17:02 PM > *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]>; > Gordon Wilkinson via CoTyroneList <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Gordon Wilkinson <[email protected]>; ECardwell < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* [EXT] [CoTyroneMailingList] Re: An interesting read > > * External email: Please exercise caution * > ------------------------------ > Highly recommended. > > Evelyn Cardwell > > Get BlueMail for Android <https://bluemail.me> > On 5 Oct 2021, at 04:09, Gordon Wilkinson via CoTyroneList < > [email protected]> wrote: > > It was a typical Spring day on Friday ... blustery weather with occasional > showers, when the eagerly awaited, long anticipated book arrived: Bill > Roulston's *Researching Farming Ancestors in Ireland.* I'm already well > into it now, but had barely started, when the author used his own family as > an example when discussing Irish Censuses. Researchers, particularly new > comers to genealogy, could be interested in his discussion of the census > records of his great-great-grandfather. In brief ... > > In the 1901 return, the census shows his g-g-grandfather as an unmarried > 30-year-old-farmer. Bill then goes on to caution the researcher to always > treat ages with caution - even in census returns! Roulston's ancestor, > Charles, was in fact 35 in 1901! > > Moving on to the 1911 census, Chaarles had married and his age in the > Census was given as 50, when it should have been 45!! (He hadn't aged 20 > years in 10). His wife was suposedly aged 30, when in fact she was 33, so > what appeared to be a 20-year age gap between them was in reality 13 years! > > (ref: para 2.3.2 Census Returns 1901-11; *Household Return (Form A),* > p27-8) > > 'Nuf said. > > Enjoy, Gordon > > ------------------------------ > > Send a Message to the List - [email protected] > List Archive - > https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com > Join the list by sending an email to - > [email protected] > To receive the Digest version, send an email to - > [email protected] > Unsubscribe by sending an email to - > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > > ================================= > Send a Message to the List - [email protected] > List Archive - > https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com > Join the list by sending an email to - > [email protected] > To receive the Digest version, send an email to - > [email protected] > Unsubscribe by sending an email to - > [email protected] > =================================
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