We have also learnt not to trust ages on gravestones…. If someone dies of old age, their relatives may not know the exact DOB. In Ontario, where our Irish relatives moved to, gravestones seem to have been put up several years later, such as when another family member dies. Or perhaps the mason makes an error! In one case, there was a 10 year error compared with the Irish church birth records, but we are certain that it is the right person.
From: Gordon Wilkinson via CoTyroneList <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2021 3:56 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Gordon Wilkinson <[email protected]> Subject: [CoTyroneMailingList] Re: [EXT] Re: An interesting read External email: Please exercise caution ________________________________ On 6/10/2021 1:35 am, john Hogg via CoTyroneList wrote: Lie about age? My Grandmother, Sarah Jackson (Fermanagh) came to the US in 1910. Her older sister Rebecca Jackson came to the US in 1908. They came on the same ship, same date exactly two years apart. Both ladies were 5 years younger when they got off the ship then when they got on. Nice to hear that the trans-Atlantic crossing wiped off a few years off your grandmother and grand aunt, John. Many who have braved the notoriously rough crossing claim it adds years. 😁😁😁
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