I would check the 1851 & 1871 censuses to see if you can elicit further info. Does the supposed daughter-in-law have the same surname as the grandson? Could she be a granddaughter? The census info is frequently inaccurate, but can be a useful pointer where it is inconsistent, as here.
I have a similar problem in 1871 with a 60-year-old son and his 71-year old mother. One of these is clearly wrong, probably the mother as I have the son's baptism in 1810, but I have just entered the census info as it is 1871 Census, RG10; Piece: 2664; Folio: 21; Page: 35 2 Fairview St, Cheltenham, Glos Ephraim Spering, head, mar, 60, Fly Driver, b Burford, Oxfordshire Louisa Jane Spering, wife, 40, b Bath, Somerset Mary C Spering, mother, widow, 71, Servant General, b Bridgewater, Somerset Mary A Davis, Lodger, unm, 70, Servant General, b Cheltenham, Glos Happy hunting! Joan On 26/09/2011 18:35, Sherry/Support wrote: > Could be 17 and not 7. > But please let's keep the discussion to how would you enter this > discrepancy in Legacy. > Thanks! > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Sally M <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Interesting to see what possibilities list members come up with. I > would suspect error on part of census taker--misunderstood the age, > miswrote it--or the entry was misread in the transcription to > digital version. > > On Sep 25, 2011 11:27 PM, "Tony Rolfe" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > A two-part question, if I may. > > > > I have discovered a ancestors in the 1861 UK Census. A working-class > > family in Newcastle. Head, wife, daughter-in-law and grandson. All > > fairly normal, except that the daughter-in-law is 7 years old, > unmarried > > and has a completely different surname from the other three. > > > > Question 1. How can this be? > > Question 2. How do I record it in Legacy? > > > > Any help would be appreciated > > > > Tyhanks > > > > Tony > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
