Birthdate conflict
The applicate (female) birth date is 1878. The spouse's (male) birthdate is typed as 1891.
The marriage date is listed as 1897. Based on this information, the spouse would be 6 years old at the time of the marriage to a woman who is 19.
Should I leave spouse birth year blank? Or do the 18* thing.
Thank you.
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There's clearly an inconsistency in the data here. But based on what you've said, I see no reason to distrust the husband's birth year over other details. That could be entirely accurate. Perhaps the marriage date is incorrect. Or perhaps this particular man and woman were not married.
You need to examine the sources closely, and decide which conclusions are justified. It could also be helpful to find additional sources. Scanning the change history may also provide clues as to whether two or more profiles may have been incorrectly merged, or if the original identity of the person may have changed over time. There are lots of possibilities.
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Is this an indexed record? Are you looking at the original document? Can you post a link to what you are looking at? Are you working on indexing the original document (in which case your question would fit better in the Indexing category under Ask A Question here.) If you are indexing, the first question people will have is, what is the batch you are working on?
In other words, exactly what are you looking at and what are you doing?
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Thank you for your insights. They had a brood (~10) of children, starting in 1898 (Or 99) - about 2 years apart, which made me think the marriage date was correct. The husband died in 1936. The applicant was the widowed wife, and the record was dated ~1940. I subtracted the age (54) of the applicant — the wife — and her birthdate was correct. The way I approached it is: I am indexing the record, and as you know, not all of the information on the record is indexed. Anyone searching for the applicant (the wife) will see the record and look at the imaged file. They will see the birthdate for the husband and can draw their own conclusions. Pam
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I am new to indexing. I resolved my issue this way.
Thank you for your insights. They had a brood (~10) of children, starting in 1898 (Or 99) - about 2 years apart, which made me think the marriage date was correct. The husband died in 1936. The applicant was the widowed wife, and the record was dated ~1940. I subtracted the age (54) of the applicant — the wife — and her birthdate was correct. The way I approached it is: I am indexing the record, and as you know, not all of the information on the record is indexed. Anyone searching for the applicant (the wife) will see the record and look at the imaged file. They will see the birthdate for the husband and can draw their own conclusions. Pam
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