Elizabeth Fletcher

Name: Elizabeth Pearce
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 03 Sep 1775
Christening Place: HASLINGFIELD,CAMBRIDGE,ENGLAND
Father's Name: John Pearce
Mother's Name: Susannah
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: K07339-2 , System Origin: England-ODM , GS Film number: 990398

Name William Fletcher
Gender Male
Christening Date 28 Feb 1796
Christening Place Burwell, Cambridge County, England
Father's Name Thomas Fletcher
Mother's Name Elizabeth Fletcher

"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYS9-MPJ : 30 December 2014), William Fletcher, 28 Feb 1796; citing England, reference ; FHL microfilm 887,399.

First name(s) SARAH
Last name FLETCHER
Year Of Birth 1799
Baptism year 1799
Baptism date 15 Dec 1799
Abode -
Place BURWELL
Mother's Given Name Elizabeth
Father's First Name Thomas
Father occupation -
Notes -
County Cambridgeshire
Record set Cambridgeshire Baptisms
Category Life Events (BDMs)
Subcategory Births & baptisms
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First name(s) THOMAS
Last name FLETCHER
Year Of Birth 1802
Baptism year 1802
Baptism date 21 Mar 1802
Abode -
Place BURWELL
Mother's Given Name Elizabeth
Father's First Name Thomas
Father occupation -
Notes -
County Cambridgeshire
Record set Cambridgeshire Baptisms
Category Life Events (BDMs)
Subcategory Births & baptisms
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Cambridgeshire Family History Society

First Name HONOUR
Last Name FLETCHER
Year Of Birth 1804
Baptism year 1804
Baptism date 06 May 1804
Abode -
Place BURWELL
Mother's Given Name Elizabeth
Father's First Name Thomas
Father occupation -
Notes -
County Cambridgeshire
Record set Cambridgeshire Baptisms
Category Life Events (BDMs)
Subcategory Births & baptisms
Collections from United Kingdom
Cambridgeshire Family History Society

Determined from 1851 census, Cashmere passenger list, and marriage notes.

Date from death notice (q.v.) giving her age as 49. and from 1841 census which gives age as 25.

"The census takers were instructed to give the exact ages of children but to round the ages of those older than 15 down to a lower multiple of 5. For example, a 59-year-old person would be listed as 55. Not all census enumerators followed these instructions. Some recorded the exact age; some even rounded the age up to the nearest multiple of 5." (Wikipedia)

Date from 1841 census

With the rounding down to 5 year intervals by the census takers, her age of 20 gives her birth date to be between 1817 and 1821.