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Note Record: "(Research):1861 Census - Mary Jane listed as 1 year old..."

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Text (Research):1861 Census - Mary Jane listed as 1 year old on 7/4/1861 so born between 4/1859 & 4/1860 (more likely 1859). However, elder sister Helen born 6/1859 which is within the window so they could be twin sisters. If not twins then Mary Jane should be born more than 9 months after Helen which is 3/1860 which is again inside the window. Both Helen & May Jane listed as 1 year old on the census, but Helen would be 1 year 10 months and Mary Jane 1 year 1 month.
Looks like an enumeration error. Mary Jane Freer born Dec atr 1853 to mother maiden name Elliott. The ordering on the census is correct by age and this would make her 7 in 1861 census. Perhaps the 1 is actually a 7 (very poorly written). This also explains the uncharacteristically large gap between her mother's pregnancies!
1871 census - Mary Jane Freer living with John & Sarah Moseby (granddaughter to John Moseby) aged 17 born Quorndon, Leics. John was born Wakefield. Sarah born Leics.
No other candidate Mary Jane Freer born Leicestershire 5 years either side of 1855 (other than in 1861)
Death of Mary Jane Hatherley in 1926 (from burial) contradicted by GRO index age 71 (should be 73)