This is probably a dumb question but how accurate is the information on a headstone? One ancestor I'm researching is buried in the St. E. Church, Yardley cemetery & his headstone says: "T.B. died (date)1807 aged 75 years". I did the math & T.B. according to the headstone was born in 1732. I searched for 1730, 1731 1732 & 1733 (just in case the person was born late in 1732 but baptized in early 1733) with absolutely NO luck. Same for his wife who died in 1810 aged 60 - no sign of a "Sarah" marrying anyone named T.B. from1760 to 1800. I'm assuming that the parish records for their BMD are lost or not transcribed or aren't available for some other reason but it DID cross my mind that the headstone info just might not be accurate. Silly thought I know but ...... ?????
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