Cannot find on BMD please help

[Golden Oldie]

I purchased some credits on 1911 census and I have used them all looking at transcripts
I have
Annie Brett age 30 born in Bermondsey
Frank Brett age 30 born in Peckham
Married 11 years

I cannot find them on BMD.births or marriage
Would someone have a quick look and see if they can find their births or marriage please
Thank you

[Orangeblossom]

How about
Marriages Dec 1898
BRETT Frank Edward
Murphy Annie
Camberwell 1d 1525

[Orangeblossom]

They are together in 1901:

Francis Brett 22
Annie Brett 21
Edward Brett 1
Class: RG13; Piece: 505; Folio: 18; Page: 24

[Orangeblossom]

Probable birth
Births Dec 1878
Brett Francis Edward D
Camberwell 1d 858

[Golden Oldie]

Thank you so much. I think I take ages and dates to literally. I need to think they may not always tell the truth.

[Christine in Herts]

Thank you so much. I think I take ages and dates to literally. I need to think they may not always tell the truth.

Not telling the truth and not being bothered about accuracy are norms in censuses, and not as unusual as you'd like in the context of certificates. But there's also the simple arithmetic of the ages...

The censuses were mostly taken around end-March / early-April (see actual dates list in the Wiki). The age was "as at last birthday". So a birthday early in April would mean that you showed up as almost a year younger than your actual age.

In addition, there might be reasons for appearing older/younger than actual and those might as easily apply to registration events. For example:

• not wanting to appear too old/young compared with your spouse
• not wanting to have to get parental permission to marry

And, for similar reasons, people's jobs sometimes appear a bit posher than actual - ag labs promoted to farmers - and someone whose birth cert shows "father unknown" suddenly acquires a father's name for a marriage register entry.

Census and cert info is only as reliable as the informant, and the enumerator's/registrar's hearing/understanding/interrogation-skills... and of the transcription skills of any involved in a later recording process.

Christine