Birth

Date about 1828
Place Devon, England

Narrative

Date of death - monumental inscriptions says 1856, but burial register transcription and GRO death index say 1853.

1853 is more likely to be correct - it's easier to mistranscribe a gravestone than to put the wrong year when transcribing a burial index sequentially. It also corresponds with the GRO death record. Verify with gravestone and burial register.

Date of birth is calculated from this death date, and is also consistent with baptism and census records.

Source References

  1. W. Scarratt: The Inscriptions on the Headstones and Memorials of the Church of St George, Modbury, Devon
      • Page: Page 270 - HT7
      • Citation:

        Sacred to the memory of John, the eldest son of John and Sarah Rogers, who died 30 October 1856 aged 25 years.
        Sacred to the memory of George, son of George and Jane Rogers, and nephew of the above, who died who died 21 July 1873 aged 2 years.

  2. General Register Office: England & Wales Death Index
  3. findmypast.co.uk / Devon FHS: Parish Registers - Devon
      • Date: 3 November 1853
      • Page: Burial - John Rogers (Modbury)
      • Date: 8 August 1828
      • Page: Baptism - John Rogers (Modbury)
  4. 1841 United Kingdom Census