Talk:Thomas Smith-Dorrien

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Impossible dates

There must be some mistake about the birthdate of two of his children:

"Mary Sophia Smith-Dorrien-Smith (9 Nov 1877 – 22 Dec 1948) married on 3 July 1902 to Townshend Evelyn Boscawen, son of Rev. Hon. John Townshend Boscawen and Mary Tremayne. Major Edward Pendarves Smith-Dorrien-Smith (26 Feb 1878 – 12 Oct 1937) married on 2 June 1915 to Frances Amy Salvin Bowlby, daughter of Edward Salvin Bowlby and Elizabeth Vans Agnew."

It is impossible for two children with the same mother to be born less than 3 months apart... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.72.243.172 (talk) 21:00, 4 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

On this page, these confusing dates are also found, but at the same time, from the mentioned census records, it appears that Edward could not have been born as early as February 1878 – listed as 2 yo on April 4, 1881, etc. So I assume that it should be 1879. Gombarix (talk) 14:33, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]