Hi David,

Sorry to chip in, but in practice the 1841 census records were not nearly as standardised as you have indicated. The rounding for adults' ages was either up or down - not just down - and not always adhered to. I have seen ages given which differed in every census from the person's baptism record, and in 1841 they were sometimes wrong by seven or more years. Conversely, sometimes the exact (correct) ages were given for both adults and children.
In 1841 children's ages were sometimes rounded, leading readers to think that two were twins.
- So, to be read with great caution!

Similarly, although there were often families with an eldest son always named after the father, I don't think that in the IoM you can usually apply the Scottish Naming Pattern to other children in the family. Although "same names" for younger children were often used through the generations up until the late 1800s, they didn't appear to follow a particular pattern of use, and sometimes there was no child named after the mother or grandmother (for example).

Sue