Would this happen?

[Kit]

My 3g grandma Eliza Taylor was born to John and Maria Taylor in 1818. John is a brick layer.

John and Maria have 9 children between 1813 and 1834 where he states he is a bricklayer. All are baptised at St Peter Leeds (Leeds Parish Church).

On the 1841 census I find John and Maria with children Sarah 12, Hannah 10 and Tom 6. (HO107; Piece 1346; Folio: 39; Page: 32)

My problem is that Sarah is not one of the 9 children I mention above.

Searching the records shows there is a Sarah, daughter of John and Maria baptised 29/6/1829, born 3 Feb 1829. John's occupation being Inn Keeper.
Sarah Taylor (http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=2252&iid=32355_249394-01128&fn=Sarah&ln=Taylor&st=d&ssrc=&pid=5379670)

On the same page is Maria, sister of Sarah, born 24 Dec 1828. :confused: There is something wrong with those DOBs.

Now my question is would a brick layer of approx 16 years become an inn keeper and then return to brick laying the next year?

There are no other John/Maria/inn keeper baptisms.

[Merry]

I wouldn't have a problem with the occ change on it's own, but the rest is worrying.

There's a 13 year old Maria on the 1841 census.

[Merry]

I would wonder if the vicar got confused by the change of year when he was writing the bap for Maria? What was the date of that bap compared with Sarah's?

[Merry]

Have you tried loking for marriages for both of them in case you can pick up fathers names fom that?

[Merry]

There's a marriage of Sarah Taylor dau of John Taylor bricklayer in 1851 to Fred. Hobson. You need to investigate her age. The wedding was four days after the 1851 census!

[kiterunner]

They were both baptised on the same day. I expect the year of Maria's birth was written in wrong.

[Kit]

I found Sarah on the 1851 with Hannah and Tom Hall Taylor, her siblings. So there is definitely a Sarah in the family. Maybe not the Sarah I mentioned above.

I'll look into the 1841 census for Maria and Sarah's marriage.

Kate you are probably right about Maria's DOB, the occupation change and then back again confused me.