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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 35712, member: 33"]It would be nice if date of birth could be verified in a reliable source. Gravestones are not always reliable, since the information is given by other parties. On the other hand, the two genealogies I linked do not have any source citations, so we do not know where they got the information nor how reliable the sources were.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the parents were married in 1881, though, that is a good clue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Recently a very kind friend of mine found the gravestone for one of my great-grandfathers, and sent me a photo. The year of birth on the grave is one year later than he was actually born, and I have more than one document that gives his date of birth correctly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 35712, member: 33"]It would be nice if date of birth could be verified in a reliable source. Gravestones are not always reliable, since the information is given by other parties. On the other hand, the two genealogies I linked do not have any source citations, so we do not know where they got the information nor how reliable the sources were. If the parents were married in 1881, though, that is a good clue. Recently a very kind friend of mine found the gravestone for one of my great-grandfathers, and sent me a photo. The year of birth on the grave is one year later than he was actually born, and I have more than one document that gives his date of birth correctly.[/QUOTE]
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