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Subject: [MD] William John Wilson
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 15:55:09 EDT

Dear Listers

I really need some advice to where to find information especially the date
of birth on my maternal grandfather, William John Wilson. I never knew he
even existed until I was married with children of my own. Most of my
information is very conflicting.

According to my Aunt's birth certificate (the first born) on 2/22/1914,
states William's age as 20. On my mother's 11/5/1918 his age is 23. Pretty
consistent there. He married my grandmother on 2/6/1913 at the Seventh Baptist
Church in Baltimore (on record at the Church), but the "record of Marriage"
filed in the Court House on 2/7/1913 shows him to be 21 and my grandmother 18.
My grandmother even used her middle name as her last name. I know for
certain they both lied about their ages.

The biggest inconsistency is his draft registration card dated 6/5/1917 (2nd
Precinct, 8th ward) showing him to be 22 born on 2/29/1895. Since 1895 was
not a "Leap" year, I have no idea which is wrong the day or the year.

The only other document I have is a copy of my grandparents divorce summons
dated 3/6/1922. Apparently at that time, he was a resident of the Baltimore
City Jail, since that is where the summons was sent. Of course I tried to
follow up on this, but that was a nightmare.

Where would I obtain the marriage and/or a voter's card application for my
grandfather? Maybe on these forms he gave his actual day and month of birth.
At least that would be a start.

Thank you
Verna



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