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From: "arlene" <>
Subject: Re: [NYC] Fw: Ages and Dates etc
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 18:35:17 -0500
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You have to be unjudgemental <g> Many times they just forgot!
Think about this -- many Jews of long ago took the nearest Holy Day as their
birthdate -- or remembered that they were born close to --- whatever ...
Arlene
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From: "Stuart Naliboff" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: [NYC] Fw: Ages and Dates etc


> I share your consternation about the casual attitude of our ancestors
> regarding their birthdate! Not only was my grandmother's birthdate
> understated by seven years (she had chipped a year off for every decade
> according to the US Census), they got got it wrong on her tombstone. The
> only correct part on the tombstone was the year. Her older siblings gave
> dates which made them younger than was possible. Because I have read the
> RC records I know either the correct date or that the person was born
> before 1857. My grandfather's tombstone date is suspect as it is March
> 16! The only date in which I have confidence is the death date, and even
> that needs verification from other sources.
> Ellen
>
> bullydog wrote:
> >
> > This might explain why I have March 22, 1875, 1878, 1879, 1882 and 1885
from Athlone, Ireland, for my great-grandfather Joseph Coughlin's birth year
on the US documents I've collected so far.
>
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