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From: "Melissa Barker" <>
Subject: Re: [TGF] Social Security Number Different?
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:26:26 -0500
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In-Reply-To: <64119BBE-C261-46EF-B93C-22B620727334@me.com>


Marilyn and Jacqueline,

Thank you for your responses. Does this mean that at some point and time
her social security number was "dropped" and she was then known under her
husband's number? I want to make sure I understand the progression of how
this happened?

Melissa Barker
Professional Genealogist for Tennessee and Kentucky
My Website: www.freewebs.com/genealogyservices/

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From: "Jacqueline Wilson" <>
Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 10:20 PM
To: <>
Subject: Re: [TGF] Social Security Number Different?

> The "B" stands for wife's benefits and probably the number that she
> received her Medicare coverage under, which is why the hospital
> probably used it as the basis for her death certificate.
>
> An "A" refers to the individual who worked, "D" is for widow, and "w"
> is for disabled widow.
>
> ~Jackie Wilson
> retired from Social Security Administration after 28 years -
> developing claims is how I learned to do genealogy.
> On Oct 10, 2009, at 6:42 PM, Marilyn Bess wrote:
>
>> it means that she drew social security benefits from her husband;'s
>> record.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Melissa Barker" <>
>> To: "Transitional Genealogists Forum Mailing List"
>> <>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 7:24 PM
>> Subject: [TGF] Social Security Number Different?
>>
>>
>>> Hello List,
>>>
>>> I have a question for anyone and everyone. My great-grandmother
>>> Wanda
>>> Ellen (Barth)(Curtis) Wise applied for a social security number on
>>> 6 March
>>> 1944. At the time she was married to her second husband (first
>>> husband
>>> deceased before social security came into being) and living in Akron,
>>> Summit County, Ohio.
>>>
>>> The number that she was given was 287-24-0022, which is also listed
>>> on the
>>> Social Security Death Index.
>>>
>>> On her death certificate the social security number listed is
>>> 272-09-1019
>>> B. This number is her husband, Charles Gerald Wise, social security
>>> number with a "B" added.
>>>
>>> Why was her number not used on her death certificate? Why was her
>>> husband's social security number listed? What does the "B" stand
>>> for?
>>>
>>> Any help is appreciated.
>>>
>>> Melissa Barker
>>> Professional Genealogist for Tennessee and Kentucky
>>> My Website: www.freewebs.com/genealogyservices/
>>>
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> Jacqueline Wilson
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