Ed et. al. An easy way to find the accurate birth and death dates of individuals in the US who died holding a social security number is to check the Social Security Death Index. This is public information. You are correct with regard to Fred Weick's birth date. Attached is a screen shot of the results page from my query.
Best, John On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 10:49 PM, Ed Burkhead <[email protected]> wrote: > > [Attachment(s) <#1289a174ece0aba2_TopText> from Ed Burkhead included > below] > > > Daniel, > > I've been having a hard time finding Fred Weick's exact birth date. Fred's > autobiography starts by mentioning that he was four years old when the > Wright brothers first flew. > > However, perhaps this may be useful though I can't guarantee the exact > date, > I do have an exact date. I was editing Coupe Capers in 1993 when Fred died. > This is what I wrote at that time based, I think, on good information > sources that I no longer have: > > "The best gentleman I have ever met died earlier today, July 8th, at 2:00 > .m. Eastern time. . . . Due to his age (6 days short of 94) . . ." > > So, that would put his birth date on July 14, 1899. > > Perhaps we can get confirmation from one of his relatives or another > reliable source. > > Ed > > Ed Burkhead > http://edburkhead/Ercoupe/index.htm > ed -at- edburkh???ead . com (change -at- to @ and remove ??? and > spaces) > >
