Ed, John, Thank you very much for the information. I really appreciate your work, and also very interesting the way both of you came to the same date using different approaches. Best regards Daniel Arditi Grupo Ercoupe Argentina
________________________________ From: John Craparo <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, May 15, 2010 11:00:20 AM Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Mr. Fred Ernest Weick biography [1 Attachment] [Attachment(s) from John Craparo included below] 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 <e...@edburkhead. com> wrote: >[Attachment(s) 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) >
