In a message dated 4/12/2008 12:11:44 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
emer...@wheatstate.com writes:
Ada age 44 born in England came to USA 1880 became a citizen 1917, she was
theatrical singer. Sheela daughter, age13 born New York, was in school. The
last name was spelled Flaherty.
Ada and Hugh were married 6 years in 1910 so they got married about 1904
possibly Suffolk County New York. The date on 1910 was April 16,1919.
Date on 1920 was Jan. 7, 1920. If the marriage certificate could be located
it would give Ada's maiden name. Jackie
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Sorry the date should be April 16, 1910. Jackie
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From: BruceY bruce78...@comcast.net
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Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Artist Death Certificates (Ada Jones) Let
usdorightbyAda
Yes and it
I'm no Ada Jones expert -- I'm just citing some info Milford Fargo put together
many years ago.Jones was born June 1, 1873 at her parents' home at 78 [!]
Manchester Street in Oldham, Lancashire, England, but her birth wasn't
registered until August 18th. She was baptized as Ada Jane Jones on
The vital records of her birth place would show the actual date of birth as
1873. A hundred years ago, and it is pretty much that now, people were
interested in date of birth . . . and date of death . . . putting the records
together is a problem. When a death certificate was issued they
All of this makes me wonder if vital statistics were reliably accurate in
the days that Ada Jones was born; in England, or even in this country. For
instance, my father was born in a little burg in Tennessee, north of
Chattanooga. When he was 72, he wanted to apply for Social Security. He
Before the government programs, your birthday and date of death did not
make a lot of difference. As neither one served much real tangible
purpose to you, or anyone else.
Douglas Houston wrote:
All of this makes me wonder if vital statistics were reliably accurate in
the days that Ada Jones
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