[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] varying dates

[srlists]

One issue could be the confusion between birth and baptism dates. My aunts
and uncles say that they always acknowledged their father's birthdate on 23
April, 1878, and that is the date on his death certificate and obituary.
But, according to the original parish records, and also his U.S.
naturalization info, my grandfather was born on 10 April, 1878, According to
the parish records, he was clearly born on 10 April, and baptised on 23
April. The family Bible shows the month and year, but has a smudge over the
numerical date. The date of baptism must have been significant enough for my
grandfather to confuse the two at some point, or for some reason to use the
baptism date rather than the birth date when telling people when he was
born.

Sue Eipert
srlists at eipertinfo.com

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Margrit Weigel
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Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] varying dates


I have some "problems" with slightly different dates. After the SGGEE
database my gr gr grandmother Friederike Hildebrandt, nee Krueger, was born
May 5th 1844  and died May 20th 1937. In the "Wolhynischen Heften Nr.1"
there is a story of a tombstone  which still exists in Korist where she
lived and died. On this stone you find a Friederike Hildebrandt *Feb 22nd
1844 and died March 09th1937. On the same stone you find the names of her
sons Gustav (*Feb.02.1878) and Ferdinand   (*Jul 24th 1880). But the dates
we know are for Gustav *1877 and for Ferdinand *Jul13,1879 and death
Oct16,1904 in Korist (on the tombstone his day of death is known as oct
14.1904).

So I am rather sure that here my ancestors are buried. Does anybody else has
experience with differing dates?

Futheron, even my father (born Oct 03, 1931) always told that he believed
that he had another
birthday when he was small. Unfortunately there is noone left anymore whom I
could ask. Could it perhaps be an advantage to be older or younger in the
thirties in Volhynia?

If somebody has an idea, I would appreciate every answer.

Margrit Weigel
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