The statement regarding Hiram, Jr's age comes from: >From Show Cause Petition Estate of Hiram W. Branson (d. Apr 30, 1922), filed Dec. 20, 1927 in Superior Ct of Mariposa Co. Judge of Superior Court, J. Trabucco Hiram Jr was born December 1908 thus in December 1927, he would have reached 19 years of age. ----- Original Message ----- From: <DULCICH6@aol.com> To: <CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 1:34 PM Subject: Re: [CAMARIPO] Will of Hiram Branson > In a message dated 9/19/01 4:05:31 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > rubyslippers@kc.rr.com writes: > > > > According to the Mariposa Gazette obit, Hiram died April 30, 1922. This > > also matches the date on his tombstone in Oddfellows Cemetery. > > > > I researched this additionally on the CA Death index and the date of death > says 1922 there also. I'm just puzzled by the discrepancy in the age of the > son Hiram. Since he was born in 1908, (confirmed by both the CA Birth Index > and the Death Index) he was not 19 years old in 1922. Yet, the will refers to > him as being "19 years of age". Something's not right somewhere...... just > don't know where!! > > Sharon > Mariposa, CA listmom > > > ==== CAMARIPO Mailing List ==== > Bob Norris, forever in our hearts. >