This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ig.2ADI/1059.2.1 Message Board Post: Could this be your Columbus, from the SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX? RICHARD C CHIDESTER b 09 Sep 1897 d 15 Nov 1974 (V); zip code of last residence: 90640 (Montebello, Los Angeles, CA) ... SS card issued: California The V means the death was verified by someone like a family member (as opposed to P, for proven by death certificate. ) Not enough info to sort our your Wm. from the dozen or so in 1900 census.