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/HAB.2ACI/880.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I recomment that you write for a copy of his SS application. That will definitely confirm his age, place of residence in 1951, parent's names, place of birth. It is also a primary source document. I also found his WWI draft registration. He wrote his name as Edward B Brown. Wife is Francis. date of birth is April 30, 1878. Medium height, Slender build, Black eyes, black brown hair. They are living in Kansas City, KS but he works in KC, MO in an asbestos factory. Is the man you are looking for?