Paul, if you sent for the SS applicaton on the George Thomas that died in 1966, you should find his mother's maiden name...unless he was perverse and gave his mother-in-law's maiden name as my great grandfather did. In his defense he was in his 90s when he applied for Social Security. EdrieAnne On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Paul Puente <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi again Cathy > > The obits of 1930 and 1953 gave no location for George. I did find a SSDI > for a George Thomas, b. 1 February 1887 and d. August, 1966 in Moraga, > Contra Costa, CA. This is only 12 miles from where his wife Elizabeth and > her children were living in Oakland during the 20s and 30s. > > I would love to believe that this is my George Thomas, but it is such a > common name and I have very little other data about him. The 1900 Census > did state that he was born in Feb, 1887 so this SSDI might be him, but I > would love to have some other evidence. I can't find any California Death > Index for him but if one exists and I find that his mother's maiden name is > Winkler then I have found him. But alas, no CDI. > > Thanks for your suggestions > > Paul > > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 3:28 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Paul, I have frequently seen census returns with a woman listed as > widowed > > when I know she wasn't. As for the obit, I post many of them from Marin > > County. Needless to say, I am not related to all these families. I have > > been made aware that in some cases children were not listed in the obit > > that "should" have been - - whether the paper's error or a family thing, > I > > am in no position to comment. As for a member of the family being listed > as > > deceased when he wasn't or vice versa, that does happen on occasion. I > > think in most cases it is the paper's error, but ... > > > > In your case I would continue to operate on the assumption that your > > George was alive and keep searching for a record of his death. Surely > there > > will be something somewhere. Have you considered undertaker's and/or > > coroner's records? Did those obits of 1930 and 1953 mention a location > for > > George? > > > > > > > > Cathy > > Marin Co., CA > > > > "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast" -* unknown* > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >