Using the following formula I found the following please keep in mind if it says buried on then it is probably a couple of days off since they would more then likely have died before they were buried HOW TO FIGURE A BIRTHDATE REMEMBER THIS NUMBER: 8870 This is not an error: It is the number to remember when you want to find the birthdate of someone when you only have the date of death and age. How do you figure the birthdate? Suppose the person died May 6, 1889, at the age of 71 years, 7 months, 9 days. 1. Write the year, month, day as: ----------- 18890506 2. Subtract the age at death: ---------------- 710709 3. This gives the figure: ------------------------ 18179797 4. Now subtract 8870: -------------------------- 8870 5. The result is: ----------------------------------- 18170927 Year 1817, 9th month (Sept), 27th day or 27 Sept, 1817 Now the one problem I ran into was figuring out what happens when the month or day goes over what is possible until I realized if it was say 20 months then you subtract 12 and add to the year. Similarly for the day, but since I have not figure out if it should be number of days in that month or something general like 30 (that and these are all burial dates) these dates are just real close estimates. Liesa Sackett, Myron Ward, buried 15 January 1916, age 72 years, 2 months, 19 days, placing this person's birth in Oct. 1843. 1. Write the year, month, day as: ----------- 19160115 2. Subtract the age at death: ---------------- 72 02 19 3. This gives the figure: ------------------------ 18439896 4. Now subtract 8870: -------------------------- 8870 5. The result is: ----------------------------------- 18431026 (26 Oct 1843) Sackett, Sarah V. buried 13 September 1925, age 80 years, 10 months, 3 days, placing this person's birth in Nov. 1844. 1. Write the year, month, day as: ----------- 19250913 2. Subtract the age at death: ---------------- 801003 3. This gives the figure: ------------------------ 18449910 4. Now subtract 8870: -------------------------- 8870 5. The result is: ----------------------------------- 18441040 (1844 Nov 03) Sackett, Ward was buried 25 November 1932, age 63 years, 2 months, 28 days, placing this person's birth in Aug. 1869 1. Write the year, month, day as: ----------- 19321125 2. Subtract the age at death: ---------------- 630228 3. This gives the figure: ------------------------ 18690897 4. Now subtract 8870: -------------------------- 8870 5. The result is: ----------------------------------- 18682027 (1869 Aug 27) Sackett, Edgar H. was buried 30 December 1959, age 75 years, 8 months, 12 days, placing this person's birth in April 1884. 1. Write the year, month, day as: ----------- 19591230 2. Subtract the age at death: ---------------- 750812 3. This gives the figure: ------------------------ 18840418 4. Now subtract 8870: -------------------------- 8870 5. The result is: ----------------------------------- 18831548 (1884 April 18) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Mudge" <mudgekin@earthlink.net> To: <SACKETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 12:34 AM Subject: [SACKETT-L] Myron Ward Sackett family > The Sackett Web page that Thurmon maintains discusses a Myron Ward > Sackett, of Meadville, PA, born circa Oct. 1841, with wife Sarah Varian > Barber. Children included Ward Myron and Edgar H. > > I have recently been reviewing LDS Film 1026038, Interments, 1865-1921; > index of interments, 1875-1978, Greendale Cemetery (Crawford Co., Pa.). > > I find a Sackett, Myron Ward, buried 15 January 1916, age 72 years, 2 > months, 19 days, placing this person's birth in Oct. 1843. > > I also find a Sackett, Sarah V. buried 13 September 1925, age 80 years, > 10 months, 3 days, placing this person's birth in Nov. 1844. > > A Sackett, Ward was buried 25 November 1932, age 63 years, 2 months, 28 > days, placing this person's birth in Aug. 1869, and > a Sackett, Edgar H. was buried 30 December 1959, age 75 years, 8 months, > 12 days, placing this person's birth in April 1884. > > All of these persons are buried within the same Lot in Greendale > Cemetery (Lot 69). > Myron Ward Sackett and Sarah V. Sackett are buried in Section 4 of Lot > 69; Ward and Edgar H. are buried in Section 5 of Lot 69. > > Section 5 of Lot 69 also includes a Sackett, Henrietta Porter, buried > 21 May 1959 (no age listed). > A Mrs. E.H. Sackett is also buried in Greendale, but in another location > (Lot 3, Section A). She was buried 26 May 1929 (no age listed). > > It is only conjecture, at this point, that these are all members of the > Myron Ward Sackett family, & their wives, but . . . . . > Has this stuff already been discussed? > > Ted Mudge > > > ==== SACKETT Mailing List ==== > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > To post a message, address it to:sackett-l@rootsweb.com > To subscribe or unsubscribe, address it to: > sackett-l-request@rootsweb.com (SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE in the body) > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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