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From: "arlene" <>
Subject: [TMG-L:] Re: TMG-L: Beginner's Problems - demo
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 11:27:35 -0400
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From: "Lee Hoffman/KY" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: TMG-L: Beginner's Problems - demo


> arlene wrote:
> >My mgm used June 8th as her birthday "forever" -- I finally found her
birth
> >certificate in Manchester, Eng.. Her actual birthdate was June 30,
1875 - 4
> >years and 22 days earlier that she claimed...
> >
> >Her eldest son was born on June 30, 1896 -- wonder if that was when she
> >changed her birthdate? (;>)
>
> Hmm! While many women indicated for years that they were younger than
> their actual age, it sounds like your GM may have wanted to be older for
> some reason.
I just think that she didn't want her birthday the same as her son's....

You might find it interesting to see if you could find a
> reason for that. Possibly her marriage certificate might indicate that
she
> was older so that they could be married without parent's approval or
> something like that.
No such thing -- it was only registered at the synagogue (1895) and we don't
know which one. Wouldn't make any difference anyway as they don't exist any
more. (We do have the wedding invitation and announcement, though) She was
20 years old at the time of the wedding and, knowing how the Orthodox Jews
worked these things out in those days, it was "probably" and arranged
marriage ----
Arlene

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