We found out my father's birthday was off by a year from what he'd  
always said it was. But my gr-gr grandfather Cardwell, who kept the  
family Bible originally, seemed to be a very meticulous fellow. He  
listed the ages at death for his children [from various causes] down  
to the year, month and day old they were when they died. He owned his  
own business [they made agricultural machinery] and I am sure kept  
records there, so he was probably careful with that sort of thing.  
Plus, he'd surely know his own daughter's first name! Ida Jacobs  
Cardwell Fowler, for any future historians who may read this. NOT "Ina".

It's a shame records for Shockoe aren't in better shape, as important  
as that place is to Richmond history.

Nancy

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I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.

--Daniel Boone



On Feb 2, 2009, at 1:00 PM, KAREN DALE wrote:

> My great grandmother could never keep her kids' birthdays straight.  
> She filed for delayed birth certificates for her three youngest  
> while she was applying for a CW pension in the 1880s. Then, not  
> getting the pension, she admitted them to an orphanage--and gave  
> yet another set of birth dates. I've always just used the date my  
> grandfather had on his SS and driver's license--also the date on  
> his tombstone--but it is NOT the date (year and month off) on his  
> official birth certificate!
>
> Karen Dale
>

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