How Can You Not Know Your Name?

Hutcheson Case Study Okay, if it isn’t bad enough that Oril didn’t know his date of birth, it appears that he also was a bit confused about his name! Luckily, the name thing is easier to deal with. As he had two names which began with O, it simply seems that at some point he … Read more

You Guessed It, Another Date

Hutcheson Case Study Here is another record which reports Oril’s date of birth which was within his lifetime — and theoretically present. However, it provides another possible date of birth for him. The third registration for the draft for World War I called men of Oril’s age.1 The maximum required age was pushed back from … Read more

Yes, Yet Another Date

Hutcheson Case Study Yet another possible date of birth for Oril was apparently reported when he married. This record is indexed in a book, so it is possibly an error itself and would need to be checked on the original if someone were to be spending money on this project. Hutcheson, O. O., age 38* … Read more