[78-L] Mildred Bailey, child of 1900

[David Lennick]

At least one person seems to have thought she was born in 1903, according to 
this review of a Living Era set (in which Jonathan Woolf asserts the commonly 
accepted 1907 date).
http://www.musicweb-international.com/jazz/2007/Bailey_CDAJS2020.htm

dl

Harold Aherne wrote:
> In that case I'll go ahead and post my findings. Here's the Rinker 
> household as enumerated in Whitman county, WA on 22 April 1910:
>  
> Charles D. (age 34)
> Josephine (31)
> Mildred E. (10)
> Miles L. (5)
> Alton M. (3)
> Vinson (1 year, 3 mos.)
>  
> Mildred is also present in the 1900 census; her month of birth is listed as
> February 1900 (although her name is incorrectly given as Millard). Her parents
> had been married for a year at that point. Al(ton) is listed in the 1920 census
> (taken in January of that year) as a 13 year old; Mildred was no longer living
> with them, but a step-daughter Norene (9) had been added, and a brother
> Charles (8).
>  
> So it appears that Mildred Bailey is actually seven years older than most
> later sources indicate. There's no surprise in the fact that she'd drop some
> years; I just don't remember seeing this information given elsewhere. Likewise,
> 1907 is always given for Al's birth year, but if 20 December is the correct day
> then 1906 would seem to be the correct year, per these census data.
>  
> Anyway, I thought it was rather interesting and just wanted to share. I'm not
> a professional genealogist, and more research would be needed to publish
> these findings in a book or a journal (school records, e.g.). But it does give some
> insight into the Rinkers' background, which has rarely been discussed as far as I know.
>  
> -Harold
>  
> 
> --- On Fri, 2/20/09, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 
> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Background info on Mildred Bailey and Al Rinker?
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 4:03 PM
> 
> Definitely Alton. He's credited that way as composer on Whiteman's
> "Peter Peter 
> Pumpkin Eater".
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