[78-L] Mildred Bailey, child of 1900

[David Lennick]

Here's another who thought she was born in 1903.
http://relativeesoterica.blogspot.com/2008/02/no-tears-no-fuss-happy-birthday-bails.html

David Lennick wrote:
> 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".
>>
>> dl
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