His WWI draft registration card lists his date of birth as 25 Dec 1886. Meanwhile, his death certificate gives his year of birth as 1885. I am using the 1886 date because the WWI draft record (1917-18) is from a period closer to his birth than (obviously) the death certificate.
Records of his first name:
Roscoe - 1900 census
Oscar - 1908 wedding announcement in newspaper
Roscoe - 1910 census
Oscar - 1917-18 WWI draft card
Oscar - 1920 census
Oscar - on father-in-law's death certificate in 1920
Oscar - 1930 census
Osco - 1940 census (mis-indexed as "Deco")
Roscoe - death certificate in 1942
Osco - on wife's death certificate in 1945
Roscoe - in son Willis' obituary in 1979
(There is likely no headstone for him, as previous photo-surveys of the cemetery have not discovered any for him. I am creating this memorial based on his place-of-burial being listed on his death certificate).
His WWI draft registration card lists his date of birth as 25 Dec 1886. Meanwhile, his death certificate gives his year of birth as 1885. I am using the 1886 date because the WWI draft record (1917-18) is from a period closer to his birth than (obviously) the death certificate.
Records of his first name:
Roscoe - 1900 census
Oscar - 1908 wedding announcement in newspaper
Roscoe - 1910 census
Oscar - 1917-18 WWI draft card
Oscar - 1920 census
Oscar - on father-in-law's death certificate in 1920
Oscar - 1930 census
Osco - 1940 census (mis-indexed as "Deco")
Roscoe - death certificate in 1942
Osco - on wife's death certificate in 1945
Roscoe - in son Willis' obituary in 1979
(There is likely no headstone for him, as previous photo-surveys of the cemetery have not discovered any for him. I am creating this memorial based on his place-of-burial being listed on his death certificate).
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