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Amanuensis Monday: Thomas Patrick Slowey Birth Certificate

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I totally stole this idea from Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings, who credits Geneablogger John Newmark (TransylvanianDutch blog) with starting this blog theme years ago.  John offers this definition for “amanuensis:”

“A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.”

(And, let’s be honest, this is probably the only way I’m going to remember to transcribe all my documents, right?)

*Moving the text into the blog caused some of the formatting to be lost – but you get the general idea.Thomas Patrick Slowey delayed birth certificate

SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS

DELAYED CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH

State File No. 666071

Co. Reg. No. 16996

Full Name at Birth Thomas Patrick Slowey    Date of Birth Dec. 29, 1896    Sex  Male

Birthplace  Mayfield Twp.   Yankton     South Dakota          Color  White

Father: Full Name  John Slowey     Birthplace  Wisconsin

Mother: Maiden Name  Theresa Burns     Birthplace  Missouri

Affidavit:  I hereby declare upon oath that the above statements are true.

Signature Theresa Slowey     Address  Irene, South Dakota

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2nd day of November, 1944

SEAL                                                      Marie Steinbach  Notary Public

Deputy Clerk of Courts, Yankton Co.

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ABSTRACT OF SUPPORTING EVIDENCE

 

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I hereby certify that the abstract of evidence above recorded is to my knowledge true and correct.

Signature [blank]                                     Date signed [blank]

Registrar  Nathan Steinbach

Date Filed  Nov. 2 – 1944

The source citation for this document is: Thomas Patrick Slowey, birth certificate [Delayed] no. 16996 (county); no. 666071 (state) (29 December 1896), South Dakota Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Pierre, South Dakota.

I wrote about Thomas Patrick Slowey here.  It’s interesting to me because his mother signed it only months before she passed away (assuming that is her signature).  I understand why his birth certificate was delayed, since South Dakota didn’t mandate civil registration until 1905.  What I can’t figure out is why it was done in 1944.  Thomas applied for his Social Security number in January 1941, so he obviously didn’t need it for that.  The only reason I can think of is that – as far as I can tell – up until 1944, he was a farmer.  In 1945, he began working in an alcohol plant in Yankton.  Perhaps he needed his birth certificate because he was employed by someone else.  If anyone can see this from another angle, I would appreciate any insight you might have.

 

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