Who is this boy?

[chinakay]

I hear you, KN

You know sometimes they wouldn't cross a T but cross an L instead...I tried Galen but no luck.

[Seaocean0]

zoomed in

[KNormoyle]

I thought the name may have been a misspelled version of Gaetan but a french name doesn't fit with the rest of the name. 

If you feel like a shot in the dark, what about looking for a Gaetan Henri Rubin?

[Rosinish]

I have searched the free BMD's with every scenario & none have turned up so far 

[chinakay]

No Gaetans of any stripe.

I just had a look at the enumerator. George H Holtzmann was born in Ontario but his father was German. He enumerated himself and describes himself as a "carbenter". We lived in Germany for a number of years and saw this ourselves...p and b are both pronounced soft and often confused.

So on to the b's in Buben. Or whatever

[MaureeninNY]

Nice one,China!
I was wondering what sort of enumerator we were dealing with.

I just had a look at the enumerator. George H Holtzmann was born in Ontario but his father was German. He enumerated himself and describes himself as a "carbenter".

[chinakay]

Aaaand...nothing.

I can't even find the family in 1911 or later. Worldwide search for David Chester East, Ida May East, Rex Linwood East. Nothing.

I suspect this whole mob climbed back into their buried spaceship and went home to Alpha Centauri.

[KarenM]

Did you see the notes on automated genealogy from someone who transcribed this......

The following note applies to line 12:
'Surname and given reversed - a common problem with this enumerator'
* The following note applies to line 24:
'Age inconsistent with birth year - a common problem with this enumerator'



 

Karen

[chinakay]

I don't see a note for "Cannot speak or spell English--a common problem with this enumerator"