- It is often listed that Mary G. Jamison was born January 18, 1879.
There is however, a notarized copy of a delayed certificate of birth from the Iowa State Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics which attests to the validity of change in the birth information for Mary G. Jamison, based on four corroborating sources - 1) the Washington Co. Census record of June 1, 1880, which shows Mary Jamison, a 2 yr old daughter, enumerated with the family of William and Rosy Jamison in Pleasant township, Monroe Co, Iowa, 2) an employment record for Mary dated Sept 17, 1918, 3) an insurance record from Sept 27, 1930, and a family birth record dated April 27, 1878. The delayed birth certificate is dated Feb 25, 1942, with a document stamp of #125686. Unfortunately there was an error on this certificate. Mary's full name at birth wasn't listed as Jamison, but inadvertently filled in with her married name at the time of the document's issue, Mary G. Stevenson, obviously causing some confusion.
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