Talk:Sodder children disappearance/Archive 1

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Archive 1

Ages of children

I've noticed that something does not add up with the ages of the children as described in the article. The third paragraph of the "Background" section says,

"In 1923 they had the first of their ten children."

Then the next paragraph mentions

"...Sylvia, was born in 1943. By then their oldest son, Joe, had left home to serve in the military..."

This must mean that the eldest son Joe, born in 1923, was 22 years old in 1945. But the second paragraph of the "Christmas Eve 1945" section says,

Her husband and the two oldest boys, John, 23 and George Jr., 16, ..."

This does not correlate, for if John is 23 in 1945, then he must have been born in 1922. Meanwhile Joe born in 1923 is previously mentioned as being the eldest. I'm pinging the main contributor Daniel Case, hopefully you can look into this. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 00:21, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, the sources are sort of in conflict there, and there's no central place that seems to straighten this out, unfortuantely. Perhaps someone diligent can find obituaries online that might clear this up. Daniel Case (talk) 01:14, 25 December 2015 (UTC)