Amanuensis Monday - Form SS-5 for Inez V. Shinn (1899-1968)

Dear FOLKS,

Surprisingly I only have two individuals with a Form SS-5 in my record collection. Since there are only two, I thought I would share with you the second one I have. As you may recall from last week's transcription project, I presented the Form SS-5 for Eugene John Brown, my mother's father; for a shortcut to that article, click here.

This Form SS-5 is for Inez Viola (Shinn) Brown, my mother's mother; my maternal grandmother. Inez was Eugene's wife. Let's see what Inez reported.

This is a "fill-in-the-blanks" form that for many is filled in by hand. The formation being added to the form I will type with bold, italicized, red font. Any of my own comments I will encapsulate with square-brackets [ ]. I have obscured Inez's social security number for privacy reasons.

IMAGE: Form SS-5, U.S. Social Security Act,
Application for Account Number for Inez V.
Brown. From the Social Security Administration. [1]

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Form SS-5

TREASURY DEPARTMENT

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
(Revised July 19??)

U.S. SOCIAL SECURITY ACT

APPLICATION FOR ACCOUNT NUMBER
EACH ITEM SHOULD BE FILLED IN. IF ANY ITEM IS NOT KNOWN WRITE "UNKNOWN"

[SSN obscured]

PRINT NAME

1. Inez (EMPLOYEE'S FIRST NAME)

   Viola (MIDDLE NAME)

   (Shinn) Brown (LAST NAME)

     (MARRIED WOMEN: GIVE MAIDEN FIRST NAME, MAIDEN LAST NAME, AND HUSBAND'S LAST NAME)

2. 686 West Tyler (STREET AND NUMBER)

3. Burns (POST OFFICE)

   Oregon (STATE)

4. Tillers Food Shope (BUSINESS NAME OF PRESENT EMPLOYER)

5. Burns Oregon (BUSINESS ADDRESS OF PRESENT EMPLOYER)

6. 42 (AGE AT LAST BIRTHDAY)

7. July 29, 1899 (DATE OF BIRTH (MONTH) (DAY) (YEAR)

  (SUBJECT TO LATER VERIFICATION.))

8. Casey (Guthrie Co) Iowa (PLACE OF BIRTH)

9. David Wesley Shinn (FATHER'S FULL NAME, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER LIVING OR DEAD)

10. Sarah Jane Parr (MOTHER'S MAIDEN FULL NAME, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER LIVING OR DEAD)

11. SEX: MALE  FEMALE X (CHECK ü WHICH)

12. COLOR: WHITE X NEGRO  OTHER (SPECIFY)

     (CHECK ü WHICH)

13. GIVE DATE YOU BECAME AN EMPLOYEE(IF YOU BEGAN EMPLOYMENT AFTER NOV. 24, 1934) July 10, 1942

14. HAVE YOU FILLED OUT A CARD LIKE THIS BEFORE? No (IF ANSWER IS "YES" ENTER PLACE AND DATE OF ORIG?? ??ING AND REASONS FOR FILING AGAIN?

15. July 14, 1942 (DATE SIGNED)

16. Mrs. E. J. Brown (EMPLOYEE'S SIGNATURE, AS USUALLY WRITTEN (DO NOT PRINT)

DETACH ALONG THIS LINE

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1.) Inez Viola (Shinn) Brown, SS no. [withheld for privacy], 10 July 1942, Application for Account Number (Form SS-5), Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland.

Amanuensis Monday is a weekly blog theme that was started by John Newmark, the author of TransylvanianDutch blog. John defines Amanuensis as "A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another." I also appreciate the good work and format examples of San Diego genealogist Randy Seaver of the blog Genea-musings. Thanks guys.

Transcribing helps me to learn what a document contains. I have learned over time that I have a tendency to "skim" over an item; a bad trait for a researcher who needs to learn even the smallest details documented records contain. Transcribing helps me to slow down and "smell the flowers," and to capture all aspects of the paper in hand. It also gives me a better opportunity to share the document with you.

I hope you enjoyed learning a little bit about Inez and that today a good day. Thank you for stopping by.

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