Amanuensis Monday - Birth Register for Olive Dallas (Franklin) Johnson (1899-1992)

Dear FOLKS,

For today's transcription project I have chosen the Birth Register of Olive Dallas Franklin. Known to me as Dallas, as her middle name was the name she preferred to use. She was actually my great-aunt by marriage. On 12 May 1917, Dallas married HenryWalter Johnson (1896-1972) and Henry was the brother of Alfred Marem Johnson, my paternal grandfather.

So let's take a closer look at Aunt Dallas' birth record, in this case a register entry. Dallas evidently requested ths certified copy from Dodge County, Minnesota records in 1959. I was able to photograph this copy in 2012 while visitng one of Dallas and Henry's daughters.

IMAGE: Birth Register for Olive Dallas Franklin original
entry in 1899. This copy was made in 1959. [1]

This is a fill-in-the-blanks form that was issued from the District Court in Dodge County, Minnesota. Most of the blanks were typed in with the required information, it was then signed by the court's clerk. Information that has been added to the blanks will be shown in bold italics red font. Any of my comments will be surrounded by square-brackets [ ] for clarity.

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CERTIFIED COPY OF BIRTH REGISTER

State of Minnesota, County of Dodge, Dodge Center
City, Village or Township

Recorded in Book B Page 115 line 30

FULL NAME OF CHILD
Olive Dallas Franklin

Sex Fe.

Single Twins Triplets S.

No. in order of Birth 8

No. of Child of This Mother 8

Legitimate Yes

DATE OF BIRTH  Month Day Year  Jul. 8 1899

FULL NAME OF FATHER
Joseph Delos Franklin

Age 41

Color Wh.

Birthplace Wisconsin

OCCUPATION Farmer

FULL MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER
Margaret Castle

Age 35

Color Wh.

Birthplace Wisconsin

OCCUPATION H.wife.

NAME OF PERSON MAKING THIS RETURN  -  -

ADDRESS  - -

Dated Registered 7-12-1899

STATE OF MINNESOTA }
County of Dodge    } -ss.

IN DISTRICT COURT   I, HARRY E. COWLES, Clerk of the DIstrict COurt in Fifth Judicial DIstrict  and for said County and State, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full and complete transcript of the entries appearing in record in the Register of Births now      remaining in my said office relating to the birth of said Olive Dallas Franklin and the whole thereof.

WITNESS my hand and the seal of said Court hereto affixed at Mantorville, Minn. this 28th day of July A.D., 1959.

Harry E. Cowles Clerk
HARRY E COWLES

by [blank] Deputy

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Source:

1.) Dodge County, Minnesota, Birth Register, Book B, Page 115, Line 30, Olive Dallas Franklin, Dodge County, District Court Mantorville, Minnesota, USA. Certified copy dated 28 July 1959. Certified Copy from the Johnson family files of Margaret [SURNAME AND ADDRESS WITHHELD FOR PRIVATE USE]. Photographed 22 December 2012.

This was a fun and easy record to transcribe. I appreciated the clerk's handwriting. His signature is so easy to read.

This only reason I can gather that Aunt Dallas would request this record in 1959 was that she was approaching retirement age and would soon be eligible to collect Social Security benefits. I am not familiar with whether she started receiving her benefits at age 62 or not. But she was getting the needed documents ready to apply.

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.

I am reminded that 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; to capture all aspects of the paper in hand. It also gives me a better opportunity to share the document with you.

It was fun to share Aunt Dallas' birth record with you. I want to thank her family for sharing this with me. I hope you have a good week and I want to thank you for stopping by.

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