Pension affidavits often indicate how old the affiant waaffidavits-knowledges and how long they had known the person about whom they were testifying. That can sometimes be a big clue in tracking migrations. Think about what year they were supposed to have “met.”

Could it have been when one of them was born? Were both of them children? Where would they have been living when they met? All good questions to ask.

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