The mother’s maiden name on this 1960-era death certificate from Iowa is wrong in more way than one. The first name was not the mother’s first name, but it could possibly a nick name for her of which I am unaware. The last name was a splitting of the mother’s second married name which was actually Greenstreet.
It is very possible that the informant heard the mother referred to as “Greenstreet” and always assumed it was two words–particularly if they never saw it written down.
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