Tag: SS-5

Mamie Ware Garrison SS5

U.S. Social Security Act
Application for Account Number

thumbnail of Mamie Ware Garrison SS5157-05-3184
Name: Mamie Ware Garrison
Residence: 37 Arbutus Ave, Pitman, NJ
Employer: Works Progress Administration Project 68-194
Employer address: Itaska Bldg, Pitman, Gloucester Co. NJ
Age: 62
Date of Birth: 7-3-1874
Place of birth: Camden, NJ
Father: George Washington Ware
Mother: Elizabeth Craner
Sex: Female
Color: White
If registered with the U.S. Employment Service, give number of registration card: 3508-5097
Date signed: 5-20-37
[signed] Mamie Garrison

Original Source Citation:
Mamie Ware Garrison, 157-05-3184, 26 May 1937, Application for Account Numbers (Form SS-5), Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland.

My grandfather’s 2 Social Security applications

When I sent away for my grandfather’s railroad retirement files I did not know what to expect. One surprise that provided a neat bit of new information were copies of his Social Security applications (SS-5).

There were two of them: the original one from 1936 and a second one in 1953. It took me awhile to figure out why there was a second SS-5 form:

OW Garrison SS5 from 1953
Orville W. Garrison 1953 SS-5. Click to see full size.

 Then, I read lines 1 and 2 more closely:

OW Garrison SS5 lines 1 and 2 showing name change

The second application was filed to correct a misinterpretation of handwriting in the original 1936 application. Apparently someone’s v’s looked too much like r’s:

Orville looks like OrrilleThe v is more apparent in his signature on that application:

Orville signature with clear difference between the r and vThe neat new bit of information was my great-grandfather’s middle name. I now know his full name was John Samuel Garrison.

OW Garrison 1936 SS5 form with father's name of John Samuel Garrison
Orville W. Garrison’s 1936 SS-5. Click to see full size.

 

 

John Dayton Dare – SS5

U.S. Social Security Act
Application for Account Number (SS-5)

John Dayton Dare SS-5155-07-6972
Name: John Dayton Dare
Address: 189 Broad St., Bridgeton, NJ
Employer: Wm. Laning & Son Co., Bridgeton, NJ
Age: 54
Date of Birth: August 18, 1884
Place of Birth: Bridgeton, NJ
Father: John Dayton Dare
Mother: Elizabeth Hildreth
Sex: Male
Color: White
Date: Sept. 30, 1938
Signed: John Dayton Dare

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Original Source Citation:
John Dayton Dare, 155-07-6972, 30 September 1938, Application for Account Numbers (Form SS-5), Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland.