Slogging through the 150 or so pages of Joe’s military pension file, a curious exchange appears. In 1913, as Joe struggled to have the government grant him a pension increase, he was tasked with proving his identity to the pension authority. To do this he turned to the Belonger family bible, the same bible, I believe, that’s still in the possession of sister Mary’s descendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have in my possession the old family Bible which belonged to my mother. The front leaves are gone so it is impossible to tell the date of its publication, but I remember seeing it in our home as long ago as I can remember. I can also remember seeing the record of my birth therein as long as I can remember, but I do not know in whose hand the record was written.<\/p>
Under the head of “Births” appears the following verbatim record, to wit: “Joseph Blonger borne the September 9th A.D. 1847”.<\/p>
A mistake is shown in the spelling of my surname, it being Blonger instead of Belonger, which latter is correct.<\/p>
Said record shows no indication of erasures or alterations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The notary then chimes in to vouch for Joe and his description of the bible, and adds this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The record of the pensioner’s birth is given verbatim. It is a strange circumstance that his sur-name is misspelled, while all the others, some eight all told are spelled correctly, Belonger, his being Blonger.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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