Talk:Vernon Dvorak

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Date of birth is needed.

No information on Dvorak's death[edit]

I cannot find any information on Mr. Dvorak's death other than a couple of tweets and this Wikipedia page. I added a [citation needed] to the remark in the last sentence regarding the date of his death. Giant Speck (talk) 02:33, 21 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

1928-2020: aged 100??[edit]

Just see my question above.
De Jaren (talk) 02:08, 22 September 2022 (UTC) <DJ/E-175>[reply]

I cancel my remark after adjustment of this article. - De Jaren (talk) 02:17, 22 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

He was born in 1928. I cannot fathom why it keeps being changed to 1922. I’m his daughter in law and can assure you he was born 11/15/28 PinkParabola (talk) 02:30, 23 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Official references for date of birth needed[edit]

None of the 3 date of birth references given confirm 1928 or are official : the first (https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Technical_Publication_PMR/XrwpAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=RA5-SA10-PA5) is just a refence to an article of Dvorak, the second and third cannot be consulted. Pierre cb (talk) 16:43, 22 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A family member should know the birthdate and birth-year and be able to make distinctions between people of similar age and name. Wrong persons can be ruled out through contradictiions:

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117651232/vernon-bernard-dvorak: accessed 26 September 2022), memorial page for Dr Vernon Bernard Dvorak (7 Jul 1921–30 Mar 2006), Find a Grave Memorial ID 117651232, citing Windridge Memorial Park and Nature Sanctuary, Cary, McHenry County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Kathy (contributor 47737776) .

This man died in 2006, so it cannot be the person in the article.

Likewise,

"BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QP-1VSP : 28 July 2016), Vernon E Dvorak, died 20 Jan 2013; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Sacred Heart Cemetery, Walker, Linn, Iowa, United States.

This man was born in 1933 or so, but he died the wrong year to fit the article. He can be ruled out.

"United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ67-286C : 31 May 2020), Vernon G Dvorak, 1995-2008.

Birth Date 1 Sep 1938

To young to fit the biography in the text.

Now here is a birth record consistent with what a person identifying herself as a relative offers:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ2-2WNB?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=L5BV-QJW

Trust, but verify. Only rarely do family members have any reason to misrepresent the birth-date of a deceased person, but an official record -- especially a birth certificate -- may be impossible to fabricate credibly. There is no reason for falsification or misrepresentation. I do genealogy as a hobby, and the while there are lapses of memory and occasional misrepresentations, birth records offer no incentive for misrepresentation or fabrication. Pbrower2a (talk) 04:27, 26 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]