Having spent months researching on-line to me that was one of the mother lode finds. I believe Ann stayed in WA and took the extension courses while the infant slept, then actually attended classes during Spring 1962. The excerpt of the book revealed a few things which we hadn’t known before and raised one question in my mind when it was mentioned that Ann was depressed because she couldn’t find a job. The World’s Fair opened in April 1962 and jobs would have been plentiful. Also we know she managed to complete four courses prior to attending classes and then she was only registered for two courses which she completed in Spring 1962. I wondered why there were no photos of an infant and this would explain why. There are plenty of photos of the toddler and none of the infant!
Also I researched the 6085 Kalanianaole Hwy address listed in the birth announcement which was published in both “The Honolulu Advertiser” and “The Star - Bulletin”. The address is not associated with the Davis family (they were living on the leeward side of Kalihi valley close to Pearl Harbor and had been since 1956) the Dunham family lived in “a large house on Kamehameha Ave., then “a modest wooden house on University Ave.” before moving to the 10th floor apartment on Beretania St.” where Madelyn has now lived for 40 years. Obama Sr. lived at the “Atherton Y.M.C.A.” followed by a small, single story home in St. Louis Heights.” I then wondered if the address was for a home of one of Sr’s friends but learned that “Arnie was completing his military requirements” and lived in base housing. I still don’t know whose home address was listed for the birth announcement but believe Grandma Dunham knew of a safe address from her job with the escrow department at Bankoh and used it to register not only the birth but to use for the birth announcement. By the end of 1961 she was actually the manager of the escrow department. (all this information with the exception of Arnie’s address and the Davis address were found in “The Honolulu Advertiser”. Arnie’s address was found in a section on the Obama website while the Davis address was found in an article at U of H) I can provide the links if you want them.
At this link: http://forums.myspace.com/p/4230795/51540213.aspx?fuseaction=forums.viewpost
This person posted this information about the address where Ann and Barack supposedly lived in Honolulu when Barack was born:
” Freedom v Socialism: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 8:55 PM
“I googled 6085 Kalanianaole Hwy on the satellite map. That neighborhood was not built in the late 50s. Maybe the mid to late 70s, when Obama was a teenager. Also, I searched the Honolulu Advertiser and there was’nt a single story about Obama residing at 6085 Kalanianaole Hwy. This “birth announcement” cannot be verified.”
Has this ben discussed before reqarding this particular address being in existence in 1961??
Also, why was Ann Dunham’s Social Security Number issued from WASHINGTON in 1959/60. I thought Social Security numbers got issued from State of Birth?? I thought she was born in Kansas...