(most of it is public)
friends of Sarrufs and most of the Toutonghi clan
oddly, he goes by the French name of Jean Marie, but this is clearly John P., son of Philippe
email: johntoutonghi@gmail.com
I’m not sure they put unaccompanied minors on international flights bound for the USA. Maybe the airlines had paid handlers back then. There’s also the possibility that someone else (unknown) aboard the flight personally traveled and signed for him. If he had an Indonesian passport and a note that he was going on a holiday to Hawaii to visit grandparents, I guess they would let him enter if some normal looking old people showed to greet him.
Was child trafficking even on the radar back then? Idk. It just does not seem to be the trigger for a fresh CT social security number.
I should contact a Pedro Pan unaccompanied minors and see if those 14,000 have CT SSN’s. I’m predicting they were not assigned any SS numbers.
The bottom line is that lots of people did not utilize the SSN until working age. Schools did not demand it and it was not tied to health insurance back in those days. Most people in his age bracket had no idea what the number was until they worked.
Understood. But some of what Sven writes suggests that the Dunhams were compensated by the government for taking care of the child. Even if that was for a short period, he would have needed a Social Security number, I imagine. Perhaps it’s a moot point, you’ll never find it because heaven knows what name it’s under.
Your 14,000 Pedro Pan unaccompanied minors surely would have been issued SS numbers if they were to receive benefits. I think...