[ridesthemiles]

Why would Soc Sec hand out a number to someone who was approximately 87 years old?

Does anyone connect the dots anymore?

[Texas Fossil]

Why would Soc Sec hand out a number to someone who was approximately 87 years old?

Obviously they did not. But this could be a fraud trail, a witness protection trail or a CIA identity trail. The latter is suggested by a minister in Chicago. At first I scoffed at the idea, but am not sure now. Smell Test alarm is really going off.

[J Edgar]

“Why would Soc Sec hand out a number to someone who was approximately 87 years old?”

When was SSA established? I believe 1933, so a person born in 1890 would be 43 years old. Makes perfect sense to be issued a SSN, for retirement benefits to be collected 20 or so years later.

[TheCipher]

Why would Soc Sec hand out a number to someone who was approximately 87 years old?

There could be a few reasons. This person may have been a foreign parent or grandparent of someone. They may have moved to the US and wanted to apply for citizenship. You need a soc security number for that.

Or, the person he was living with wanted to claim him asa dependent on their income taxes. Once again, they would have needed a social security number for that.