The birth announcement was printed 9 days after birth. How in the world could his parents have him in Kenya, get a foreign birth certificate printed, travel from the village to Honolulu, and get it to the Vital Records Bureau in time to make it to the paper in 9 days. There is a day or so lag time for printing, remember.
We all know bureaucracies don’t move that quickly.
The total population of Hawaii, according to the 1960 census, was only 632,772. The population of Honolulu was a bit less than 300,000. This is was not New York or Los Angeles or Chicago. The bureaucracy in a smaller city could not have been as cumbersome as you imagine it to have been.
The total population of Hawaii, according to the 1960 census, was only 632,772. The population of Honolulu was a bit less than 300,000. This is was not New York or Los Angeles or Chicago. The bureaucracy in a smaller city could not have been as cumbersome as you imagine it to have been.
Do you know for a fact that the newspaper did not obtain the information from the Health Bureau? The paper says “health bureau” which is probably where the COLB had to be filed.
I doubt that newspapers went combing through hospital records to find data of births.
And isnt it true that a COLB could be obtained in Hawaii at that time even if the baby was born elsewhere?
Not necessarily.
The Announcement was 9 days after the REGISTRATION of the Birth.
We don't know where or when he was born since we have no document signed by an attending physician...
He may be using his birth REGISTRATION date as his Birth date - we don't know..