This story has been around for a very, very long time! I just wonder why this hasn’t already been blown wide open? And if what someone else stated in this thread is true - that they do not re-issue old SSN then why is OB using a number that was issued back in 1890 to another person?
This is very frustrating!
SS# were not issued in 1890...the SS# in question was issued to a man that was BORN in 1890, now obviously deceased...When the social security admin was created, numbers were issued to all citizens—obviously some were older at that time.
Nowadays everyone gets their number at birth.
lol with that SS can we call him dead?
Well, this 1890 dude would be 120 now, wouldn't he? And we'd have heard of him simply because of his advanced age? Right??
As genealogists know, SSNs of deceased individuals are public records. So, it should be simple to identify the five-score and twenty-year-old. Just look him up in the SSDI! Just a click, a few keystrokes, and you've got the goods on Zero. No need for serious advocacy, policy wonking, public persuasion ...