A few things about the marriage to Sr. are still a little suspect. One is that, as far as I know, there has never been a copy of the marriage cert. I know that there was no engagement, marriage app., or marriage announcement in either Honolulu newspaper. I know that Sr. listed multiple Honolulu addresses in his INS records, but in the Polk directories he listed only the one address. No where, except in the “newspaper birth announcements” was there a hint of Sr. living at the address listed for the Dumhams in the Polk directories. Stanley Ann was listed in both the Honolulu Polk and the Polk in WA for the 1961-1962 canvas. She is NOT listed as a “Mrs.” in the Honolulu Polk, but is a Mrs. in the Seattle WA Polk. Here is what I wrote about that awhile back on my blog:
-Then she is also published (listed) in the 1961-1962 Seattle Wash. Polk where she moved after only having lived in Hawaii a short time (and what, six months after marrying?). So, back then the info for the Polks was collected-according to what I’ve been able to find out- much like a census. A combo of mailed forms and door to door info collectors. So, lets get into the way back machine, shall we? Hawaii collects some info over a period of months. Then they mail it in to the mainland, likely be ship, but perhaps by air. Then it goes in queue to be inspected and set to print. MANUALLY. Remember that this is 1961. When did the Polk actually end up being printed? For example, was the 1961-1962 Polk printed in early 1962? How useful is a directory in which the info is already a year old by the time it could possibly have been printed? I don’t know. Just something that seems weird to me. Stanley is in both the Honolulu and the Seattle Polks for the same time frame, 1961-1962. Just how damn long did the data collection process go on for those Polks before they got around to the printing? 1961 style.-
Polk was just getting started with computers in 1961 - for auto vin numbers I think - I could not find the exact date when they began to use computers for the directories, but I think it was approx 1963.
I too have always thought it a stretch to have a shotgun wedding, and then not bother to give the slightest appearance of being married.
Then don’t forget Stanley would have to fly to WA with a baby less than a month old AND hunt down an apartment, to all appearances by herself.
“”Or did she have the baby at a home for troubled mothers across the border in Canada and then return to Seattle? And then grandma Toot submitted a dodgy affidavit of home birth that Obama Jr. has been trying to cover up ever since?””
I have always felt this to be a likely scenario IF obama was not actually born in HI. It just fits much better with the anomalies.
“Then don’t forget Stanley would have to fly to WA with a baby less than a month old AND hunt down an apartment, to all appearances by herself.”
As implausible as that might seem she did go to high school in the Seattle area and could have had ‘fellow travelers’ help her out. I think a 17-year old lugging around a mulatto baby would have caused people to remember.