Talk:Sandford Fleming
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Fleming's Nationality was Canadian. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.215.87.172 (talk) 14:43, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
DATE OF BIRTH--Dictionary of Canadian Biography states January 7; a brochure in Halifax says July 7??
The Toronto Globe (predecessor of The Globe and Mail) also notes the date of January 7, on Page 6 of the July 23rd Edition (Headline on Page 1, noting the "Empire Builder passes to Rest"). I'm going to revert the date back unless you can give other sources of his birth date. Bacl-presby 17:43, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
- A quick check on Google yields 448 for January OR Jan 7 versus 88 for July OR Jul 7. A clear preference for January 7, but this is not a scientific sample nor is it authoritative. In an earlier search, I did note that several of those sites which gave a day of death gave only a year of birth, 1827. — Joe Kress 06:39, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
If it wasn't so cold right now, I'd go up to Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa to look up the dates on his gravestone!! (Wouldn't be surprised if someone has put the Beechwood Cemetery stones on line, either!!) Bacl-presby 17:08, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
