Talk:Edward Jakobowski

Birth and death years

source? VIAF libraries/authorities have almost universal agreement on 1858–1927, not 1856–1929. Schissel | Sound the Note! 19:17, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

See:

• General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes, London, England, April–June 1929, p. 376
• Wearing, J. P. "Jakobowski, Edward [or Edouard]" in The London Stage, 1890–1899: A Calendar of Plays and Players, The Scarecrow Press (1976)
• this from Andrew Lamb confirms the years. Lamb is the authority on this. What authoritative sources, exactly, is the VIAF list relying on? -- Ssilvers (talk) 02:45, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

The probate record makes it certain that he died on 29 April 1929, and both the 1861 census and 1891 census are consistent with the birth date given. -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:41, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

Not just one I should suppose, since it's a compilation of different library authorities- see VIAF. The primary ones I think are LoC (which interestingly quotes Wikipedia-as-of-2008 for dates)-

btw according to http://musicsack.com/PersonFMTDetail.cfm?PersonPK=100006125 his birth name was Edward Belleville (MusicSack quoting and weighing 11 sources that probably don't entirely agree with one another). Doesn't give a death date, though. Hrm.

Ok, yes, the VIAF evidence is 6 years outdated. My bad, my apologies and oops. Do change back, sorry... (that Belleville seems to have been his born and earlier name is interesting tho'...) Schissel | Sound the Note! 05:32, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

The census data shows that his father's name is Jakobowski, so MusicSack is just wrong. -- Ssilvers (talk) 14:48, 26 April 2014 (UTC)