Even on his headstone he had an incorrect birth year because he was hiding from or rather for his posterity that his parents were married after he was born. His dad (Thomas J Whitaker) worked for her dad (Grandpa William Betts) who owned ships. He went on a trip for several years (at the requests of Grandpa Betts) to come home to the surprise of having fathered a child (Thomas) before he left. As a result Thomas took this secret to the grave claiming to be 6 years younger than he really was.
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