Talk:Paul Eldridge

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Born in Bucharest ?

Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I have my doubts about this being true.

One, the link to the so called "naturalisation" leads to a service you have to pay for to use, so I can't find confirmation of that.

Two, I have found conflicting information online, claiming he was born in Philadelphia:

https://books.google.cz/books?id=3nPYfqEbfrsC&pg=PA889&lpg=PA889&dq=%22Sylvette+de+Lamar%22+married&source=bl&ots=ZF18WtV42M&sig=ACfU3U0L9gkaRUqgG8qSSyR9wmn-0Tf7AA&hl=cs&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiOxqPU_f3tAhUOJhoKHWbcASAQ6AEwD3oECCkQAg#v=onepage&q=%22Sylvette%20de%20Lamar%22%20married&f=false

I found this link which claims a "friend" by the name of William F. Ryan asserted he was born in Bucharest

http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/pacscl/ead.html?fq=subject_topic_facet%3A%22United%20States%22%20AND%20repository_facet%3A%22University%20of%20Pennsylvania%3A%20Kislak%20Center%20for%20Special%20Collections%2C%20Rare%20Books%20and%20Manuscripts%22%20AND%20subject_person_facet%3A%22Haldeman-Julius%2C%20E.%20%28Emanuel%29%2C%201888-1951%22&id=PACSCL_UPENN_RBML_PUSpMsColl1319

While it's not impossible that Eldridge's father was indeed initially named "Erdreich" and was a member of a German community in Romania, the fact his wife also bore the French name Lafleur seems a little odd. While a Romance language, Romanian names aren't typically very French sounding.

Ummunmutamnag (talk) 19:39, 2 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

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