User talk:2601:147:4481:630:98E3:D1F6:6DDC:119F

September 2023
Hello, I'm Bojo1498. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Jake Seymour, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. (bojo) (they/them)  (talk)  05:30, 9 September 2023 (UTC)


 * I am the original drafter of this article back when it was a stub. I am also the descendant of this person and have done extensive Ancestry research on him. His truest name was Jakob Semer -- it was how he was born and buried. Many of the census records spell his name in all manner of ways, which was common in the days of illiteracy and racism. It is for this reason that I cannot offer you a consistent citation. In census, baseball records, and newspaper articles, his Anglicized surname was very inconsistently been spelled as Jakob, Jakub, Jacob, or Jake and either Seymore, Seymour, Semer, Semmer, Siemmer, Siemens, or Zimmer, but he is the same man. Even some of his descendants went by "Seymore" and the others "Seymour." Names were fluid and evolving back then -- just like all the immigrants who had their names changed through Ellis Island -- but if you are going for accuracy, the current article is not correct. You don't have a citation for "Jacob Semer" as his name, so it is the same type of revision. But, the only source I can offer is me -- original drafter, ongoing researcher, and keeper of the family records. 2601:147:4481:630:98E3:D1F6:6DDC:119F (talk) 05:47, 9 September 2023 (UTC)