User talk:JGBussell

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Birthdate tweak at Alfred Bussell
Hello, thanks for your edit to that article. I found a reliable source by Wikipedia standards (the State Library of Western Australia) that confirmed the 1814 birthdate and used it for the article. When adding text, please always cite your sources. It'd be a good idea to be aware of our conflict of interest guideline as your an ancestor of the Bussells. Also, describing people as woke isn't likely to gain you many friends here. Graham87 (talk) 16:18, 3 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi Graham. This would have been my source link as well as our family contacted the state library years ago when renewing Alfred and Ellen’s headstone about the incorrect dates they had and to also fix up the mistakes on the non original replacement headstone that had deteriorated over a short period of time.
 * In the process we found Alfred’s baptismal records to prove it.Fascinating to us his birth records were printed next to this record.(birth certificates weren’t really a thing back then)
 * Alfred’s own father conducted the ceremony along with others being baptized at the same time. He also baptized Charles Dickens which is most interesting.
 * The 1816 date comes up a lot and this is probably why the dates are wrong from many other references that are copied and pasted into wiki
 * Cheers JGBussell (talk) 17:02, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Wow, interesting. If you haven't already tried this, it might be worth contacting the Australian Dictionary of Biography run by the Australian National University (ANU), per their FAQ about reporting errors, because their entry about Alfred Bussell (published in 1969) is probably the reason that date has been distributed so widely, as they're considered one of the best sources for biographies in Australia. Interestingly his obituary from the West Australian, reproduced by Obituaries Australia (also run by ANU), has an incorrect age of death, but it's closer to the truth than the 1816 birthdate is. Graham87 (talk) 06:20, 4 January 2024 (UTC)