Talk:Dawn Foster

A news item involving Dawn Foster was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 22 July 2021.

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Place of birth[edit]

Place of birth in the info box contradicts what it says in the article—anybody have a source that isn’t a tweet confirming either? A Context or a Glade (talk) 16:37, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

General Register Office; United Kingdom; Reference: Volume 28, Page 913 (This has an error saying Shropshire that ancestry is correct but it’s the correct record showing Newport South Wales. Dawn had a sibling born in 1987. Dawn’s passport, family and friends confirm she was born 1986. Inside Housing’s tribute used 1986. SarahWoolley87 (talk) 13:52, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

^above should read that the Ancestry website has a transcription error but Dawn and all her oldest siblings were born in Newport and these records are publicly available General Register Office; United Kingdom; Reference: Volume 28, Page 913 SarahWoolley87 (talk) 13:53, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Age[edit]

In addition to multiple sources claiming she was 34, there are recent tweets in which she said she was 34 as well (these are just some) [1] [2] [3] – Starklinson 08:54, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Turned 26 in 2012, so likely she was born in 1986 [4] - 37.228.241.175 (talk) 15:03, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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