[Dixielandjazz] NEWS FLASH - Jelly Roll's Birth Year on the Mexican Visa

[Charles Suhor]

Wonderful website, Mike--Thanks.--Charlie Suhor


On May 26, 2005, at 9:58 AM, Mike Meddings wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> The Jelly Roll Morton website has been updated with the following NEWS 
> FLASH item :
>
> "Jelly Roll's Birth Year on the Mexican Visa"
>
> Jelly Roll Morton's Mexican Visa (dated 7th October 1921) was issued 
> as one sheet of paper, measuring 6" x 5", with the details typed and 
> hand-written in English on the front, and with dates of validity of 
> the Visa (7th October 1921 to 7th October 1922) typed and hand-written 
> by a Mexican consulate official on the Spanish side.   The photograph 
> on the English side of the Visa was pasted over an area where Jelly 
> Roll had written his year of birth. . . .
>
> For more details of this article, written by Peter Hanley and verified 
> by Larry Gushee, and for further updates to the "Genealogy" page 
> please follow the links from the UPDATED BOX at:
>
> http://www.doctorjazz.freeserve.co.uk/index.html
>
> Hope you enjoy.   Best wishes.
>
> Mike
>
> http://www.doctorjazz.freeserve.co.uk/index.html
>
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