Talk:Robert Petway

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:BOB PETWAY 07 Oct 1898	Jul 1966 8930 (Greenwood, Leflore, MS) (none specified) 426-16-1977	Mississippi
Gene Nygaard 03:42, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
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message: I've added a reference to the suggestion made by Jason Rewald that Petway was born in Gee's Bend, Alabama on October 18, 1907, and died in Chicago on May 30, 1978 - here.  How much credence do other serious blues scholars give to this research?  I think it should be mentioned in the article text (as I have done), but am unsure as to whether to give it credibility in the lead or infobox.  What do others think?  Ghmyrtle (talk) 22:22, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: No response, so I've tentatively added the details to the infobox. Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:28, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

text: Confirming that information...  According to Eagle and LeBlanc, Blues: A Regional Experience, in a footnote on p.447... :   "The 'Robert E. Petway' who died on May 30, 1978, Chicago, age 59, was born in Tennessee and married in Chicago in 1935, and was not in Mississippi in about 1940."  If this is accepted, and BARE is usually (but not always) an accurate and reliable source in my experience, the text of the article needs to be tweaked and corrected - or, at least, the uncertainty more fully explained.  The main text of BARE (p.188) says... "(apparently [born] Itta Bena, Leflore County, about 1902 – unknown location, after 1942)."Ghmyrtle (talk) 10:02, 13 October 2016 (UTC)
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Hello Ghmyrtle, 
I'm not too good at working the fine points of Wikipedia as a contributor, and I'm stealing time at my desk at work, so I'll be brief.  On the basis of the Census/Draft registration documentation I posted, the Gee's Bend thesis of the the birth of Robert Petway seems so speculative as to be highly unlikely. The Census entries state Ann/Annie Petaway/Pettyway and Robert's birthplaces as Mississippi, as does Robert's draft registration (but in Sunflower, not Itta Bena). The fact that Robert "Pitway" and "Tom McClinnan" registered for the draft the same day; they both lived in Benton, MS and worked for the same employer (Williams and Applewhite-- farm owners?) makes it pretty likely these are our guys.  We shouldn't be surprised that as of February 1942 they weren't full-time residents of Chicago, I don't think, but McClennan was in Chicago four days four days after registering for the draft, to record for Bluebird.  
I also think Robert Petway's presumed birthdate should be changed to ca. 1903 and his death date stated as "unknown." The Social Security Robert Petway seems unlikely to be the same guy.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Benhamino (talk • contribs) 18:01, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that what you suggest is plausible, and I note that Eagle and LeBlanc in BARE suggest Itta Bena - in Leflore County - as his birthplace, circa 1902.  Bob Eagle has commented on 's page here that he thinks the person that Jason Rewald identified (with the 1907-1978 dates) is a different person.  I'm minded to change the article to reflect the BARE dates, while referring to Rewald's alternative position.  Your hypothesis on "Pitway" and "McClinnan" is, as I say, plausible - but unless it's been published in a reliable source it shouldn't really be set out in the Wikipedia article.  Or, at the very least, it should bear a heavy caveat.  Have you discussed it anywhere - for example in this group - of which Bob Eagle is a member, among other scholars?  Ghmyrtle (talk) 19:03, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

text: On the basis of the above information, I've re-edited the text.  Further comments and thoughts are welcome. Ghmyrtle (talk) 20:02, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
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