My grandfathers marriage and death records have his stepfather Abel Smith from New Brunswick listed in which his mother Mae married in 1935. I do not know if his name was legally changed to Smith or if it was assumed. I have requested his birth record through the offices of vital records, state archives, Monticello, Littleton, Bridgewater, and Blaine town halls with no record found. Maes Marriage records does not show her religion although I have tried to go that route to find baptismal records. I contacted Maine state archives which they said they do not have. I did recently get his social security number through an FOIA and am waiting for his stepfathers death record to file a release of his security application. The only problem with this is that he may have originally filed after his mother remarried in 1935 which leads me to believe that his stepfather may be listed. Also I have filed for his military records through Maine Veterans Office as his records were part of the 1973 archive fire. I also requested a birth record if available. The weird part about his listed birth date is that it differs in the 1930 and 1940 census records which show him as being born in 1925. Also it has his father listed in 1940 census from New Brunswick whereas in the 1930 its listed as Maine. This is why I am now researching his sisters listed father but there is very minimal information on him.
