1 Oct 2022: Findagrave.com shows his headstone with the birth year of 1915. The SS Application record shows is as 1916. His WWII Draft registration shows the birth year as 1914.
Sources
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137991840/william-paul-jay: accessed ), memorial page for William Paul Jay (14 Jan 1915–25 May 1988), Find a Grave Memorial ID 137991840, citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Brianna D (contributor 48885698).
Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Verifies parents as William P. Jay and Myrtle Rodgers as well as birthdate on 14 Jan 1916, his birth place of Matheston, Mississippi, and his date of death on 25 May 1888.
Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Tennessee, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 151.
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