Talk:Marian Robinson#Date of birth

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Can someone explain this?

'...Shields lived with her family in a rented second floor apartment of a brick bungalow ...'

I thought that a bungalow usually refers to a single story dwelling. How can it have a second floor?

Grandma Roses (talk) 13:55, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

The Bungalow article says "A bungalow is a small house or cottage that is either single-storey or has a second storey built into a sloping roof (usually with dormer windows)"

"Storey is the British spelling of story, which in this context is a word meaning "floor", so yes, it can have a second floor.47.139.41.227 (talk) 20:08, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Date of birth

While a number of sources agree with AP News that her birthday was July 30:

[https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/05/31/marian-robinson-mother-of-michelle-obama-dead-obituary/ The Washington Post obituary]
[https://www.hpherald.com/obituaries/marian-robinson-mother-of-michelle-obama-dies-at-86/article_a7b3c132-2450-11ef-a922-0ba450ad9271.html Hyde Park Herald obituary]
[https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2024/jun/02/marian-robinson-86-mother-of-michelle-obama-has/ The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette obituary,] among others

there are also plenty that report her birthday as July 29:

[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/us/politics/marian-robinson-dead.html The New York Times obituary]
[https://chicago.suntimes.com/washington/2024/05/31/michelle-obamas-mother-marian-lois-shields-robinson-dies Chicago Sun-Times obituary]
[https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/marian-robinson-michelle-obama-mother-dead-obituary-1235030964/ Rolling Stone obituary]
[https://www.teenvogue.com/story/michelle-obama-mother-touching-birthday-tribute Michelle Obama birthday tribute in 2017]
[https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HR/10300HR0853.htm These two] [https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HR/PDF/10300HR0853lv.pdf Illinois House resolutions,] among others

Seems like a fairly even split to me, so I'd rather ask for consensus here. QuietHere (talk | contributions) 14:33, 8 June 2024 (UTC)