Citation · C0944 · record
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Registration State: Illinois; Registration County: Madison County
Weight of this evidence
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- record
- Confidence
- ●●○○ normal
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Transcription and reasoning
Validator (claude-sonnet-5-5, 2026-10-28): consistent, confidence 3/4, tier record.
The image of the 1917 draft card is readable. It shows Tony Tauber, born August 6, 1887, in "Mostce", Bohemia, aged 29, living in Collinsville, Illinois. Name, exact birth date and Bohemian birthplace all agree with the claim. The town spelling is only approximate and no district is given, so the Mostiště, Rokycany identification is likely but not fully confirmed.
Matches: Name Tony Tauber is an English form of Antonín Tauber; Date of birth written as August 6, 1887, matching the claimed 6 August 1887; Age 29 on a 5 June 1917 registration fits a 1887 birth; Birthplace given as Mostce (Mostice), Bohemia, which is plausibly Mostiště; Naturalized citizen born in Bohemia, which fits a Czech immigrant
Limits: The birthplace is handwritten as "Mostce/Mostee, Bohemia", so it is only approximately Mostiště and gives no district (Rokycany); The card does not name parents or other relatives that would tie this man to the Antonín Tauber of the database; Identity depends on the name, date and Bohemian origin, with no independent link to the 1939 death; The card is a self-reported registration, so the birth date is informant-given rather than from a birth record
What it supports
- Born · 6 August 1887 · Mostiště, Rokycany, Bohemia — Antonín Tauber