↑Cook County Birth Certificates, file number 6053268, born August 11, 1921.
↑Social Security Death Index, Michael D. Dowd Jr., Birth: 11 Aug 1921, death: 11 Aug 2006 residing in North Palm Beach, FL, accessed June 2, 2023.
↑US Census 1930 (April 14, 1930): Proviso, Cook County, IL, Precinct 36, Block 12; Line 94: Michael Dowd-age 8, son of Michael Dowd and Gertrude Dowd.
↑Pawnee County, Oklahoma Marriage License No. 002108797, Michael Delaney Dowd age 21 married Genevieve Purnell on 6 April 1943 in Cleveland, Oklahoma, US.
↑March 1937 Application for Social Security Number lists Michael Delaney Dowd Jr. white, male, son of Michael D. Dowd and Gertrude E. Smith as being born on August 11, 1921.