<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6002.18332" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>Jacqueline-</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You are assuming that the mother was insured under her own account/SS number. In earlier years that would quite possibly not have been the case. Many mothers didn't work outside the home at that time.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joan</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/9/2011 9:32:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, wilssearch@gmail.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Donna, you mentioned that the mother died first.  In that case, the father may have applied for SSA benefits for the children under her account.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>