the FBI file on Charles Bukowski
Yes, we
know the FBI files here, as they've been hosted on this site since the very beginning of
mjps efforts to gather Buk-material some million years ago.
One thing that strikes when you go through them is, that they are not always reliable.
(e.g. have a look at the
list of his addresses and jobs claiming he had only one address and job outside LA (in Philadelphia) during his so called lost years, while we have strong evidence that he was travelling the whole south and did plenty of jobs. Even more so: Said page provides an intact list with not one gap, neither in job nor addresses, between 1/1937 and 12/1957. Do you believe that?)
So, even though the FBI is a gouvernmental organization, we can't believe everything they gathered. Some of it seems sloppy research or, as
hooch indicated, typos, or plain mad-up.
As to Janes age:
Not only do we have the paper-sniplet,
hooch mentions, and not only Bukowski's own statment (many time), that Jane was 10 years his elder, and not only Sounes' reprint of her death-certificate in a book:
Our
Petey has done a huge amount of thorough research and delivered more paper-sniplets and whatnot regarding Jane, all of which confirm the living-dates we have by now.
(He even found Jane's granddaughter and unearthed a letter by her own hand, where she mentions Buk. So we do know, she's the right person we're talking about.)
Btw, I really appreciate your efforts to research and investigate. We need this sort of person, asking questions and questioning answers. So don't take my above explanations as a letdown. Please feel yourself encouraged to go on.