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most likely a child that was being kept off the grid; no SSN, no doctors visits, no schooling or access to people outside the family.
even if someone does notice the child's absence there's not much they can't do about it if the kid doesn't technically "exist" legally![]()
The process of the hospital/doctor/midwife initiating the application for a Social Security Number started in 1987:
The Story of the Social Security Number
Social Security Administration Research, Statistics, and Policy Analysis
www.ssa.gov
In August 1987, SSA began a three-state pilot of the "Enumeration at Birth" (EAB) process in which the parent of a newborn can request an SSN as part of the state's birth registration process. Additional states began to participate in EAB in July 1988. By the end of 1991, 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and New York City had signed agreements (Long 1993, 83). Today, over 90 percent of parents use the EAB process offered in all 50 states plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. SSA receives nearly three-quarters of original SSN applications through the EAB process and issues over 4 million SSNs via EAB each year (SSA 2006). No microfilm SS-5 exists for a record created through the EAB process.
No SSN for a child before that did not necessarily mean any sort of off-grid.
And, we don't know if theis child had an SSN or not -- if she was in a household receiving Food Stamps (now SNAP benefits) & was listed on the case, she did have an SSN.