What is the origin of the Golden Birthday? Is it only in the Midwest? How long ago did you first hear of it?

Question

I grew up in California, I've lived in Boston and Philly, but I never heard of a Golden Birthday until I moved to Milwaukee about 10 years ago. I suspect it has midwest origins like "bubblers" (drinking fountains for those of you not in Milwaukee.) I've seen a web site that credits it to a person now living, but I refuse to believe that Golden Birthday's are a new concept. Does anyone remember celebrating Golden Birthdays 20, 30, 40 or even 50 years ago? Did you live in the midwest? Let's settle this once and for all and post the answer in Wikipedia for everyone.

-ToonKing

Answer 1

I live in Illinois and have never heard of the golden birthday.

And no one calls water fountains bubblers, that's a British thing.

Answer 2

Joan Bramsch, at her web site, says that she invented it.

http://www.joanbramsch.com/parties/golde...

This is a previous answer, at Yahoo! Answers:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?...

This is a Wikipedia answer:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday#Sp...

Answer 3

A person's Golden Birthday occurs when they turn the age of their birth day (i.e. when someone born on the 12th of the month turns 12).

I've personally never heard of it.

Answer 4

I  have lived, studied, and worked in Michigan and Ohio, and have many friends and relatives throughout those states and nearby-- for fifty years.

I've never heard of a "golden birthday."