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Bessie Lee Blalock

Bessie Lee Blalock



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  1. 1.  Bessie Lee Blalock was born on 6 Mar 1897 in Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA (daughter of Martin Luther Blalock and Bettie Elizabeth Scott); died on 28 Nov 1990; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Ethnicity: American
    • Race: Black
    • Name: Bessie B Garrett
    • Name: Bessie B Garrett
    • Name: Bessie B. Blalock
    • Name: Bessie B. Smith
    • Name: Bessie Blalock
    • Name: Bessie L Garrett
    • Name: Bessie L. Blalock
    • Name: Bessie L. Garett
    • Name: Bessie L. Garett
    • Residence: 1900, York, York, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter
    • Residence: 1910, Ward 4, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; StreetAddress: Liberty Street; 13 Age: 13; AttendedSchool: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0063; NativeLanguageCode: English; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Daughter RelationToHead: Daughter
    • Residence: 1920, Ward 9, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife
    • Residence: 1930, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife

    Bessie married James Edward Garrett on 1 Jun 1916 in Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. James was born in 1881 in Virginia, USA; died in 1965; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Miriam Elizabeth Garrett was born on 13 Mar 1917 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 16 Jul 1947 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Martin Luther BlalockMartin Luther Blalock was born on 4 Aug 1858 in Atlanta, De Kalb, Georgia, USA (son of Father Unknown Blalock and Margaret Blaylock, son of Henry Williams and Margaret Blaylock); died on 21 Jan 1942 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Ethnicity: American
    • Race: Black
    • Race: Colored
    • Race: Negro
    • Name: M. L. Blalock
    • Name: Martin Blalock
    • Name: Martin L Blalock
    • Name: Martin L Blalock
    • Name: Martin L. Blalock
    • Job: Employer: Wage Earner
    • Residence: 3 Jan 1871, Atlanta, De Kalb, Georgia, USA; Age: 13. Goes to School, "Light Brown Complexion Almost White." Father Unknown. Two Half-siblings: Charley, Jane.
    • Residence: 1900, York, York, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
    • Newspaper Clipping: 26 Apr 1908, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1910, Ward 4, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1910, Ward 4, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; StreetAddress: Liberty Street; 46 Age: 46; Preacher Occupation: Preacher; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0063; HomeOwnership: Rent; Industry: ME Church; LiveOnFarm: House; NativeLanguageCode: English; OutOfWork: N; WeeksOutOfWork: 0; YearsMarried: 17; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Head RelationToHead: Head
    • Residence: 1935, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1940, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; StreetAddress: S 16th Street; Age: 75; Occupation: Minister; AttendedSchool: No; CityWard: 9; ClassofWorker: Working on own account; EmploymentCode: 4; EmploymentDetails: No; EmploymentHistory: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 22-51; GradeCompleted: College, 2nd year; HomeOwnership: Owned; Income: 600; IncomeOtherSources: No; IsEmployed: No; OwnsFarm: No; PublicEmergencyWork: No; SeekingWork: No; ValueOfHome: 3500; WeeksWorked: 3; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Lincoln Cemetery

    Died:
    77 Age: 77

    Martin married Bettie Elizabeth Scott on 16 Dec 1892 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. Bettie (daughter of Arthur Fett Scott and Not Ascertainable Scott) was born on 25 Jul 1874 in Jefferson, Alabama, USA; died on 9 Sep 1951 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Bettie Elizabeth Scott was born on 25 Jul 1874 in Jefferson, Alabama, USA (daughter of Arthur Fett Scott and Not Ascertainable Scott); died on 9 Sep 1951 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Ethnicity: American
    • Race: Black
    • Race: Negro
    • Name: Bettie Blalock
    • Name: Bettie E Blalock
    • Name: Bettie R. Scott
    • Name: Betty Blalock
    • Name: Betty Blalock
    • Name: Betty E Blalock
    • Name: Betty E Blalock
    • Name: Betty E. Blalock
    • Name: Betty E. Blalock
    • Name: Betty E. Blalock
    • Name: Betty Scott
    • Name: Betty Williams
    • Name: Scott
    • Residence: 1880, Loachapoka, Lee, Alabama, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter
    • Residence: 1900, Ward 6, York, York, Pennsylvania, USA; StreetAddress: King; 25 Age: 25; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; CityWard: 6; EnumerationDistrict: 0192; NumberOfChildrenBorn: 3; NumberOfChildrenLiving: 3; YearsMarried: 8; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife
    • Residence: 1910, Ward 4, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1910, Ward 4, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; StreetAddress: Liberty Street; Age: 35; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0063; NativeLanguageCode: English; NumberOfChildrenBorn: 6; NumberOfChildrenLiving: 5; YearsMarried: 17; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Wife
    • Residence: 1920, Ward 9, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; StreetAddress: South Sixteenth Street; 45 Age: 45; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 202; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife
    • Residence: 1935, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1940, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; StreetAddress: S 16th Street; 63 Age: 63; 53 Age: 53; AttendedSchool: No; CityWard: 9; EmploymentCode: 5; EmploymentDetails: Home Housework; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 22-51; GradeCompleted: Elementary school, 8th grade; Income: 0; IncomeOtherSources: No; IsEmployed: No; PublicEmergencyWork: No; Respondent: Yes; SeekingWork: No; WeeksWorked: 0; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Lincoln Cemetery

    Children:
    1. Margaret I Blalock was born on 9 Jan 1888 in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA; died on 28 Jun 1978 in Susquehanna, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. Jane Grace Blalock was born in Sep 1893 in Kentucky, USA.
    3. 1. Bessie Lee Blalock was born on 6 Mar 1897 in Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA; died on 28 Nov 1990; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    4. Martin Luther Blalock, II was born on 26 Apr 1899 in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 22 Feb 1918 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    5. Marian Genevieve Blalock was born in 1902 in York, York, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 16 Oct 1903 in 413 Filbert street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    6. Mary Blalock was born in 1905 in Pennsylvania, USA.
    7. Derell Ellis Blalock was born on 10 Apr 1908 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 11 Jan 1992 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
    8. Charles Wesley Blalock was born on 24 Jan 1911 in Virginia, USA; died on 30 Aug 1968 in Laurinburg, Scotland, North Carolina, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Father Unknown Blalock was born in 1820 in Alabama, USA.

    Father married Margaret Blaylock. Margaret was born in 1850 in Alabama, USA; died on 13 Apr 1921 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Margaret BlaylockMargaret Blaylock was born in 1850 in Alabama, USA; died on 13 Apr 1921 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Ethnicity: American
    • Race: Black
    • Name: Margaret Black Williams
    • Residence: Mother RelationToHead: Mother
    • Enslaved: 1853, Fayetteville, Fayette, Georgia, USA; "At the age of 3 years, she was sold as a slave and carried into the State of Georgia. She lived at Fayetteville, Georgia with her former owners until the close of the Civil War.\"
    • Emancipation: 1865, Fayetteville, Fayette, Georgia, USA; "Among the emancipated Slaves who left their former owners at the close of the war My Mother was one: she went to Atlanta to live, her and her husband Henry Black, who shortly died.\"
    • Residence: 1899, Atlanta, De Kalb, Georgia, USA; Living here when her husband died.
    • Residence: 1902, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; "She lived with me and my family since 1902. She has been in my home for 19 years she has been a darling mother indeed, quiet and assuming and was kind to all."
    • Residence: 1910, Ward 4, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; StreetAddress: Liberty Street; 60 Age: 60; CanRead: No; CanWrite: No; EnumerationDistrict: 0063; NativeLanguageCode: English; Widowed MaritalStatus: Widowed; Step Mother RelationToHead: StepMother; Mother-in-law RelationToHead: MotherInLaw

    Notes:

    Following is a portion of the writings of Rev. Martin Luther Blalock who wrote this information regarding his mother, Margaret Black Williams as part of her eulogy:
    My Mother ---- Mrs. Margaret Williams, My Mother as far as I have been able to learn was born in the State of Alabama. At the age of 3 years, she was sold as a slave and carried into the State of Georgia. She lived at Fayetteville, Georgia with her former owners until the close of the Civil War, Among the emancipated Slaves who left their former owners at the close of the war My Mother was one: she went to Atlanta to live, her and her husband Henry Black, who shortly died, after several years she married Henry Williams and they lived happily together for many years; in 1899 he died. Therefore, she lived with me and my family since 1902. She has been in my home for 19 years she has been a darling mother indeed, quiet and assuming and was kind to all. She was particularly kind and loving to all children and all loved her who knew her she lived some of the best families of Atlanta her services were always in demand as a caretaker or nurse for children She was a member of the 1st Congregational Church of Atlanta, Rev H. H. Proctor, Pastor. She was a faithful member of that church until she came to Harrisburg and then joined Wesley Union A.M.E. Zion Church of which I was Pastor, she has been identified with this church ever since. She died as she lived, quiet, peaceful, without a struggle on the 13th day of April 1921 on Wednesday evening.
    From findagrave

    Buried:
    Lincoln Cemetery

    Died:
    "She died as she lived, quiet, peaceful, without a struggle on the 13th day of April 1921 on Wednesday evening. "

    Children:
    1. 2. Martin Luther Blalock was born on 4 Aug 1858 in Atlanta, De Kalb, Georgia, USA; died on 21 Jan 1942 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

  3. 6.  Arthur Fett Scott was born in 1842 in Auburn, Lee, Alabama, USA; died on 10 Sep 1935 in Auburn, Lee, Alabama, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Fed Scott
    • Residence: 1880, Loachapoka, Lee, Alabama, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Self

    Arthur married Not Ascertainable Scott. Not was born about 1856 in Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Not Ascertainable Scott was born about 1856 in Georgia, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1880, Loachapoka, Lee, Alabama, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife

    Children:
    1. 3. Bettie Elizabeth Scott was born on 25 Jul 1874 in Jefferson, Alabama, USA; died on 9 Sep 1951 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. William Scott was born about 1878 in Alabama, USA.



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