Family

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Jerry and Jemima Gordon

Sylvia Gordon Brown's parents 

Jerry farmer and Jemima kept house.






Their children:
Thomas, 1849
Silvia (Sylvia), 1855
Asa,1858 (male)
Hagar,1860 (Sylvia named her daughter Hagar) (female)
Ella, 1862

T H and Sopha Johnson

T H Birthplace Mississippi
Sopha's Birthplace Alabama

Marriage Year: 1877
T H  and Sopha Johnson's Children:

Starks Johnson, Sep 1878
Ella Johnson, Apr 1880
Daisy Johnson, May 1893
Augustus Lee Johnson, Jan 1899

They had a daughter Amelia Johnson as well.  Not sure what happened to her.  She showed up in the 1880 census as three years old.  Not seen in further censuses :/



Name: Amelia Johnson
Age: 3
Birth Date: Abt 1877
Birthplace: Louisiana
Home in 1880: 5th Ward, Morehouse, Louisiana, USA
Race: Mulatto
Gender: Female

Augustus Lee Johnson

Birth Date: Jan 1899
Birthplace: Louisiana
Home in 1900: Police Jury Ward 5, Morehouse, Louisiana
Race: Black
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: T H Johnson
Father's Birthplace: Mississippi
Mother's name: Sopha Johnson
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Can Read: No
Can Write: No
Can Speak English: No

Daisy Johnson


Birth Date: May 1893
Birthplace: Louisiana
Home in 1900: Police Jury Ward 5, Morehouse, Louisiana
Race: Black
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: T H Johnson
Father's Birthplace: Mississippi
Mother's name: Sopha Johnson
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Can Read: No
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes

Ella Johnson


Birth Date: Apr 1880
Birthplace: Louisiana
Home in 1900: Police Jury Ward 5, Morehouse, Louisiana
Race: Black
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: T H Johnson
Father's Birthplace: Mississippi
Mother's name: Sopha Johnson
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Farm Laborer
Months not employed: 0
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes

T H Johnson

Stark Johnson's father.


Name: T H Johnson
Age: 44
Birth Date: Dec 1855
Birthplace: Mississippi
Home in 1900: Police Jury Ward 5, Morehouse, Louisiana
Race: Black
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Sopha Johnson
Marriage Year: 1877
Years Married: 23
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Mississippi
Occupation: Farmer
Months not employed: 0
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
House Owned or Rented: R
Farm or House: F

Sopha Johnson

Stark Johnson's mother.

Sopha Johnson
Age: 41
Birth Date: Dec 1858
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Police Jury Ward 5, Morehouse, Louisiana
Race: Black
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: T H Johnson
Marriage Year: 1877
Years Married: 23
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother: number of living children: 5
Mother: How many children: 13
Can Read: No
Can Write: No
Can Speak English: Yes