From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)
Immigration from the West Indies to Kentucky, USA [1920]
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* In the 1920 U.S. Census, enumerated in Kentucky was the largest number of persons who were born in the West Indies, Cuba, and Puerto Rico (more than 100). Among them were U.S. Army servicemen stationed in Kentucky, and men who were recruited to work in Kentucky coal mines during WWI. SOURCE: Immigration and Kentucky’s Coal Industry, by the Kentucky Historical Society, Pass the Word (online).
* The African American population in Kentucky had decreased from 261,656 in 1910 to 235,938 in 1920. The foreign-born population in Kentucky continued to decline from 40,053 in 1910, to 30,900 in 1920, to 22,007 in 1930. Among the foreign-born in Kentucky in 1920, there was a high of 76 persons enumerated as Negroes. SOURCES: Table 32. Kentucky - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 1990, September 13, 2002, by the U.S. Census Bureau (online); Campbell Gibson and Kay Jung. Historical census statistics on the foreign-born population of the United States, 1850 to 2000. Working Paper No.81. Bureau of the Census. Population Division. (online).
* May 26, 1924. The Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson-Reed Act) was enacted. The act limited the number of immigrants allowed to enter into the United States. There was a national origins quota. Asian immigrants were prohibited for entering the United States. Immigration from the West Indies slowed, especially for Afro-Caribbeans. SOURCES: Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson-Reed Act), an Immigration History webpage (online); Jorge Duany. "Cuban communities in the United States: migration waves, settlement patterns and socioeconomic diversity," Pouvoirs dans la Caraïbe, Revue du CRPLC, 11/1999 (online).
* February 25, 1927. The United States granted citizenship to most persons in the U.S. Virgin Islands: St. Croix, St. John, and St. Thomas. SOURCE: Persons living in and born in the Virgin Islands. Text contains those laws in effect on December 15, 2024 (online). Office of Law Revision Council, United States Codes.
* In 1920, there were a little more than 100 persons enumerated in Kentucky who were born in the West Indies, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. Some of their names are below. Adults who had been children when brought to Kentucky after the Spanish-American War, 1898, are noted with the word (CHILD) written in bold letters. The notation (CHILD) is also used to note other children living in Kentucky with someone other than their parents.
NAMES:
(CHILD) Joseph Alvarez aka Joe Cuba Moore (1885-1972), see in 1900 above.
Julian Algarin (b.1895), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a soldier in the U.S. Army at Camp Zachary Taylor (Jefferson County). He came to the United States mainland in 1915.
Thomas Vincent Banfield, Sr. (1897-1968), enumerated as white and born in Kingston, St. Vincent. He arrived in New York in 1917 aboard the ship Parima. That same year he applied for citizenship. Thomas Banfield, Sr. was a soldier at Camp Zachary Taylor (Jefferson County) prior to his discharge in June of 1920. Banfield was a civil engineer. He was the husband of Nellie Ray VanMetre Banfield. Thomas V. Banfield, Sr. died in Wilmington, DE, and is buried in Gettysburg, PA.
Simeon Isaac Battiste (1860-1920), see in 1910 above.
Alice Taylor Board (1876-1928), enumerated as white and born in Cuba. She was a dressmaker in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County). She is buried in Eastern Cemetery in Louisville.
John B. Boyce (b.1890), enumerated as black and born in Barbados. He was a minister at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Pewee Valley, KY (Oldham County).
Arthur Joseph Carbonell (1915-2007), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was the son of Dr. Arturo and Gloria Carbonell. The family lived in Fort Thomas, KY (Campbell County), in 1920. Arthur J. Caronell would become a physician. He was the husband of Lucy C. Hammett Carbonell. Dr. Arthur J. Carbonell died and is buried in Muskegon, MI.
Arturo Carbonell (1888-1958) and Gloria Hernandez Carbonell (1893-1983), the couple were enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. In 1920, Arturo Carbonell was a soldier and physician in the U.S. Army. He would obtain the rank of colonel. The family of four lived in Fort Thomas, KY (Campbell County), in 1920. Arturo Carbonell died in Washington, D.C. He and his wife are buried in Arlington, VA.
John Percy Carrington (1888-1971), enumerated as black and born in Bridgetown, Barbados. He was a dentist in Owensboro, KY (Daviess County). Dr. John P. Carrington died in Owensboro and is buried in the Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery.
(CHILD) Santiago Leon Cole (1887-1978), see in 1910 above.
Leonard J Combs, Sr. (1907-1980), see in 1910 above.
Jane Gilmore Condor (1841-1920), see in 1850 above.
H. O. Cooper (b.1873), enumerated as black, deceased, and born in the West Indies. He was the husband of Ida T. Cooper who lived in Owensboro, KY (Daviess County).
Manuel Adrain Conley (1908-1986), enumerated as white and born in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba. He was the son of Charles and Marjorie Conley, and in 1920, the family of five lived in Newport, KY (Campbell County). Charles Conley was a soldier in the U.S. Army. In 1930, his son, Manuel A. Conley, was serving in the U.S. Army in Ft. Sheridan, IL. He was the husband of Jeannette Bistow Conley. Manuel A. Conley died in Santa Clara, CA.
Rudolph B. Crawford (b.1894), enumerated as white and born in the West Indies. He was a soldier in the U.S. Army at Camp Zachary Taylor (Jefferson County). He had come to the United States in 1895 and became a citizen in 1917.
James R. Cunningham (1853-1943), see in 1860 above.
Hamilton Fitzroy Dasent (b.1910), enumerated as black and born in the West Indies. He was the son of Rev. James G. and Christine E. Dasent. The family of six lived in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County), in 1920. H. Fitzroy Dasent was living in New York when his father died in 1954.
James Gershom Dasent (1879-1954) and Christine E. Dasent (1883-1968), the couple were enumerated as black. James G. Dasent was born in Antigua. Christine E. Dasent was born in Kingston, Jamaica. The couple and their oldest son, Hamilton, arrived in New York in 1910. James Dasent was aboard the ship Saba. James G. Dasent was a minister in the 7th Day Adventist Church. In 1920, the family of six lived in Louisville (Jefferson County), KY. In 1944, the family lived in Indianapolis, IN, when Rev. James G. Dasent was named head of the first African American Conference of the 7th Day Adventist Church. Rev. James G. Dasent and Christine E. Dasent died in Philadelphia, PA, and they are buried in Willow Grove, PA.
Frances Clinton Greer Davies (1905-1998), see in 1910 above.
Edward Diamond (b.1863), see in 1910 above.
Michael Emego (b.1899), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was employed as a laborer at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County).
Antonio Ernandy (b.1885), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a coal miner in Lynch, KY (Harlan County). He lived at the boarding house run by Ermanno Patrizi and Domico Capocci, both from Italy.
Nestor Estrada (b.1895), enumerated as white and born in Cuba. He was a soldier in the U.S. Army at Camp Zachary Taylor (Jefferson County). He had come to the United States in 1910 and applied for citizenship in 1915.
Rafael Guillermo Ferrer (1888-1958), enumerated as white and born in Holguín, Cuba. He came to the United States in 1912 to study at the Baptist Seminary in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County). In 1920, he was a school teacher and had applied for citizenship. He was the husband of Lucia Olive Button Ferrer. Rafael G. Ferrer died and is buried in Spokane, WA.
Margaret Fields (b.1872), enumerated as black and a widow who was born in the West Indies. She arrived in the United States in 1914. She was employed as a laundress for a family in Covington, KY (Kenton County). She was the mother of Ida Riley and Marie Lucas.
Charles Fisher (b.1887), enumerated as white and born in Cuba. He was the husband of Laura Kirk Fisher. The family of seven lived in Pond, KY (Pike County). Charles Fisher was a coal miner. He had been a coal miner in Cabin Creek, WV, before coming to Kentucky.
Joseph Edward Fitzgerald (1912-1993), Margaret Fitzgerald Thiel (1913-1979), and Geraldine Fitzgerald Walsh (1910-1997), the siblings were enumerated as white and born in Havana, Cuba. They were the children of Christopher Columbus and Eugenia Salesia O'Day Fitzgerald. Christopher C. Fitzgerald was a civil engineer. The family had lived in Havana, Cuba from 1907-1917, according to Christopher Fitzgerald's passport (Ancestry). Christopher Fitzgerald had left his business in Cuba to serve in the military during WWI. In 1920, the Fitzgerald family lived with the O'Day family in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). Margaret Fitzgerald, would become the wife of Cyril L. F. Thiel, Sr. They were married in Havana, Cuba. Margaret Fitzgerald Thiel died and is buried in Washington, D.C. Joseph Edward Fitzgerald died in Lexington, KY. Geraldine Fitzgerald was the wife of Andre Gay Walsh who was associated with the Punta Algre Sugar Company in Cuba. Geraldine Fitzgerald Walsh died and is buried in Lexington, KY.
Alfred S. Foster (b.1862), enumerated as mulatto and born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He was a cobbler who owned his own shop in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). He shared his home with two boarders.
Franci J. Frombarado (b.1901), enumerated as black and born in Puerto Rico. He was a coal miner in Nortonville, KY (Hopkins County). He was a boarder with the Daniel Henley family.
Maline Garland (b.1890), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. She was the wife of Jessee Garland who was from Mexico. He was a coal miner. The couple lived in Baker, KY (Letcher County).
Rutilio Gavilan (1890-1985), enumerated as white and born in Havana, Cuba. He was a soldier in the U.S. Army at Camp Zachary Taylor (Jefferson County). He came to the United States in 1912. He was the husband of Barnarda Longoria Gavilan. Rutilio Gavilan is buried in San Antonio, TX.
(CHILD) Joseph Gleece (1883-1942), see in 1910 above.
Clarence Glover (b.1887), enumerated as black and born in the West Indies. He came to the United States in 1900. He was employed as a chauffeur for a family in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County). He was the husband of Mary Glover and there were two nieces in the household.
Ralph Gorbea (1899-1958), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a soldier in the U.S. Army at Camp Knox (Fort Knox- Bullitt, Hardin, Meade Counties). He is buried at the Puerto Rico National Cemetery in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
Egerton E. Hall (b.1886) and Geraldine Hall (b.1900), the siblings were enumerated as black and born in Barbados. Egerton E. Hall was a clergyman at the Episcopal Church in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). He came to the United States in 1916, and Geraldine Hall arrived in 1919 along with Egerton's two sons.
Eugene Hall (b.1910) and Willoby K. Hall (b.1911), the siblings were enumerated as black and born in Barbados. They were the sons of Egerton E. Hall, and the family lived in Lexington, KY (Fayette County).
Emma Elizabeth Harris (b.1906), enumerated as white and born in Cuba. She was the daughter of Samuel and Beatrice Harris. Samuel was an Army physician. In 1920, the family of four lived in Allison, KY (Jefferson County).
Minnie Harris (b.1878), enumerated as black and born in Anguilla. She was the wife of John Harris who managed a bathhouse in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County). Minnie Harris did laundry for a family.
Noemi DuBois Harwood (b.1884), see in 1910 above.
Eduvijis J. Haslerig (1880-1944), enumerated as black and born in Cuba. She was the wife of William O. Haslerig, who was a coal miner in Benham, KY, (Harlan County). Eduvijis J. Haslerig is buried in Chickamauga, GA.
Mable Athalie Henricy (1895-1966), enumerated as white and born in the British West Indies. She was the wife of Louis Adolphus Henricy, Sr. and the couple had one child. The family lived in Campbell County, KY. Louis was a sugar broker and salesman. Mabel A. Henricy died and is buried in Houston, TX.
Florence Herron (b.1880), enumerated as black and born in Jamaica. She was employed as a servant and family nurse(maid) with the James P. and Helen Smith family in Paducah, KY (McCracken County).
John Holliday (b.1870), enumerated as Mulatto and born in Cuba. He was an inmate in the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort, KY (Franklin County). He was a chairmaker.
Charlie Jackson (b.1893), enumerated as Mulatto and born in Puerto Rico. He was a coal miner in Sturgis, KY (Union County). He came to the United States in 1893.
Robert Jenkins (b.1890), enumerated as black and born in Jamaica. He was a laborer with the American Tobacco Company in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County). He was the husband of Fannie Jemmison Jenkins.
Theodore Johnson (b.1893), enumerated as white and born in the West Indies. He was a soldier in the U.S. Army, a cook at Camp Knox (Fort Knox - Bullitt, Hardin, and Meade Counties).
John P. Jones (b.1895), enumerated as white and born in Havana, Cuba. He was a Baptist clergyman in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County). John P. Jones' parents were from the United States.
(CHILD) Santiago Jorge (b.1913), enumerated as white and born in Trinidad, Cuba. He was the adopted son of Leona Gardner, according to his passport application. Leona Gardner, from Tennessee, had been a missionary in Cuba since December of 1909. She was there on behalf of the General Foreign Missionary Board, Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene in Kansas City, MO. Leona was a sister to Henry Gardner, and she and Santiago Jorge were living with Henry and family in Henderson County, KY, in 1920.
(CHILD) Andrew Deno Knight (1891-1953), see in 1890 above.
Slyvester Knoerr (1846-1931), see in 1880 above.
Marie Lucas (b.1895), enumerated as black and born in the West Indies. She was married and the mother of two children, Conrad and Eugene, who were born in Panama. She was the daughter of Margaret Fields. Marie Lucas came to the United States in 1912. She was employed as a housemaid in Covington, KY (Kenton County).
Antonio de Jesus Maranje (b.1900), enumerated as white and born in Cuba. He had come to the United States in 1919. He was a boarder at the home of Charles R. Luker in London, KY (Laurel County). Antonio Maranje was in the sugar export business in Cuba. He was a brother to Joaquin Maranje. Antonio Maranje was in Kentucky for nine months, then returned to Cuba, according to his 1941 Manifest record in Ancestry (Index to Alien Arrivals by Plane). He died in Cuba.
Joaquin Maranje (1892-1982), enumerated as white and born in Cuba. He came to the United States in 1915 and was manager of the picture shows (movie house) in London, KY (Laurel County) in 1920. Joaquin Maranje was a boarder at the home of Charles R. Luker. He would become the husband of Mary McHargue in 1920. He was later the husband of Della Maranje and the couple had two daughters. In 1940, Joaquin Maranje was manager of a clothing shop, Joe the Tailor. In 1940 and 1950, the family lived in Pineville, KY (Bell County). Joaquin Maranje was a brother to Antonio Maranje.
(CHILD) Frank Martin (b.1904), enumerated as white and born in Cuba. He came to the United States in 1919 and lived in Covington, KY (Kenton County), with his brother Nicholas S. Martin and family. Nicholas was a manager at a glass factory.
J. T. Martin (b.1892), enumerated as black and born in Puerto Rico. He was a coal miner in Pike County, KY. He was the husband of Gennie Martin and the couple had a daughter.
John Martinez (b.1896), enumerated as black and born in Cuba. John Martinez arrived in the United States in 1899. He was a lodger at the home of Charley Bordley in Jenkins, KY (Letcher County). John Martinez was a coal mine loader.
Albertha Emeline Mason (b.1879), enumerated as black and born in Jamaica. She was the wife of Thomas A. Mason and the couple had four children. Thomas was a house painter. The family lived in Maysville, KY (Mason County). Albertha E. Mason died and is buried in Columbus, OH.
Henry V. Maxwell (b.1854), enumerated as white and born in Cuba. He and his sister Emma Maxwell came to the United States in 1859. In 1920, Henry was a boarder at the home of Fannie Carver in Scottsville, KY (Allen County). He was an operator for an oil company.
Milton McCarthy (1909-1984) and Gladstone McCarthy (1911-1989), the brothers were enumerated as white and born in Baracoa, Cuba. They were the sons of John and Louise McCarthy. John McCarthy was a missionary from England. Their mother, Louise McCarthy, was from Argentina. Milton and Gladstone McCarthy arrived in the United States in 1918. In 1920, the family of six lived in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County). Milton McCarthy died in Volusia, Florida. He was the husband of Helen McCarthy. Gladstone McCarthy died in Dade County, Florida
Robert McKnight (b.1868), enumerated as black and born in Cuba. He was a widower who lived in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). Robert McKnight was a laborer who did housework.
Michiel Mickins (b.1890), enumerated as black and born in Puerto Rico. He ran the elevator in a hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). He came to the United States mainland in 1912. He was the husband of Viola Mickins. The couple roomed at the home of William and Millie Smith.
(CHILD) Ralph Mochow (1888-1971), see in 1900 above.
Mary Elizabeth Greer Morton (1903-1986), see in 1910 above.
James Henry Murphy (b.1887), enumerated as black and born in the Danish West Indies. He was a Pullman porter in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County).
George Nelson (b.1877), enumerated as Mulatto and born in the West Indies. He arrived in the United States in 1894. George Nelson was employed as a houseman at the Waverly Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County).
Richared Necolis (b.1903), enumerated as black and born in Puerto Rico. He came to the United States mainland in 1917. He worked in a mill in Campbellsville, KY (Taylor County). He was a boarder at the home of William and Mattie Denton.
Anna Neish (b.1880), enumerated as white and born in Jamaica. She was a widow who was employed as the house mother at the Settlement School in Hindman, KY (Knott County).
Manuel Oliva (b.1893), enumerated as white and born in Cuba. He was a soldier in the U.S. Army at Camp Zachary Taylor (Jefferson County). He came to the United States mainland in 1904.
Pablo Pagan (b.1899), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a coal miner in Lynch, KY (Harlan County), and lived with the Guadalupe Lopez family from Mexico.
Joseph Peterson (b.1895), enumerated as black and born in Kingston, Jamaica. He was a bell boy at the Victoria Hotel in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County).
Hugh R. Prendhomene (b.1893), enumerated as white and born in Grenada. He was a soldier in the U.S. Army, a sergeant, at Camp Zachary Taylor (Jefferson County). He came to the United States in 1912.
Josephine Anton Preston (1887-1981), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. She was the wife of William M. Preston who was a carpenter. The family of three lived in Harrodsburg, KY (Mercer County). Josephine Preston died in Mercer County and is buried in the Spring Hill Cemetery in Harrodsburg, KY.
John Radugr (b.1893), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a coal miner in Lynch, KY (Harlan County). He lived at the boarding house run by Ermanno Patrizi and Domico Capocci, both from Italy.
Jose Rascon (b.1889), enumerated as white and born in Cuba. He was a boarder at the home of Vincent Di Solvo in Lynch, KY (Harlan County). Jose Rascon was employed as a coal miner.
Hubert Alonzo Reid (b.1870), enumerated as black and born in Bermuda. He came to the United States in 1884. He was the husband of Lutie Reid, a public health nurse in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County). Hubert Alonzo Reid was a waiter at a hotel.
Gladys L. Mason Richardson (1899-1959), enumerated as black and born in Jamaica. She was the daughter of Albertha E. and Thomas A. Mason, and the family of six lived in Maysville, KY (Mason County). Gladys L. Mason Richardson died and is buried in Union Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio.
Ida Riley (b.1891), enumerated as black and a widow who was born in the West Indies. She arrived in the United States in 1913. Ida Riley was employed as a housemaid in Covington, KY (Kenton County). She was the daughter of Margaret Fields.
Elizabeth Rieotra (b.1901), enumerated as Mulatto and born in Cuba. She was the wife of Emil Rieotra, who was a cigarmaker. The couple lived in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County).
Antonio Rodriguez (b.1896), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a soldier in the U.S. Army at Camp Zachary Taylor (Jefferson County).
Francis Rodriguez (b.1896), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a soldier in the U.S. Army at Camp Zachary Taylor (Jefferson County).
Ramon Rodriguez (b.1890), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a coal miner at Lynch, KY (Harlan County). He was a boarder with the Edward Cecitle family from Italy.
Sidney Ross (b.1891), enumerated as white and born in the St. Kitts. He was a soldier in the U.S. Army, a sergeant, at Camp Knox (Fort Knox - Bullitt, Hardin, Meade Counties). He arrived in New York in 1908 aboard the ship Pirama.
Alfred Santiago (b.1900), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He came to the United States mainland in 1917. He was a coal miner in Benham, KY (Harlan County). Alfred Santiago was a boarder with the Ireste Flores family from Mexico.
Ernest Lysle Seale (1897-1973), enumerated as white and born in Barbados. He was the husband of Rose Ringo Seale. The couple lived in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County), where Ernest was a chauffeur at a furniture store. Ernest L. Seale died in Martin, FL.
George Alleyn Searles (1892-1974), enumerated as white and born in Bridgetown, Barbados. He came to New York in 1911 aboard the ship Clement. He served with the U.S. military during WWI, 1917-1919. He was a soldier in the U.S. Army at Camp Zachary Taylor (Jefferson County) in 1920. He was the husband of Marine Searles. George A. Searles is buried in Hugo, OK.
Eustace Alexander Selby (1887-1986 ), enumerated as black and born in Lucea, Jamaica. He arrived in Philadelphia, PA, aboard the United Fruit Company ship in May of 1905. He was the husband of Effie Phelora Hurd Selby. The family of four lived in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County), where Eustace A. Selby was employed at a newspaper. Eustace Alexander Selby died in Philadelphia, PA, and is buried there in the Northwood Cemetery.
John Serrano (b.1895), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was the husband of Edna Serrano. The couple lived in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County), in 1940. John was employed as a mechanic.
Albert Sosa (b.1902), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a coal miner in Jenkins, KY (Letcher County). He lived with Corbett and Hazel Perry.
Raynes Waite Stennett (1888-1979), enumerated as Mulatto and born in Jamaica. He arrived in New York in 1910. In 1926, Rev. Stennett was named pastor at St. Paul M. E. Church in Paris, KY (Bourbon County). He arrived on July 24, 1926. He was at the church for almost a year. He left on May 13, 1927, to become pastor of Mt. Zion Church in Cincinnati, OH. Rev. Raynes Waite Stennett died in Cleveland, OH, and is buried at the Lake View Cemetery. [Name provided by Lindrell Blackwell.]
Charles Eversley Stewart (1890-1983), enumerated as black and born in East Point, Barbados. He arrived in New York in 1913 aboard the SS Panama. Charles E. Stewart and two others were boarders at the home of Desdmonia Smith in Covington, KY (Kenton County). He was employed as a packer at an art store. Charles E. Stewart was the husband of Gladys H. Smith Stewart.
Forest Albert Sutherland (1909-1997) and John Pierson Sutherland (1911-1992), the brothers were enumerated as white and born in Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba. They were the sons of Stella Wolfe Sutherland and Verbie Pontious Sutherland who served as an American Consular Agent in Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba. The family returned to the United States in 1919 and lived in Newport, KY (Campbell County). Forest Sutherland would become the husband of Genevia Sutherland and the family lived in Ft. Thomas, KY (Cambell County). Forest Sutherland is buried in Ft. Thomas, KY. John Sutherland died in Santa Clara, CA.
Robert Swine (b.1893), enumerated as black and born in Antigua. He was a porter in Heaths Billard Room in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County).
Leocadia Thomason (b.1889), enumerated as white and born in Cardenas, Cuba. She was the wife of Charles Walter Thomason who died of pneumonia in Germany during WWI. In 1920, Leocadia Thomason was a dressmaker, and she and her daughter lived in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County).
(CHILD) Vera Thompson (b.1903), enumerated as white and born in Jamaica. She was a servant with the Anna B. Irwin family in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County). She came to the United States in 1919.
Louis Townsley (b.1882), enumerated as mulatto and born in Jamaica. He and his wife Dolly lived in Madisonville, KY (Hopkins County). He was a coal mine loader.
Ransom Tyler (1907-2002), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He lived with his uncle Samuel M. Heller and family in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County). Ransom was the husband of Margaret Tyler. He was a mechanical engineer.
William Douglas Van Petten (1910-2000) and Willa Margaret Van Patten Strohl (1912-1986), the siblings were enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. They were the children of Jessye Grace Douglas Van Petten and the late Albert Alexander Van Petten who died in Cuba. The family of five lived in Ashland, KY (Boyd County), in 1930, where Jessye G. D. Van Petten worked as an office clerk with the public utilities company. Her daughter, Willa M. Van Patten Strohl was the wife of John Julius Strohl. She died in Washington, GA. William D. Van Petten was the husband of Henrietta Frances Humbert Van Petten. He died in Anaheim, CA, and is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Covina, CA.
John Wakefield (b.1892), enumerated as black and born in the West Indies. He was a brick layer in Lexington, KY (Fayette County).
Robert White (b.1900), enumerated as born in Puerto Rico. He was a laborer in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County).
Sidney Summers Williams (b.1875), see in 1900 above.
Thomas Wright (b.1867), enumerated as black and born in Puerto Rico. He was the husband of Emma Wright. Thomas Wright worked in construction in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County).
Albert Manuel Yates (1906-1922), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was the son of Dr. Frederick Isaiah Yates and Polla Rivera Yates. The family of four lived in Covington, KY (Kenton County). Two years later, Albert M. Yates died in Leavenworth, KS, and is buried at the National Cemetery at the Soldiers' Home in Kansas.
Frederick Isaiah Yates, Jr. (b.1911), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was the son of Dr. Frederick Isaiah Yates and Polla Rivera Yates. In 1920, the family of four lived in Covington, KY (Kenton County).
Polla Rivera Yates (1883-1970), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. She was the wife of Dr. Frederick Isaiah Yates. The family of four lived in Covington, KY (Kenton County). Polla R. Yates died and is buried in Los Angeles, CA.
SOURCES: U.S. Naturalization Records (Ancestry); 1920 U.S. Census schedules; Ancestry; see Immigration and the Great War, a National Park Service webpage (online); 1920 U.S. Census: Chapter VIII. Citizenship of the Foreign-Born Population. Table 9. Citizenship of Foreign-born White Population by Country of Birth, by Divisions and States: 1920 , p.823. (online); Latin America and the First World War by Stefan Rinke; Find a Grave; George Alleyn Searles, Federal Naturalization Record (Ancestry); Thomas Vincent Banfield, Federal Naturalization Record (Ancestry); see James Dasent on the List of Manifest of Alien Passengers for the United States, April 27, 1919 (Ancestry).
SOURCES: "Adventist form new conference," The Pittsburgh Courier, 10/14/1944, p.16; "Obituary: James G. Dasent," The Philadelphia Inquirer, 11/24/1954, p.13; see Charles Eversley Stewart, Kentucky Naturalization Records (Ancestry); 14th Census of the United States: 1920. Bulletin. Population: Kentucky. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. GPO: 1921. (online); Table 32. Kentucky - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 1990, September 13, 2002, by the U.S. Census Bureau (online); Campbell J. Gibson and Emily Lennon. "Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-born Population of the United States: 1850-1990," Working Paper: POP-WP029, February 1999, U.S. Census Bureau webpage (online); "Paris Colored Notes: The new pastor ...," The Lexington Herald, 08/01/1926, p.9; "Colored Notes: Paris," The Lexington Herald, 05/22/1927, p.8.
SOURCES: 8 USC 1406: Persons living in and born in the Virgin Islands. Text contains those laws in effect on December 15, 2024 (online). Office of Law Revision Council, United States Codes; see U.S. Consular Registration Certificate, Verbie Pontious Sutherland, 08/03/1911 (Ancestry); see Emergency Passport Application, Vervie P. Sutherland, 06/04/1919 (Ancestry); see Rutilio Gavilan in Abstracts of WWI Military, 1917-1919 (Ancestry); see Santiago Jorge, U.S. Passport Application, April 5, 1919 (Ancestry); "Fitzgerald-Walsh betrothal," Sunday Herald Leader, 06/02/1946, p.11; "Funeral notices: Walsh," Lexington Herald-Leader, 11/15/1997, p.C2; "Red Cross helps widow," The Courier-Journal, 01/16/1921, Section 5, p.6; see Leocadia Thomason, U.S. Passport Application, July 23, 1918; "McHargue-Maranje," The Sentinel-Echo, 07/29/1920, front page.
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