From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)
Immigration from the West Indies to Kentucky, USA [1940]
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* September 1, 1939 - September 2, 1945. World War II. More than 16 million men and women fought in WWII. More than 300,000 were from Kentucky. More than 1.2 million were African Americans. About 40,000 military and civilians from the West Indies contributed to the United States war efforts. Approximately 16,000 from the West Indies volunteered with the British, most from Jamaica. SOURCES: "WWII, 1939-1945," a Britannica webpage (online); World War II and the Caribbean edited by Debbie McCollin and Karen E. Eccles; The African American Experience During World War II by Neil A. Wynn; Committed to Victory: The Kentucky Home Front during World War II by Richard E. Holl.
* December 28, 1945. The War Brides Act of 1945 allowed for those who served during WWII, and married and had children with non-U.S. citizens, to have their wives and children immigrate to the United States. The law was in effect for three years. It was an exception to the Immigration Act of 1924. SOURCES: "Coming to America: The War Brides Act of 1945." The National WWII Museum (New Orleans, LA), December 28, 2020 (online); War Brides of WWII by Elfrieda Berthiaume Shukert and Barbara Smith Scibetta; G I Brides by Duncan Barrett and Nuala Calvi.
* The African American population in Kentucky decreased from 214,031 in 1940 to 201,921 in 1950. Of the 15,744 foreign-born enumerated in Kentucky in 1940, there were 69 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); 1940 Census of Population. Volume 2. Part 3. Kentucky. Characteristics of the Population. Table 4. Race, by Nativity and Sex, for the State: 1850 to 1940. p.174 (online).
* There was a small increase in the Kentucky population from the West Indies, Cuba, and Puerto Rico, with about 130 persons enumerated in the 1940 U.S. Census. The increase was in part due to the number of Puerto Rican inmates/patients who were placed in the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY. Most were enumerated as white in the U.S. Census, and three were enumerated as Black. One was from Cuba. Their names are given below. The U.S. Public Service Hospital opened in 1935 and was also known as the U.S. Narcotic Farm. It was the first prison for drug addicts in the United States. {The Narcotic Farm} {Now the Federal Medical Center}
* 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:
Ralph Albelo (b.1914), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Anthony Louis Allou, Jr. (1933-2018) and Irma Mathilde Allou Lucas (1934-2010), the siblings were enumerated as white and born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. They were the children of Antoine L. Allou and Mathilde C. Allou. The family lived in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County), in 1940. Anthony L. Allou, Jr., was the husband of Mary G. Allou. He died in South Carolina. Irma M. Allou Lucas was the wife of Claude B. Lucas. She died in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Antoine Louis Allou (1900-1994) and Mathilde Casse Allou (1910-1985), the couple were enumerated as white. Antoine L. Allou was born in St. Esprit, Martinique. Mathilde Casse Allou was born in Cape Haitien, Haiti. They were the parents of Anthony and Iram, who were also born in Haiti. The family of four lived in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County), in 1940. Antoine L. Allou was vice president of Luckett Tobaccos, Inc. Antoine L. Allou died in Dunedin Isles, FL. Mathilde C. Allou died in Pinellas, FL. They are both buried in Serenity Gardens Memorial Park in Largo, FL.
(CHILD) Joseph Alvarez aka Joe Cuba Moore (1885-1972), see in 1900 above.
Edna S. Dumont Arnett (1901-2001), see in 1930 above.
James Bailey (b.1864), enumerated as black and born in Cuba. He was a farmer in Junction City, KY, (Boyle County). He was the husband of Anna Bell Bailey.
Marion Mayfield Baker (1872-1941), enumerated as white and born in Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas. She lived with her daughter, niece, and nephew in Benham, KY (Harlan County). Marion M. Baker was a clerk in a dry goods store. She died in Benham, KY, and is buried in the Benham Cemetery.
Odis Barnes (b.1876), enumerated as a Negro born in Puerto Rico. He was a coal retailer in Lexington, KY (Fayette County).
Charles Theodore Bethel (1908-1988), enumerated as white and born in Nassau, Bahamas. He arrived in Miami, FL, in 1921 aboard the Sch. Admiral. He was the husband of Margarite Bethel. In 1940, Charles T. Bethel was the City Superintendent of the Postal Telegraph Company in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County). Charles T. Bethel is buried in Lakeside Memorial Park in Winter Haven, FL.
Thomas Luis Boneta(1910-1990), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He as an intern at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County), in 1940. He was a physician and surgeon in Foxtown, KY (Madison County), in 1950. He was the husband of Ruth Bingham Boneta and the couple had two children. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII. Thomas L. Boneta was the brother of Luis C. Boneta.
Joseph Boscos (b.1902), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}.
Harry Oliver Braden (1933-1955), enumerated as white and born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He was the son of Lorraine Howell Braden and the late Peter Mayer Braden who was serving in the U.S. Marines when the family lived in Haiti. Lorraine and the four children lived in Hodgenville, KY (LaRue County) in 1940. Lorraine was the owner of a beauty shop. Her son Harry O. Braden was in the U.S. Marine Corps when he was killed during the Korean War. He is buried in the Hardin Memorial Park Cemetery in Elizabethtown, KY (Hardin County).
Cecil Arthur Camacho (1896-1981), enumerated as white and born in St John's, Antigua. He was the husband of Minnie L. Camacho and the family of four lived at Camp Taylor (Jefferson County). Cecil A. Camacho was employed at the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. He died in Bay, FL, and is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Panama, FL.
Felix Fernandez Campos (b.1898), enumerated as black and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Joseph Carriso (b.1911), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
James Carroll (b.1910), enumerated as white and born in Cuba. He was employed as a silverman at a hotel in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County). He was a lodger with Katherine McGarr.
Jose Castro (b.1910), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Alex Corchado (1877-1961), enumerated as black and born in Puerto Rico. He was the husband of Julie Corchado, and the couple lived in Pike County, KY, where Alex was a miner at the Big Shoal Coal Company in Coal Run, KY. Alex Corchado died in Pike County and is buried in Dils Cemetery in Pikeville, KY.
(CHILD) Santiago Leon Cole (1887-1978), see in 1910 above.
Egidio Sadot Colon (1917-2008), enumerated as white and born in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. He was a student at the University of Louisville School of Medicine (Jefferson County) in 1940 and graduated in 1942. He was a pediatrician in Puerto Rico. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII. Egidio S. Colon died in Puerto Rico.
Mario E. Colon (b.1912), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Leonard J. Combs, Sr. (1907-1980), see in 1910 above.
Ethelbert Fitz Randolph Cox (1894-1988), see in 1930 above.
J. J. Cranston (1888-1944), enumerated as black and born in Jamaica. He was a pastor in Lebanon, KY (Marion County). He was the husband of Mayme Morris Cranston. Rev. Cranston took his life in Lebanon, KY, and is buried in Bloomfield, KY (Nelson County).
Jaime Nieves Cruz (b.1914), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Carlos Manuel Dominicis (1892-1977), see in 1930 above.
Egbert Dougan (1898-1948), enumerated as black and born in St. Vincent. He was pastor at Wesley Methodist Church in Georgetown, KY (Scott County), in 1942. Rev. Egbert Dougan had arrived in New York in 1919. He is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Seneca, SC.
Paul Lamar Durrett (1910-1988), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a coal miner in Laurel County, KY. He was the husband of Bessie Bunch Durrett.
Reuben Augustus Eccleston (1901-1978), enumerated as black and born in Montpelier, Jamaica. He was the husband of Stella Shipley Eccleston. Reuben A. Eccleston owned a grocery store in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County), in 1940. Reuben A. Eccleston is buried in Eastern Cemetery in Louisville, KY.
Billy Edwards (b.1884), enumerated as born in Cuba. He was an actor who lived with his daughter and son-in-law in Covington, KY (Kenton County). They were enumerated as Negroes.
Ira Ellis (b.1886), enumerated as black and born in the West Indies. He lived in Bowling Green, KY (Warren County), with his wife Liza Ellis. Ira Ellis was employed doing odd jobs.
Josephine Villanueva Ernspiker (1904-1977), enumerated as white and born in San Sebastián Municipality, Puerto Rico. She was the wife of John Ernspiker. The family of ten lived in Jefferson County, KY. Josephine V. Ernspiker died in Jefferson County, and is buried in Hopewell Cemetery in Jeffersontown, KY.
Antonia Espier (b.1929), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was in the U.S. Public Health Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Nestor Estada (b.1894), enumerated as white and born in Cuba. He was a soldier in the U.S. Army at Fort Knox (Bullitt, Hardin, and Meade Counties).
George Lee Farah (1924-2015), enumerated as white and born in Guantanamo, Cuba. He was the son of Elias A. and Rumsa Abraham Farah. The family lived in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County). Elias Farah was a truck driver for a dry-cleaning company. His son, George Lee Farah, was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He died in Louisville, KY.
Samuel Feliciano (b.1911), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Ocasio Fuertes (b.1920), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Ada Forrester (b.1881), enumerated as black and born in the West Indies. She was a maid at the home of widow Helen Clark and family in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County).
Maria Fox (b.1903), enumerated as born in the West Indies. She and her five children lived in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). Maria Fox was a seamstress in a tailor shop.
Norriss William Frolexsten (b.1901), enumerated as black and born in Haiti or Kingston, Jamaica. He worked at the Greyhound Bus Station in Hopkinsville, KY (Christian County).
Robert Ernest Garst (1919-2004) and Rebecca Mary Garst Mason (1921-2014), see in 1930 above.
Domingo Garcia (b.1901), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Louis Gauthier (b.1916), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Rafael Ortiz Giordan (b.1919), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
(CHILD) Joseph Gleece (1883-1942), see in 1910 above.
Pedro Gonzales (b.1897), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Miguel Gonzalez (b.1914), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Agustin Manuel Guarch (1922-1984) and Geraldo Manuel Guarch (1923-1998), the brothers were enumerated as white and born in Antilla, Cuba. They were students at Berea College (Madison County) in 1940. They remained in the United States. Geraldo M. Guarch died in Miami, FL and is buried in Woodlawn Park Cemetery South in Miami. Agustin M. Guarch died in Florida.
Melvin Harris (1894), enumerated as black and born in Havana, Cuba. He was the husband of Beatrice Harris, and the family lived in Covington, KY (Kenton County). Melvin Harris was employed as a waiter.
Jesus "Juan" Eduardo Hernandez (1908-1997), enumerated as white and born in Herradura, Cuba. He came to Key West, FL, in 1929 aboard the SS Governor Cobb. Jesus E. Hernandez became a U.S. citizen in 1938. He was the husband of Edith Smoak Smith Hernandez and the couple lived in Lexington, KY (Fayette County), in 1940. Jesus E. Hernandez served as the head of romance languages at Kentucky Wesleyan College in Winchester, KY (Clark County), and he was a Spanish professor at the University of Kentucky. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII.
Pedro Lopez Hernandez (b.1905), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Steve Jackson (b.1902), enumerated as black and born in Jamaica. He was employed as a groom at a racehorse stable in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County). He shared lodgings at the stable with five other men.
Howard McLean Jason (1906-1984), enumerated as Negro and born in Puerto Rico. He was a French and English teacher at Kentucky State College for Negroes (now Kentucky State University - Franklin County) in 1940. He would become the husband of Sadie Mae Elizabeth Davis Jason. Howard M. Jason served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He died in Georgia.
Lucy Harriett Jenkins Rhodes (1886-1973), see in 1930 above.
Edward Elemuel Johnson, Sr. (1926-2012), enumerated as black and born in Jamaica. He was the husband of Nadine P McVicker. Edward E. Johnson, Sr. was employed at Hempels Dry Cleaning Company in Lexington, KY (Fayette County), in 1940. He would go on to become an educator and a psychologist. He is listed in Who's Who Among African Americans. Edward E. Johnson, Sr. died in East Brunswick, NJ.
Jerry Wilson Johnston (b.1932), enumerated as white and born in Port au Prince, Haiti. He is the son of James W. and Pauline B. Johnston. James W. Johnston had been a tobacconist when the family lived in Haiti. The family of four lived in Paducah, KY (McCracken County), in 1940. James W. Johnston was a knitter at the Claussner Hosiery Company. He was working for a tobacco company when he died in Nigeria, Africa, in 1962.
Frank Jones (b.1893), enumerated as black and born in the West Indies. He was employed at Clark, Stewart, Wood, a construction company in Lexington, KY (Fayette County).
(CHILD) Malcolm N. Julian (b.1924), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a student at Berea College (Madison County).
Francis Richard Kennedy, Sr. (1883-1964), see in 1930 above.
(CHILD) Andrew Deno Knight (1891-1953), see in 1890 above.
Edwin Jackson Laymon (1900-1986), see in 1930 above.
Richard Rudolph Lindberg (1931-2017) and Robert Harry Lindberg (1931-1989) the brothers were enumerated as white and born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. They were the sons of Cecilia Coomes Lindberg and Herman Rudolf Lindberg. Cecilia and the children lived with her mother, Mary Coomes, in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County), in 1940. Cecilia C. Lindberg was a restaurant cashier. Her son Richard R. Lindberg died in Ohio. Her son Robert H. Lindberg died in Dayton, OH, and is buried in Dayton National Cemetery. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and he served during the Korean War.
Joaquin Maranje (b.1892), see in 1930 above.
James Lumpkins (b.1911), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was in the U.S. Air Force. He was the husband of Mary M. Chamberlain Lumpkins. The couple lived in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County).
William Manzano (b.1905), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Henry Robert Marshall (b.1881), enumerated as black and born in Puerto Rico. He was the husband of Maggie Marshall. The couple lived in Mayfield, KY (Graves County), in 1940. Henry R. Marshall was enumerated as a physician.
Gaspar Martinez (b.1918), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Leo Matta (b.1901), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Baldomero Apeles Menchero (1904-1996), enumerated as white and born in San Andres, Cuba. He arrived in New York in 1930 aboard the SS Pennsylvania. Baldomero A. Menchero was a civil engineer with the KY Highway Department. He was the husband of Mattie M. Lawrence Menchero and the couple lived in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). Baldomero A. Menchero served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He died in Duval, FL, and is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Lexington, KY.
Adela Menendez (1917-1993), enumerated as white and born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. In 1940, she was a resident at the Girls' Friendly Inn in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County). The facility provided lodging for working girls and women. Adela Menendez was a dentist, she was a graduate of the Medical College of Virginia. She died in Caguas, Puerto Rico.
Angel Remigio Pantoja Miro (1906-2002), enumerated as white and born in Santa Fe, Cuba. He arrived in Florida in 1929 aboard the Gov. Cobb. He was a sales manager at the Wholesale Biscuit Company in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County). He was the husband of Martha B. Miro. Angel R. P. Miro died in Louisville and is buried at the Resthaven Memorial Cemetery.
(CHILD) Ralph Mochow (1888-1971), see in 1900 above.
(CHILD) Richard Monte (b.1932), enumerated as white and born in Cuba. He was an orphan at St. John's Orphanage in Fort Mitchell, KY (Kenton County).
Francisco Jiminez Morales (b.1899), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Antonio Navarro (b.1916), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Louise H Newman (b.1877), enumerated as white and born in Barbados. She lived with her son, Honore Newman, in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County).
Jose Luis Noa (b.1909), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Jose Virgilio Pastrana (b.1915), enumerated as Cuban and born in Cuba. He was a dance instructor in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County). He was a lodger at the home of Fred and Mary Lampson.
Hubert Payne (1888-1968), see in 1930 above.
Angel H. Perez (b.1890), enumerated as white and born in Havana, Cuba. He was a consul with the Cuban government. He was the husband of Lillian Perez and the couple lived in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County).
R. P. Pennington (b.1902), enumerated as black and born in Cuba. He was a minister. He was the husband of Eliza Pennington. The family of six lived in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County).
Essie Amanda Ingraham Phillips (1890-1965), see in 1930 above.
James Ovitie "Plasclasovitie" (1893-1948), see in 1930 above.
Eugene M Prasek (b.1914), enumerated as white and born in Cuba. He was a soldier in the U.S. Army at Fort Knox, KY (Bullitt, Hardin, and Meade Counties).
Josephine Anton Preston (1887-1981), see in 1920 above.
Charlotte Lois Robinson Prince (1906-1992), enumerated as white and born in Kingston, Jamaica. She arrived in New York in 1937 aboard the ship Quirigue. She was the wife of Junius Walter Prince, Jr., who was the manager of exports at a tobacco factory in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County), in 1940. Charlotte L. R. Prince is buried in the Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, KY.
Nellie Logan Rawlings (1906-1992), enumerated as white and born Kingston, Jamaica. She was the wife of Bradley Rawlings. The family of six lived in Burning Springs, KY (Clay County), in 1940. Bradley Rawlings was a farmer. Nellie L. Rawlings died in Orange, FL, and is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Orlando, FL.
Hubert Alonzo Reid (b.1870), see in 1920 above.
Francisco Gonzalez De Riancho (b.1901), see in 1930 above.
Ida Rosena Riley (b.1882), enumerated as born in Bridgetown, Barbados. She arrived in Massachusetts in September of 1933 aboard Lady Nelson. She was a widow employed as a housemaid in Covington, KY (Kenton County), in 1940.
Michael Rivira (b.1919), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner in the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Joseph Josquin Romero (b.1918), enumerated as white and born in Banes, Cuba. He was a student at Berea College (Madison County).
Daniel Rodriquez (b.1904), enumerated as white and born in Cuba. He was a prisoner in the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Francisco Rodriguez (b.1917), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner in the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Joseph Rodriguez (b.1910), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner in the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Pedro Rodriquez (b.1914), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Victor Rosario (b.1914), enumerated as black and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner in the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Tony Rose (b.1890), see in 1930 above.
Ben Edward Rowlett (1888-1977), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a maintenance man at the Regal Estate Company in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County), in 1940. He was the husband of Corinne Jennings Rowlett. Ben E. Rowlett died in Jefferson County, KY, and is buried in Grove Hill Cemetery in Shelbyville, KY (Shelby County). He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy.
Francisco Perez Salicrup (b.1909), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner in the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Eleanor Jane Georges Sanders (1884-1968), enumerated as white and born in Kingston, Jamaica. She was the wife of George Crittenden Sanders who was an accountant at a cigarette company in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County). Eleanor J. G. Sanders died in Jefferson County, KY, and is buried the Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, KY.
Armando Santiago (b.1917), enumerated as black and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner in the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
John R. Serrano (b.1907) and Carmen M. Otero Serrano (1914-1986), the couple were enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. They were the parents of two children and the family lived in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County). John R. Serrano was a pastry cook at a hotel. Carmen Serrano was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, died in Louisville, and is buried Eastern Cemetery in Louisville.
Cecilia Margarita Montejo Schultz (1932-2008), enumerated as white and born in Camagüey, Cuba. She was the daughter of Gail Linnie Hall Montejo and Enrique Montejo. Cecilia M. Montejo lived with the George and Edna Lonneman family in Fort Thomas, KY (Campbell County), in 1940. Cecilia would become the wife of James H. Schultz. She died in Edgewood, KY, (Kenton County), and is buried Fort Mitchell, KY.
Elias George Simon (1905-2006), enumerated as white and born in San Pedro, Dominican Republic. He worked at the Kentucky Hotel in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County), in 1940. Elias G. Simon was the husband of Mamie Shaheen. He retired from the B. F. Goodrich Company. He was a founder and member of St. Michael Orthodox Church. Elias G. Simon died in Louisville and he is buried at the Evergreen Cemetery in Louisville.
Charles Eversley Stewart (1890-1983), see in 1920 above.
Jeanette Naiser Strahl (1926-2014), enumerated as white and born in Guantanamo, Cuba. She was the daughter of William and Nasta Naiser. Jeanette Naiser was a year old when the family arrived in Key West, FL, aboard the Gov. Cobb in 1927. The family of seven lived in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County), in 1940. William Naiser owned a retail fruit store. Jeanette Naiser Strahl died in Louisville and is buried in Resthaven Memorial Cemetery in Louisville.
Carlos M. Suarez (b.1921), enumerated as white and born in Cuba. He was a student at Berea College (Madison County).
George A. Tate (b.1886), enumerated as a Negro born in Grenada. He lived in Providence, KY (Webster County).
Maria Rosa Turner Taylor (1888-1986), enumerated as white and born in Rodas, Cuba. She was the wife of Harry Keller Taylor who had been employed at a sugar company in La Ensenada Damora, Cuba. Their sons were born in Cuba. In 1940, the family lived in Cynthiana, KY (Harrison County), where Harry K. Taylor was an accountant in his hometown. In 1950, Harry and Maria Taylor lived in St. Croix (U.S. Virgin Islands) where Harry was an accountant manager. The couple would move back to Kentucky. Maria R. T. Taylor died in Lexington, KY (Fayette County), and is buried at the Battle Grove Cemetery in Cynthiana, KY.
Harry Turner Taylor, Sr. (1919-2010) and William Keller Taylor (1917-2005), the brothers were enumerated as white and born in Cuba. They were the children of Maria and Harry K. Taylor who had worked at a sugar company in Cuba. The family lived in Cynthiana, KY (Harrison County), in 1940. Harry T. Taylor, Sr., was a clerk at a hardware store in 1950. He was the husband of Geneva C. House Taylor. He died in Lexington, KY (Fayette County), and is buried at the Battle Grove Cemetery in Cynthiana, KY. His brother, William K. Taylor, was a farm manager in Bourbon County in 1950. He was the husband of Mary S. Haviland Taylor. He died in Lexington, KY, and is buried at the Battle Grove Cemetery in Cynthiana, KY.
Grace Louise Taulbee Terr (1913-1989), enumerated as white and born in Cayo Saetía, Cuba. She was a lodger with the Wallace and Pauline Stewart family in Covington, KY (Kenton County), in 1940. She was the wife of Sidney D. Terr in 1950, and the family of four lived in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County). Sidney D. Terr was a university history teacher. Grace L. T. Terr died in Louisville and is buried in The Temple Cemetery.
Edwin Talbot Thayer (1906-1989), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was living at the YMCA in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County), in 1940. He was a social work criminologist.
Helen Taylor Tolliver (1894-1959), enumerated as black and born in the Bahamas. She was the wife of Jessie Tolliver who worked for the C & O Railroad in Ashland, KY (Boyd County). Helen Tolliver died in Cabell, WV, and she is buried in the Ashland Cemetery in Ashland, KY.
Hubert Adolphus Thomas (b.1900), enumerated as black and born in Jamaica. He was the husband of Katheryn Beatrice Jones Thomas. The couple lived in Princeton, KY (Caldwell County), in 1940, where Dr. Thomas was a physician.
Ralph Torres (b.1911), enumerated as white and born in Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Julio Villanueva (b.1897), enumerated as white and born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was a prisoner at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, KY (Fayette County). {The Narcotic Farm}
Loyd William (b.1915), enumerated as black and born in Cuba. He was a groom at a racehorse stable in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County). He lived at the stable lodgings with other employees.
Ethel Williams (b.1880), enumerated as black and born in Jamaica. She was a lodger at the home of Garfield Grigsby in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County).
Frank Williams (b.1904), enumerated as black and born in the West Indies. He was the husband of Willie Mae Williams, and the couple lived in Middlesboro, KY (Bell County). Frank Williams worked for the Union Tanning Company.
Toney Williams (b.1911), enumerated as black and born in the British West Indies. He was a lodger with the Wayne and Betsy Johnson family in Louisville, KY (Jefferson County), in 1940. He was employed as a houseman.
Martha V. Gruver Wooton (1911-1995), enumerated as white and born in Cuba. Her father was a Presbyterian missionary in Cuba. Martha V. Gruver Wooton was the wife of Rev Enoch Beverly Wooton who served at churches in Kentucky. The family of four lived in Cynthiana, KY (Harrison County), in 1940, and in Winchester, KY (Clark County), in 1950. Martha V. G. Wooton died in Asheville, NC, and is buried in the Winchester Cemetery in Winchester, KY.
George W. Zupa (b.1901), enumerated as white and born in Cuba. He owned the Hamburger Inn in Bowling Green, KY (Warren County).
SOURCES: Ancestry; Acker, Caroline Jean. "The early years of the PHS Narcotic Hospital at Lexington, KY," Public Health Reports, 1997 May-Jun;112(3):245–247 (online); "James Johnston, Paducah, dies in Nigeria, West Africa," The Paducah Sun-Democrat, 09/16/1962, p.2; Find A Grave; see Charles Theodore Bethel, Petition for Citizenship, No.2049, July 16, 1935 (Ancestry); see Charlotte Lois Prince, Petition for Citizenship, No.3246 (Ancestry); 1940 U.S. Census schedules; see Anthony L. Allou in "Louisville Area Deaths," The Courier-Journal, 11/19/1994, p.A16; see Mathilde Allou, Petition for Naturalization, No.2865, January 23, 1940 (Ancestry); Table 32. Kentucky - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 1990, September 13, 2002, by the U.S. Census Bureau (online); 1940 Census of Population. Volume 2. Part 3. Kentucky. Characteristics of the Population. Table 4. Race, by Nativity and Sex, for the State: 1850 to 1940. p.174 (online); see Alex Carchado's WWII Draft Registration Card at Ancestry.com.
SOURCES: See Ida Rosena Riley, List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the United States, List 14, September 13, 1933 (Ancestry); see Jeanette Naiser Strahl in "Deaths," The Courier-Journal, 05/31/2014, p.A9; see Jeanette Naiser, U.S. Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, May 6, 1927, Group No.4, List No.820 (Ancestry); "KY. Weddings: Turner-Taylor," The Kentucky Post, 07/25/1914, p.2; "Obituaries. Funeral Notices: Taylor," Lexington Herald-Leader, 01/30/1986, p.D10; see Martha Wooton in "Deaths/Funerals," Asheville Citizen-Times, 11/04/1995, p.5D; see Baldomero Apeles Menchero, Petition for Naturalization, No.217, March 8, 1939 (Ancestry); see Jesus Eduardo Hernandez, Petition for Naturalization, No.209, February 11, 1938 (Ancestry); "Three become U.S. citizens," The Lexington Herald, 06/15/1938, p.14; see Reuben A. "Chief" Eccleston in "Louisville Area Deaths," 03/24/1978, p.C8; see Cecilia Margarita Montejo, List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the United States, SS Cuba, March 21, 1935 (Ancestry); [Sadie M. D. Davis], "Garden wedding bride-to-be," Pittsburgh Courier, 06/22/1940, p.9; see Elias George Simon, "Obituaries," The Courier-Journal, 03/21/2006, p.B6; WWII Draft Registration Cards (Ancestry); see Rev. J. J. Cranston, Kentucky Death Certificate, State File No.864, Registrar's No.10213.
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