Loretta Jones | HistoryForge

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14752

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Black Female born in 1883

Loretta Simms Jones, unknown-1931: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187429813/loretta-jones

Obituary of Mrs. Loretta Jones, Ithaca Journal, November 16, 1931, 5.
"Mrs. Lorretta Jones, 4, died Sunday evening at Memorial Hospital. She was an active member of Calvary Baptist Church, and was also prominent in social and missionary activities.
She is survived by six daughters, Mrs. Britta Jackson of Paterson, NJ, Mrs. Rita Milton of Denora, Pa., Mrs. Themla Ervin and the Misses Hilda, Helen, and Loretta, all of Ithaca; two sons, Gail Jones of Bath, and Hubert Jones of Ithaca."

"The Eliza Peterson W.C.T.U. will meet at 8:3w0 o'clock tonight at the home of Mrs. Pinckney Jones, 309 Linn street, to sew on the second lot of comfort for the colored soldiers." The Ithaca Journal, October 18, 1917, 7.

Census Records

Year	Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
1910	Jones, Loretta	Wife	309 Linn St	27	Black	Canada	1st Marriage	None
1920	Jones, Loretta	Wife	602 Madison St	34	Black	Canada	Married	None
1930	Jones, Loretta	Head	601 1/2 W Buffalo St	46	Black	Canada English	Widowed	None

Relatives in 1910 US Census

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Jones, Pinckney	Head	309 Linn St	34	Black	Alabama	2nd or Subsequent Marriage	Janitor
Jones, Thelma	Daughter	309 Linn St	7	Black	Pennsylvania	Single	None
Jones, Gail	Son	309 Linn St	5	Black	New York	Single	None
Jones, Britta	Daughter	309 Linn St	4	Black	New York	Single	None
Jones, Hilda	Daughter	309 Linn St	3	Black	New York	Single	None
Jones, Rita	Daughter	309 Linn St	1	Black	New York	Single	None

Relatives in 1920 US Census

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Jones, Pinckney	Head	602 Madison St	44	Black	Alabama	Married	Janitor
Jones, Thelma	Daughter	602 Madison St	17	Black	Pennsylvania	Single	Maid
Jones, Gale	Son	602 Madison St	15	Black	New York	Single	None
Jones, Britta	Daughter	602 Madison St	14	Black	New York	Single	None
Jones, Hilda	Daughter	602 Madison St	12	Black	New York	Single	None
Jones, Rita	Daughter	602 Madison St	11	Black	New York	Single	None
Jones, Hubert	Son	602 Madison St	9	Black	New York	Single	None
Jones, Helen	Daughter	602 Madison St	7	Black	New York	Single	None
Jones, Tiny	Daughter	602 Madison St	1y 6mo	Black	New York	Single	None

Relatives in 1930 US Census

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Jones, Helen C	Daughter	601 1/2 W Buffalo St	17	Black	New York	Single	None
Jones, Loretta F	Relative	601 1/2 W Buffalo St	12	Black	New York	Single	None
Mitchell, Oliver	Roomer	601 1/2 W Buffalo St	32	Black	North Carolina	Single	Laborer
Sisco, Maurice	Son-in-Law	601 1/2 W Buffalo St	35	Black	Oklahoma	Married	Decorator
Sisco, Thelma	Wife	601 1/2 W Buffalo St	27	Black	Pennsylvania	Married	None