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Census Records

Year	Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
1920	Alston, Florence	Daughter	526 W Green St	25	Black	Georgia	Married	None
1930	Alston, Florence M	Servant	706 Stewart Ave	34	Black	Georgia	Married	Cook
1940	Austin, Florence	Stepdaughter	526 W Green St	35	Black	Georgia	Married Spouse Not Present	Housework

Relatives in 1920 US Census

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Collier, John W	Head	526 W Green St	42	Black	Georgia	Married	Janitor
Collier, Minnie	Wife	526 W Green St	41	Black	Georgia	Married	None
Green, Albert	Lodger	526 W Green St	25	Black	Pennsylvania	Single	Janitor
Kent, Hall	Lodger	526 W Green St	26	Black	District of Columbia	Widowed	Waiter
Alston, John C	Son	526 W Green St	1	Black	New York	Single	None

Relatives in 1930 US Census

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Tinker, Josephine D	Head	706 Stewart Ave	54	White	Illinois	Widowed	Chaperone
Tinker, Guertine	Daughter	706 Stewart Ave	23	White	Pennsylvania	Single	None
Alston, John C	Lodger	706 Stewart Ave	10	Black	New York	Single	None

Relatives in 1940 US Census

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Martin, Perry	Head	526 W Green St	59	Black	Alabama	Married	Cook
Martin, Minnie	Wife	526 W Green St	52	Black	Georgia	Married	Cook
Roberts, Emmit	Lodger	526 W Green St	32	Black	Virginia	Single	Waiter
Hawkins, Peter	Lodger	526 W Green St	37	Black	North Carolina	Single	Chef

Florence Brown Alston

Born: August 4, 1895 in College Park, Georgia to Columbus Brown and Minnie Rucker

Florence Brown Alston in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com

“Mrs. Florence Alston, 48, of 526 W. Green St., died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1943, after a long illness. She was a member of the Daughters of Cayuga Temple 54 of the Colored Elks and of the Radio Council.

She is survived by a son, Private John Alston of New York City, and her mother, Mrs. Minnie Collier Martin of Ithaca.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Friday in St. James AME Zion Church.

Interment will be in the family plot in Lakeview Cemetery.”

“Deaths, Funerals,” Ithaca Journal, November 24, 1943, 3.

Florence Brown Alston, 1895-1943

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