The Guardian (Boston, Mass.), 15 April 1944.

Samuel H. Vick‘s brother, Ernest Linwood Vick, the second of Daniel and Fannie Blount Vick‘s sons, migrated to Washington, D.C., then Boston, Massachusetts.

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In the 1870 census of Wilson township, Wilson County: baker Samuel Williams, 30, carpenter Daniel Vick, 25, wife Fannie, 24, children Samuel, 8, Earnest, 3, and Nettie M., 5, plus Violet Drake, 52.

In the 1880 census of Wilson township, Wilson County: grist mill worker Daniel Vick, 38, wife Fannie, 35, children Samuel, 16, Nettie, 14, Earnest Linwood, 12, Henry, 10, and James O.F. Vick, 8, plus Frank O., 20, and Marcus W. Blount, 26.

Ernest L. Vick and Sadie E. Foster were issued a marriage license in Washington, D.C., in September 1890.

The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), 25 September 1890.

In the 1900 census of Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts: on Ruggles Street, butler Ernest L. Vick, 33; wife Sadie E., 28; daughters Wilhelmina, 8, and Helen M., 2, both born in Massachusetts; brother Oscar F. Vick, 24, minister; and lodger [actually, the brother of Sam Vick’s wife Annie Washington Vick] Paul Washington, 24, butler.

The Vicks were members of famed Columbus Avenue A.M.E. Zion Church:

Boston Globe, 9 November 1909.

In the 1910 census of Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts: on Shawmut Avenue, Earnest Vick, 42, furniture teamster; wife Sadie E., 39; daughters Wilimina, 18, and Helen, 12; and lodgers Mattie Moore, 25, seamstress; James Bell, 30, hostler at stable; Edith Bell, 30; and James Green, 40, janitor.

This curious double real estate transaction was reported in the Globe in August 1912. “Q” stood for quitclaim deed. In other words, for $1, Solomon Elkind transferred a parcel on Cedar Street to Ernest Vick via quitclaim deed. Ernest Vick then transferred (the same?) parcel on Cedar to his brother Samuel H. Vick for a dollar via quitclaim deed.

Boston Globe, 7 August 1912.

In the 1920 census of Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts: at 11 Saxton Street [in Dorchester], Ernest L. Vick, 50, chauffeur for manufacturing concern; wife Sarah E., 48; and daughter Helen E., 20, trust company stenographer.

In the 1930 census of Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts: at 11 Saxton Street, owned and valued at $6500, Ernest Vick, 58, office building porter; wife Sarah E., 56; daughter Williamina, 30, building cleaner; nephew Samuel H. Jones, 11; and brother-in-law Ernest Foster, 42.

In the 1940 census of Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts: at 11 Saxton Street, office building janitor Ernest Vick, 57, and wife Sarah, 55.

The Guardian (Boston, Mass.), 1 April 1944.