Where did they go?: Pennsylvania death certificates, no. 9.

The ninth in a series — Pennsylvania death certificates for Wilson County natives:

  • Clifton Brown

Four-month-old Clifton Brown apparently died within months of his parents’ migration to Philadelphia.

  • Marie Fordham

  • Samuel Parker

  • Geraldine Woods

  • Luberta Thompson

In the 1910 census of Wilson, Wilson County: on Spring Street, Henderson Adams, 23, woodyard sawyer; wife Lue, 20, factory laborer; and daughter Berta, 3.

In 1917, Henderson Adams registered for the World War I draft in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Per his registration card, he was born 24 January 1888 in Wilson; lived at 1548 South Capitol Street, Philadelphia; worked as a laborer for Baugh & Son, Front and Morris Streets; and supported a wife and two children.

In the 1930 census of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Simon Sander, 40, painter; wife Louis[e], 39; and stepdaughter Luberta Adams, 22, factory stripper.

In 1931, Albert Thompson and Luberta Adams were married in Philadelphia.

In the 1940 census of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: at 2055 Gerritt Street, Allen Thompson, 36, W.P.A. project foreman, and wife Loberta, 30.

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