Morgan Porterfield Freeman (1915 - 1961)

Born 7 Jul 1915 in Charleston, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, USA

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Died 27 Apr 1961 at age 45 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States of America

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Biography

Morgan Freeman is a part of US Black heritage.

Morgan Porterfield Freeman was born in 1915. He was the son of Hubert Freeman and Evie Anderson. He passed away in 1961^[1].

Morgan P. Freeman was the son of Herbert (or Hubert) Freeman and Evie. In 1920, his mother, 29, was remarried to Alonzo Cortledge. They were living in Leflore with Morgan, then 5, and his two brothers Jesse, 9, and Willie, 7^[2].

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1. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5X1-LQ3 : 20 May 2014), Morgan Freeman, Apr 1961; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M43D-88C : accessed 29 November 2017), Morgan Freeman in household of Alonzo Cortlege, Beat 1, Leflore, Mississippi, United States; citing ED 78, sheet 1B, line 93, family 22, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 883; FHL microfilm 1,820,883.

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• Find A Grave: Memorial #93620338, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 April 2018), memorial page for Morgan Porterfield Freeman (7 juil, 1915–27 avril, 1961), citing Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Adam A. Penale (contributor 47010370) .
• Death record: "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9N-YKKG : 17 May 2016), Herbert Freeman in entry for Morgan P Freeman, 27 Apr 1961; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .
• "Mississippi Enumeration of Educable Children, 1850-1892; 1908-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939F-PV92-K?cc=1856425&wc=M6NC-2TL%3A167441301%2C167455301 : 18 September 2015), Leflore > image 666 of 706; Government Records, Jackson.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWTJ-YPJ : accessed 7 July 2017), Morgan Freeman in household of Lee Jackson, Ward 2, Chicago, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103-71, sheet 10A, line 31, family 179, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 922.