Maria (Unknown) Sykes (abt. 1820 - aft. 1905)

Born about 1820 in Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died after 1905 after about age 85 in Jackson, Illinois, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Maria (Unknown) Sykes is a part of US Black heritage.

Maria was born about 1837 in Virginia.

In 1880 she was a widow living with her daughter Winnie and her husband David Woods and family in Carbondale, Illinois.^[1]

She passed away after 1905.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1880; Census Place: Carbondale, Jackson, Illinois; Roll: 215; Page: 178A; Enumeration District: 041
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #21198783 (accessed 16 November 2023)
   Maria Sykes (60), widowed mother-in-law, Keeping House, in household of David Woods (35) in Carbondale, Jackson, Illinois, USA. Born in Virginia.
2. ↑ Incident: Free View of Clipping "Illinois, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current"
   The Daily Free Press; Publication Date: 18/ Jul/ 1905; Publication Place: Carbondale, Illinois, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/10917144/?article=b79181ee-25f7-46ab-9fb5-3f605b81a7e7&xid=5503&terms=Mrs._Maria_Sykes
   Ancestry Record 50038 #4954701548 (accessed 16 November 2023)
   Name: Mrs. Maria Sykes; Topic: Crime; Residence Date: 18 Jul 1905; Residence Place: Carbondale, Illinois, USA; Newspaper Title: The Daily Free Press.