Jane Johnson (Bunche) Pierce (1933 - 1966)

Born 7 May 1933 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Burton Armstrong Pierce — married 1956 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

Died 9 Oct 1966 at age 33 in Riverdale, Bronx, New York, United States

Biography

Jane (Bunche) Pierce is a part of US Black heritage.

She was the daughter of Ralph Bunche and Ruth Harris

She passed away after falling from the roof of her apartment building in 1966. She was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx, New York, United States.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 February 2018), memorial page for Jane Johnson Bunche Pierce (7 May 1933–9 Oct 1966), Find A Grave: Memorial #171251901, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Neil Funkhouser (contributor 46781068).

• Wikipedia contributors, "Ralph Bunche," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Bunche (accessed February 10, 2018).
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K73M-YFS : 15 March 2018), Jane Bunch in household of Ralph J Bunch, Tract 34, District of Columbia, Police Precinct 10, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1-423, sheet 5A, line 11, family 58, 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 567.