Georgia (Groves) Dancy (1904 - 1991)

Born 1 Jan 1904 in Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Biography

Georgia (Groves) Dancy is a part of US Black heritage.

Georgia was born in 1904 in Tennessee. She was the daughter of Samuel Graves and Zenobia Jacobs. In 1910 she was living with her parents and siblings in Memphis, Tennessee; by 1920 her parents had divorced and she was living with her mother and stepfather Louis Siceluff in Philadelphia. Georgia returned to Memphis and married Andrew Dancy in 1926 just across the Mississippi River in Arkansas. They had three children whom they raised in Memphis while Andrew worked at a Memphis hotel. The 1940 census indicates she had completed 2 years of college. She passed away in 1991 and is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown in Memphis.

Sources

• 1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1910; Census Place: Memphis Ward 5, Shelby, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1519; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0126; FHL microfilm: 1375532
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #192613123 (accessed 9 November 2021)
  Georgia Graves, single daughter in household of Sam Graves (27) in Memphis Ward 5, Shelby, Tennessee, USA. Born in Tennessee.

• 1920 Census: "1920 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1920; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 36, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1638; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 1251
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6061 #89135055 (accessed 9 November 2021)
  Georgia Graves (16), single daughter, None, in household of Louis Siceluff (39) in Philadelphia Ward 36, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Born in Tennessee. (Louis appears to be stepfather)

• 1926 Marriage: "Arkansas, U.S., County Marriages Index, 1837-1957"
  Ancestry Record 2548 #3693210 (accessed 9 November 2021)
  Georgia H Groves marriage to Andrew J Dancey, 23 Jun 1926. Residence Memphis, TN.

• 1930 Census: "1930 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1930; Census Place: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0212; FHL microfilm: 2342010
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6224 #66414357 (accessed 9 November 2021)
  Georgia Dancy, wife, in household of John Dancy (31) in Edith, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA. Born in Tennessee. With 2 children.

• 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1940; Census Place: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03965; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 98-159
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #35239381 (accessed 9 November 2021)
  Georgia Dancy (35), wife, in household of Andrew Dancy (41) in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee. Born in Tennessee. With 3 children. Completed 2nd yr college.

• Social Security: "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007"
  Ancestry Record 60901 #808222344 (accessed 9 November 2021)
  Name: Georgia G Dancy; Gender: Female; Birth Date: 1 Jan 1904; Death Date: 10 May 1991; Claim Date: 27 Nov 1968; SSN: 413147589; Death Certificate Number: 19825.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #135933660 Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown, Memphis, Tennessee

See also:

• Mother's Obituary, The Morning News, (Wilmington, Delaware), 15 Jan 1955, Sat, p. 4 Zenobia Graves Clipping, was pastor of Bethel Pentacostal Church in Delaware, died in Philadelpha hospital, had been in Delaware 2 years. Succeeded her sister, the late Elder B Lois Davidson, as pastor of Bethel Church. Native of Tennessee, survived by 6 children. Mrs. Francis Kendall, Mrs. Bonnie Bivens, and Samuel Graves of Philadelphia, Mrs. Georgie Dancy, Mrs Juanita Arnold of Memphis, Tenn and Louis Sicefluf of Paterson, NJ, a sister Mrs Willie Smith, Memphis.