Almira (Booker) Fields (1840)

Born 1 Jun 1840 in Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William F Fields — married 4 Jul 1877 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

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Biography

Almira Booker was born about on 1 June 1840^[1] in Virginia^[2][3]. She was the child^[3] of Martha E. "Patsy" Valentine and Canada Booker, and the wife and widow of Samuel Anderson^[2] and William Fields^[3][4][5].

Occupations

• 1880^[4]: Washing
• 1870^[2]: Keeping house

Residences

• 1914-1915: 7 West Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts (widowed)^[6]
• 1910: 7 West Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts (widowed) with her married daughter Mary Elizabeth Chapman, son-in-law William A. Chapman, Chapman grandchildren, married granddaughter Alice Ethelyn Furlong, grandson-in-law Robert Gould Shaw Furlong, great-grandchild Mary Elizabeth Furlong, and 74-year-old Edward F. Jones^[5]
• 1902-1903: 139 Putnam Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts (widowed)^[6]
• 1901: 27 Hovey, Cambridge, Massachusetts (widowed)^[6]
• 1880: 48 Phillips Street, Boston, Massachusetts with her husband William Fields and son James Anderson^[4]
• 1877: Cambridge, Massachusetts^[3]
• 1870: Boston, Massachusetts with her husband Samuel and their children^[2]
• abt. 1866: Hampton, Virginia^[7]

Race

• 1870^[2], 1877^[3], 1880^[4], 1910^[5]: Mulatto

Research Notes

Raymoure-1 01:22, 15 May 2020 (UTC): Son James' marriage records gives her last name as Allen. In her (presumed) marriage record to William Fields, she gives her name as Almira Booker and her parents names as Patsy and Canada.

Raymoure-1 01:36, 15 May 2020 (UTC): Related: her daughter Mary is living with two Booker children in 1880, who are the children of Robert C. Booker who (see below.)

Raymoure-1 07:23, 15 May 2020 (UTC): Robert C. Booker lists the exact same parents as the marriage record above and on his Cambridge death return his mother's name is clarified as Martha E. Valentine; Patsy was a nickname for Martha.

Sources

1. ↑ descendant Pamela Williams Chatman's family bible
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} 1870 federal census
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Massachusetts marriage record
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} 1880 federal census
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} 1910 federal census
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Cambridge, Massachusetts city directories
7. ↑ birth of son James

• 1870 United States Federal Census Year: 1870; Census Place: Boston Ward 6, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_643; Page: 132A; Family History Library Film: 552142 (as Mira Anderson)
• 1880 United States Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: 555; Page: 363B; Enumeration District: 645 (as Elmira Fields)
• 1910 United States Federal Census Year: 1910; Census Place: Cambridge Ward 5, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_595; Page: 20B; Enumeration District: 0757; FHL microfilm: 1374608 (as Almira Fields)
• 1901-1903, 1914-1915 Cambridge, Massachusetts city directories (as Almira or Myra Fields)
• New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1915. Boston, Massachusetts.