Lula (Britton) White (abt. 1877 - 1975)

Born about 1877 in Alabama, United States

Wife of Dave White — married 1895 in Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Jun 1975 at about age 98 in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States

Biography

Lula (Britton) White is a part of US Black heritage.

Lula Brittin (or Britton) was born about 1876 in Alabama. She married David White about 1895. In 1900 they were living in Hattiesburg, Mississippi with their two young sons, both born in Alabama. Lula had two brothers, Edgar (born about October 1877) and Geo (born about March 1885).^[1]

In 1920 the family was living in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.^[2] They were still living there in 1930^[3] and 1940.^[4]

Lula White, said to be 99 old, died on 15 June 1975 in Jackson, Mississippi. She was to be buried in Hattiesburg. She had 4 surviving children: W[illiam], David, Albert and Gladys (De Priest).^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9XT-VT4 : accessed 27 March 2021), Lula White in household of Dave White, Beat 2 Hattiesburg town Ward 3-4, Perry, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 90, sheet 20B, family 391, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,824.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4SP-7ZG : 2 February 2021), Lula White in entry for Dave White, 1920.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMB5-59J : accessed 27 March 2021), Lula White in household of Dave White, Hattiesburg, Forrest, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 5A, line 11, family 90, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1145; FHL microfilm 2,340,880.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYGZ-RR9 : 4 January 2021), Lula B White in household of David R White, Beat 1, Forrest, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 18-17, sheet 12B, line 46, family 236, 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 2021.
5. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5S3-HGLN : 18 July 2020), Mrs Lula B White, 1975.