Alice Gilson (Bruce) Howard (1873)

Born Dec 1873 in Grant County, West Virginia, United States

Wife of Walter Vernon Howard — married 22 Feb 1896 in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States

Biography

Alice (Bruce) Howard is a part of US Black heritage.

Alice G. Bruce was born about 1875 in West Virginia. She married Walter V. Howard on 22 February 1896 in Jefferson County, Ohio.^[1]

In 1900 they already had 3 children, Gilbert, Elnora, and Jenneta. They lived in Steubenville with Walter's parents James and Nancy.^[2] Gilbert died in 1903, but before 1910 Alice Marie, Floyd and Wilma joined the family.^[3] Their last child, Edwin Edgar, was born in 1912. The family later moved to Los Angeles.

Research notes

The family is living in Los Angeles in 1920, but Walter's wife is listed as "John D."^[4] Is it a mistake? Further records of Alice have not be found so far.

A possibly matching Alice Bruce is found in the 1880 census - 5 years old, black, listed in the household of Elizabeth Bruce, 48, as her grand-daughter. Grand district, Grant County, West Virginia.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8QC-C2S : 26 August 2019), Walter V. Howard and Alice G. Bruce, 22 Feb 1896; citing Marriage, Jefferson, Ohio, United States, p612, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMDW-CNY : accessed 8 February 2021), Alice Howard in household of Walter Howard, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 78, sheet 13B, family 279, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,290.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLXZ-PXK : accessed 8 February 2021), Alice Howard in household of Walter Howard, Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 131, sheet 19A, family 321, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1201; FHL microfilm 1,375,214.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R69-85J?cc=1488411&wc=QZJG-6G3%3A1036469601%2C1037520201%2C1037728001%2C1589335691 : 9 September 2019), California > Los Angeles > Los Angeles Assembly District 74 > ED 430 > image 24 of 40; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6RL-SW2 : 14 November 2020), Alice Bruce in household of Elisabeth Bruce, Grant, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 40, sheet 217A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,402.