Minnie Ann (Canty) Blue (1886 - 1930)

Born Jun 1886 in Alabama, United States

Wife of Sellie Blue — married 16 Dec 1908 in Pike, Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died 21 Jun 1930 at about age 44 in Luverne, Crenshaw, Alabama, United States

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Minnie (Canty) Blue is a part of US Black heritage.

Biography

Minnie Ann Canty was second child and first daughter of Sam (Feb.,1859) and Hanna (Dec., 1863) Canty. She had at least 7 siblings, all of whom, according to the 1900 US Census, were born in Alabama: son William D., born in 1885; daughter Emmer, born in 1888; son Shelby born in 1890; daughter Pinkey born in 1892; daughter Nora, born in 1894; daughter Hattie, born in 1896, and son Neadum, born in 1898. Daughter Clyde was born in 1904.

Minnie married Sellie Blue in December, 1908. Sellie was a farmer and Minnie was a homemaker. They had 6 children, all born in Alabama, according to the 1920 US Census: daughter Florence, born in 1910; son Wiley R., born in 1912; daughter Emma, born in 1914 ; son Sam, born in 1916; son Sandy, born in 1915; and son Vida, born in 1920.

Minnie and Sellie lived next door to 2 of Minnie's siblings according to the 1910 Census report. The men of these families work as farm laborers on a family farm.

Minnie died in 1930.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9DT-W5V : accessed 27 August 2021), Minnie Canty in household of Sam Canty, Precinct 15 Indian Branch, Pike, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 138, sheet 5B, family 87, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,037.

• "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRJ1-92Y : 19 February 2021), Sellie Blue and Minnie Ann Canty, 16 Dec 1908; citing Pike, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,033,204.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKW9-CMX : accessed 27 August 2021), Minnie A Blue in household of Sellie Blue, Indian Branch, Pike, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 143, sheet 2B, family 34, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 31; FHL microfilm 1,374,044.

• United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKW9-1QH : accessed 27 August 2021), Sam Cantey, Goshen Hill, Pike, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 140, sheet 23B, family 379, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 31; FHL microfilm 1,374,044.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXZ8-833 : 31 January 2021), Mony Blue in the household of Sellie Blue, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3KX4-Q6Z : accessed 27 August 2021), Minnie Blue, Election Precinct 10 Goshen Hill, Pike, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 22, sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll ; FHL microfilm .

• "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDGD-ZZH : 11 January 2021), Sellie Blue in entry for Minnie Blue, 1930.