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Mary Alma Carson (1903 - 1993)

Mary Alma Carson aka Sanford
Born in Ellisville, Jones County, Mississippi, United Statesmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 31 Mar 1918 in Hickman, Fulton County, Kentucky, United Statesmap
Wife of — married after 1944 [location unknown]
Died at age 90 in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Mary Carson is a part of US Black heritage.

Mary Alma Hughes was born on 18 Feb 1903[1] in Ellisville, Jones County, Mississippi.

This may be her in the 1910 Census: M Hughs, female, black, b 1903, living in the household of her uncle W Minor, age 32, b Virginia and aunt C. Minor, age 30, black, b Mississippi. W and C Minor had been married 12 years (first marriage); C Minor had been the mother of 7 children, 0 then living.[2]

[3] Her 1918 marriage record says her mother was named Helen Underwood[4] and her record in the Social Security Applications and Claims Index says her parents were William A Hughes and Hellon Reid.[1]

Mary married Frederick "Freddie" Sanford on 31 Mar 1918 in Hickman, Fulton County, Kentucky.[4] They had four known children, two that died as infants.[5][6] Her youngest son, Jon Elroy Sanford, better known as Redd Foxx, became a famous comedian. He was best known for his TV show Sanford and Son. According to the family's census records, they lived in Hickman, Kentucky in 1920 and Chicago, Illinois in 1930.[7][8] They're also known to have lived in Saint Louis, Missouri in the 1920's and Fred is said to have left the family in 1926.[9]

In the 1950's Mary married Harry F Carson and he died in 1965.[10]

Mary died on 12 Mar 1993 in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1][11] She was buried in Palm Memorial Park in Las Vegas.[12]

Research Notes

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," database, (Ancestry Record 60901 #47548300 : accessed 16 January 2023); Mary A Carson, born 18 Feb 1903, died Mar 1993.
  2. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP8P-X46 : accessed 1 March 2023), M Hughs in household of W Minor, Ellisville Ward 3, Jones, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 72, sheet 210A, family 192, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 745; FHL microfilm 1,374,758.
  3. Son Leonard's birth record:
    "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N73K-R8W : 6 October 2022), Mary Hughes in entry for Leonard Sanford, 11 Jun 1921, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, citing certificate #23982.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kentucky, Fulton County, Marriage Records, Volume 17A, #196, Freddie Sanford and Mary Alma Hughes, 31 Mar 1918; "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Q6-ZSKR : accessed 16 Jan 2023).
  5. Son Leonard's death record:
    "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MW-T7BV : 8 March 2018), Mary A Hughes in entry for Baby Sanford, 11 Jun 1921; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference 15400, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,309,297.
  6. Daughter Margaret's death record:
    Indiana, Death Certificates, #33035, Margaret Sanford, 4 Oct 1920, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA; "Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017," database with images, Ancestry, Ancestry Sharing Link, Ancestry Record 60716 #3709566 : accessed 16 January 2023.
  7. "United States Census, 1920", ED 72, Hickman town, Fulton County, Kentucky, USA; sheet 13B, family 340, Mary Sanford in Frederick Sanford household; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHL8-WV3.
  8. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSTH-MW4 : accessed 30 May 2022), Mary Sanford in household of Fred Sanford, Chicago (Districts 0001-0250), Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 192, sheet 1B, line 66, family 20, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C. : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 422; FHL microfilm 2,340,157.
  9. Michael Seth Starr, Black and Blue: The Redd Foxx Story, (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2011), chapter 1.
  10. Michael Seth Starr, Black and Blue: The Redd Foxx Story, (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2011), page 89.
  11. "Nevada, U.S., Death Index, 1980-2012," database, (Ancestry Record 8997 #111023 : accessed 16 January 2023); citing Nevada State Health Division, Office of Vital Statistics. State Death Index. Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, Carson City, Nevada. Mary Carson, 12 Mar 1993, Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, USA.
  12. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27474789/mary-alma-carson: accessed 16 January 2023), memorial page for Mary Alma Hughes Carson (18 Feb 1903–12 Mar 1993), Find A Grave: Memorial #27474789, citing Palm Memorial Park, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA; Maintained by NV_Dawn (contributor 49262845).

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Her Last Name At Birth (LNAB) is "Hughes" and the profile needs to be corrected.
posted by Eric Weddington

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