Angelina Sarah (Heaton) Gilson (1890 - 1912)

Born 31 Jul 1890 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Ancestors

Wife of George Henry Gilson — married 31 Aug 1911 in New Orleans, Louisiana

Died 19 Mar 1912 at age 21 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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Biography

Angelina (Heaton) Gilson is a part of US Black heritage.

Angelina Heaton was born in 1890. She was a daughter of James Heaton and Angelina Percy. Her siblings were Clothilde, Celina, James Milton, Lorenzo, Anita, Albertine, Milton James, Salome, and Raymond.

When Angelina was 14 years old, she was arrested for riding in the front of the West End Train, because she was not white. She was convicted and spent some time in jail. It was important to her family to prove that she was white, so the case was appealed. At the time, it was not known that her "Indian" mother, Angelina Percy, who was from Tamaulipas, Mexico, also had African DNA. The second trial was won, and Angelina was set free.

She married George Gilson in 1911, and died from meningitis at the young age of 21 on March 19, 1912.

Sources

1900 United States Federal Census Detail: Year: 1900; Census Place: New Orleans Ward 4, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll: T623_571; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 42.

1910 United States Federal Census Detail: Year: 1910; Census Place: New Orleans Ward 4, Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana, Death Records Index, 1804-1949

Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Oct 15 1906

Court Transcript from Jim Crow Case in 1906