Flora (Hensley) De Priest (1870 - 1950)

Born 8 Sep 1870 in Kentucky, United States

Wife of Sidney De Priest — married about 1886 (to before 1920) in Kansas, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Dec 1950 at age 80 in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, United States

Biography

Flora (Hensley) De Priest is a part of US Black heritage.

Flora Hensley was born in 1870 in Kentucky. She was the daughter of Richard Hensley and Gilla Murrie.^[1] In 1880 she was living in Salina, Kansas with her father and his wife, listed as Jane Hensler (sic).^[2]

She married Sidney De Priest about 1886. In 1900 she was living in Salina with her husband and two children. She had had 3 children, with 2 still living.^[3] In 1910 they had 3 children.^[4]

In 1920, Flora was living in Pasadena, California with her two youngest children. She was listed as a caterer.^[5] Her husband remained in Kansas. In 1930 she was a cook in a private home.^[6] She was still living in Pasadena in 1940.^[7]

She died on 15 December 1950 in Pasadena, California.^[8] The informant was Rosalind Stocks.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89SJ-6FG9?cc=2001287&wc=FLVX-RM9%3A285174601%2C285406201 : 26 September 2019), Los Angeles > Death certificates 1950 no 16300-18127 > image 66 of 2478; California State Archives, Sacramento.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF52-37V : 19 February 2021), Florinda Hensler in household of Richard Hensler, Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 301, sheet 215B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,396.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMYK-G2Y : accessed 28 March 2021), Flora Depriest in household of Sydney Depriest, Salina city Ward 3, Saline, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 122, sheet 18A, family 381, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,498.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2Z8-SXX : accessed 28 March 2021), Flora Depriest in household of S Depriest, Smoky Hill, Saline, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 140, sheet 11A, family 205, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 455; FHL microfilm 1,374,468.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH7Z-PDB : 31 January 2021), Flora Depriest, 1920.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC8K-1NH : accessed 28 March 2021), Flora Depriest, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1218, sheet 11B, line 82, family 329, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 168; FHL microfilm 2,339,903.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9WS-NDF : 5 January 2021), Flora Depriest, Pasadena Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-446, sheet 21B, line 78, family 587, 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 240.
8. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP77-65F : 26 November 2014), Flora Depriest, 15 Dec 1950; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

• "Kansas State Census, 1905", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPJH-S3H6 : 23 September 2019), Flora Depriest, 1905.