Joshia Mae (Holte) James (1930 - 2010)

Born 6 Dec 1930 in Georgia, United States

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Died 14 Dec 2010 at age 80 in Albany, Dougherty, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Joshia Mae (Holte) James is a part of US Black heritage.

Joshia Mae was born about 1931. She is the daughter of Henry Holte and Tempey Reed. By the age of 4, she was living in Jacksonville, Florida, with her parents and siblings. By the 1940 census, she was living in Baker County, Georgia, on a farm, with her maternal grandparents. Having an unusual name, it doesn't show up much in records. It was spelled Joshua in the 1940 census. In the 1950 census, she is still there, but with the last name of James, and married to Dan James. They have a daughter, Patricia. Later in life, she is found living in Albany, Georgia, where her sister, Hattie Mae lives, in 1997, then in Newton, Georgia from 2003 to 2005. She died in Albany in 2010.

Sources

• "Florida State Census, 1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNVM-S48 : 14 June 2022), Henry Holt in household of Henry Holt, Duval, Florida, United States; citing line , State Archives, Tallahassee; FHL microfilm .
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K72D-S27 : 8 January 2021), Hattie Mae Holt in household of Josh Reed, District 900, Baker, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 4-1, sheet 2A, line 17, family 27, 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 636.
• "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6FQY-58T1 : Sat Mar 25 02:23:50 UTC 2023), Entry for Addie Holt, 4 April 1950.
• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K17L-FWR : 6 March 2020), James, 01 Feb 2003-01 Feb 2005.
• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ72-H54Z : 16 April 2020), Joshia Mae James, 1997.