Charlie Jemison (abt. 1925 - 2004)

Born about 31 Dec 1925 in Talladega, Talladega, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Died 14 Nov 2004 at about age 78 in Westlake, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States

Biography

Charlie Jemison is a part of US Black heritage.

Charlie Jemison was born in 1925.^[1] He was the son of Edd Jemison and Susie Dickerson.^[2] He was the younger of two boys.

In 1940, he attended a construction trade school in Springfield, Massachusetts for two years. However, he was still enumerated as living in his parents' home in 1940.^[3] In 1942, he began work as a union roofer.^[4]

Charlie married Dorothy Mae Green in 1951. They had three children, including astronaut Mae Jemison, who was the first black woman to travel into space. Around 1960, the family moved from Alabama to Chicago, Illinois, where Charlie worked as a maintenance engineer and a taxi driver.^[4]

Charlie took great pride in his children and taught them to value education. He mentored African-American boys in the Woodlawn area of Chicago where he lived.^[4]

Charlie died on 14 Nov 2004 of a heart attack while he was returning to Chicago with his family from a wedding in Cleveland, Ohio.^[4][5][6] and is buried in Oakland Memory Lanes in Dolton, Illinois.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947"
   National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Alabama, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 140
   Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry Record 2238 #11366796 (accessed 7 October 2021)
   Name: Charlie Jemison; Race: Black; Age: 18; Birth Date: 31 Dec 1925; Birth Place: Talladega, Alabama, USA; Residence Place: Talladega, Talladega, Alabama, USA; Registration Date: 1 Jan 1944; Registration Place: Talladega, Talladega, Alabama, USA; Employer: Fitz Rubber Co; Height: 5 11; Weight: 152; Complexion: Dark Brown; Hair Color: Black; Eye Color: Brown; Next of Kin: Ed Jemison;
   
2. ↑ "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007"
   Ancestry Record 60901 #32938249 (accessed 21 May 2022)
   Name: Charlie Jemison; Gender: Male; Race: Black; Birth Date: 31 Dec 1925; Birth Place: Talladega Ta, Alabama; Death Date: 14 Nov 2004; Father: Edd Jemison; Mother: Susie Dickerson; Notes: May 1942: Name listed as CHARLIE JEMISON.
3. ↑ 1940 United States Federal Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
   Alabama > Talladega > Talladega > 61-7
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 16 February 2024)
   Charles Jemison.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Tom Rybaraczyk, obituary, "Astronaut's dad took pride in kids," Chicago [Illinois] Tribune, 28 Nov 2004, Section 1, p. 21; image copy, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86276238/obituary-for-charlie-jemison-aged-78/ : accessed 7 Jan 2022).
5. ↑ "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKR2-BJF : 30 June 2021), Charlie Jemison, 2004.
6. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4H-4QWN : accessed 7 October 2021), Mr Charlie Jemison, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 30 Nov 2004; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Daily Southtown, born-digital text.
7. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGV1-772D : 9 June 2021), Charlie Jemison, ; Burial, Dolton, Cook, Illinois, United States of America, Oakland Memory Lanes; citing record ID 185445151, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3KRX-6PZ : accessed 7 October 2021), Charlie Jamison in household of Lewis Jamison, Munford, Talladega, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 37, sheet 8B, line 62, family 147, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 50; FHL microfilm 2,339,785.