Hattie (Lomax) Carthan (1900 - 1984)

Born 7 Sep 1900 in District of Columbia, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 22 Apr 1984 at age 83 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States

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Biography

Hattie (Lomax) Carthan is Notable.

Hattie was a community activist and environmentalist in New York City who helped found the Bedford-Stuyvesant Neighborhood Tree Corps in 1971 to teach people how to grow trees. In 1975, Hattie was honored by the New York City Parks Commission for distinguished service to the City of New York.^[1]

Hattie Carthan was born on 7 September 1 900 at District of Columbia, United States.^{[citation needed]} Her parents were Alexander S Lomax and Hattie E Harris. The family moved from Washington, DC, to Brooklyn, New York, in 1928.

Hattie married for the first time to George L Hale (son of H Hale and J Saunders) on 10 July 1918 at Norfolk, Virginia, USA.^[2] They had the following children:

• Carlysle Hale (born in Virginia about 1920-)
• Lomax Hale (born in Virginia about 1926-)

She married for the second time to Samuel D Carthan (son of Samuel D and Olivia Carthan) on 8 November 1943 at Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States.^[3] Marriage certificate states that Hattie S Lomax, age 43, single, first marriage, is a musician and Samuel D Carthan, Jr., age 39, 2nd marriage, is a ship joiner.

Hattie was a community activist and environmentalist who helped found the Bedford-Stuyvesant Neighborhood Tree Corps in 1971 to teach people how to grow trees. She also helped found the Green Guerrillas, a community garden movement and was chairwoman of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Beautification Committee. She is known for her successful efforts to preserve a 40-foot Southern Magnolia tree that was threatened by development. The tree became a symbol of her neighborhood and was designated an official city landmark in 1970. In 1976, Carthan convinced the City to convert three abandoned homes into the Magnolia Tree Earth Center located behind the Hattie Carthan Garden. In 1975, Hattie was honored by the New York City Parks Commission for distinguished service to the City of New York.

In 1985, a vacant lot was revitalized into a community garden in her honor. In 2009 the garden was expanded and became the Hattie Carthan Community Garden Farm.^[4]

She passed away on 22 April 1984 at Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA.^[5]

Residences

• 1910 US Census, Hattie Lomax, age 9, Mulatto, daughter in household of Alexander Lomax, Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Household members include her mother, Hattie, 5 sisters: Lottie, Ruth, Gladys, Myrtle, and Alice, 2 brothers: Samuel and Dwight.^[6]

• 1920 US Census, Hattie L Hale, age 19, Mulatto, wife, household of George L H Hale, Norfolk, Virginia.^[7]

• 1930 US Census, Hattie L Hale, age 29, Negro, wife, household of George L Hale, Brooklyn, Kings, New York. Household members include 2 sons: Carlysle and Lomax, parents: Alexander S and Hattie Lomax and 2 brothers: Samuel and Dwight.^[8]

• 1940 US Census, Hattie Hale, 39, Negro, married, Head of household,

Brooklyn, New York City, New York. Household includes 2 sons: Lomax and Carlisle.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_Carthan) accessed 2 February 2022.
2. ↑ "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8BH3-YS3Z : 21 January 2022), Harriet S Lomax in entry for Geo L H Hale, 10 Jul 1918; citing Marriage Registration, Norfolk, Virginia, United States, Virginia State Library and Archives, Richmond.
3. ↑ "Delaware, Wilmington Vital Records, 1847-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28Y-RW77 : 22 July 2021), Samuel D Carthan and Hattie S Lomax, 1943.
4. ↑ "hattiecarthan-market | OUR HISTORY". hattiecarthan-market. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
5. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VSDD-J3B : 7 January 2021), Hattie Carthan, Apr 1984; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG4X-HXT : accessed 2 February 2022), Hattie Lomax in household of Alexander Lomax, Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 18B, family 413, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1343; FHL microfilm 1,375,356.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJFZ-6T8 : 4 February 2021), Harriet L Hale in entry for George L H Hale, 1920.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4NJ-4T5 : accessed 3 February 2022), Hattie L Hale in household of George L Hale, Brooklyn (Districts 0251-0500), Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 272, sheet 4B, line 90, family 107, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1502; FHL microfilm 2,341,237.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3Y7-PYV : 7 January 2021), Hattie Hale, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 24-675, sheet 10B, line 80, family 299, 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 2563.

• Historical Sign Listings: New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, Hattie Carthan Garden, Magnolia Tree Earth Center; (https://www.nycgovparks.org/about/history/historical-signs/listings?id=11891) accessed 2 February 2022.
• Rule, Sheila, "Hattie Carthan, 83, Proponent of Trees in Brooklyn, Is Dead", "The New York Times," April 28, 1984 (https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/28/obituaries/hattie-carthan83proponent-of-trees-in-brooklyn-is-dead.html)

See also:

• African American Heroes of the Great Outdoors
• FamilySearch profile of Hattie L Lomax
• Wikidata: Item Q5682046, en:Wikipedia