Flavius Balgoven Lorde (1896 - 1953)

Born 20 Apr 1896 in Saint Philip, Barbados

Husband of Linda Gertrude (Belmar) Lorde — married 15 Apr 1923 in Grenada, Grenada

Died 15 Jan 1953 at age 56 in United States

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Biography

Frederick Byron Lorde was born in Barbados.

Frederick Byron Lorde is a part of US Black heritage.

Born Flavius Balgoven Lorde to Fitzgerald Lorde and Amanda Fields in St. Philip, Barbados

• owned a grocery in Grenada which he sold to move to NYC during the Harlem Renaissance. He was not lucky there and was never able to return to Grenada.
• m. Linda Gertrude Belmar in Grenada ^[1]
• father of noted poet Audre Lorde

Sources

1. ↑ "Grenada, Civil Registration, 1866-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CTP-H3YF : 2 June 2022), Flavius Balgoven Lorde, .

• "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JNCZ-42N : 2 March 2021), Flavious B. Lorde, 1924.
• "New York, U.S. District and Circuit Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1991", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z4FC-M1W2 : 8 March 2021), Flavius Balgoven Lorde, 1928.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4G1-C9T : accessed 29 April 2022), Linda Lorde in household of Frederick B Lorde, Manhattan (Districts 1001-1249), New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1041, sheet 9A, line 4, family 218, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1578; FHL microfilm 2,341,313.
• "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XTY-YTZV : Sun Jul 30 16:13:27 UTC 2023), Entry for Fredrick Lorde and Linda Lorde, April 1950.
• "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K9M-J649 : 10 February 2023), Frederick B Lorde, .

See also:

• Wikipedia: Audre Lorde, accessed 13 Feb 2017
• Wilson, Tracey V. and Holly Frey. "Audre Lorde Pt. 1." Stuff You Missed in History Class (Podcast). 4 Nov 2013. HowStuffWorks.com. 13 Feb 2017.