Addie Tessie Price (abt. 1881 - 1959)

Born about 8 May 1881 in San Diego, California, United States

Wife of Unknown Saunders — married about 1902 (to before 1910) in California, United States

Wife of Jesse Crook — married before 1920 in California, United States

Wife of James Joseph — married before 1938 in California, United States

Died 14 Aug 1959 at about age 78 in Alameda, California, United States

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Biography

Addie Price is a part of US Black heritage.

Addie was born about May 8, 1881 in San Diego County, California. She was the daughter of Elvira Price and according to Addie in 1942, she thought her father was Arthur Price and that her mother's name was Elvira Brown -- but she seems to be proven wrong regarding her mother when birth records of two siblings are viewed.

1900 CENSUS - 240 12th St., San Diego, San Diego, California ^[1]

Elvira Price 44 Head Missouri Black Widowed Cook 6 children / 5 living

Richard M Price 24 Son California Black

Addie T Price 18 Dau California Black

Lucella L Price 13 Dau California Black

Leona E White 4 Grandau California Black

She married a Mr Saunders about 1902 in California.

1910 CENSUS - Delaware Street, Berkely, Alameda, California ^[2]

Elvira Price 50 Head Missouri Black Widowed Laundress Private Family 6 children born / 3 living

Addie Saunders 26 Dau California Mulatto DIVORCED Servant Private Family 1 child born / 1 living Father born Illinois Mother born Missouri

Leona White 14 Grandau California Mulatto

Reginald W Saunders 7 Grandson California Mulatto

She married Jesse Crook sometime between 1910 and 1920.

1920 CENSUS - Oakland, Alameda, California ^[3]

Jesse Crook 30 Head Alabama White Laborer Shipyard Both parents born Alabama

Abby T Crook 37 Wife California Mulatto Both parents born Missouri (actually Abbie T. Crook as proven by 1930 Census)

James Joseph 35 Roomer Jamaica Mulatto Single Cook with the Railroad Both parents born Jamaica Arrived in USA in 1899

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, CITY DIRECTORY, 1924

Name: Addie Crook

Street Address: 1685 11th

Residence Place: Oakland; Alameda; Berkeley, California, USA

Spouse: Jesse A Crook, Stev

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, CITY DIRECTORY, 1928

Name: Addle Crook

Street Address: 339 7th

Residence Place: Oakland, Alameda, California, USA

Spouse: Jesse Crook, Janitor

1930 CENSUS - 1111 Chester St., Oakland, Alameda,California ^[4]

Jas Bertrand 28 Head Louisiana Age at 1st Marriage 26 Father born Paris, France Mother born Louisiana Laborer

Addie Crook 47 Home Maker California Black Age at 1st Marriage 31 Cateress Both parents born Missouri

Addie was listed as the wife of James Joseph when she was the informant on his death certificate in November 1938 and yet in 1939 she was listed as Mrs Addie Crook in the Oakland City Directory.

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, CITY DIRECTORY, 1939

Name: Mrs Addie Crook

Street Address: 1372 7th

Residence Place: Oakland, California, USA

1940 CENSUS - Oakland, Alameda, California

Fanny Rhodes 70 Missouri Negro Widowed Grade 8

Bernice Gray 49 Virginia Negro Single High School 1st year

Addie Joseph 58 California Negro Widowed Grade 8

Ugean Moore -- More Information is Available Written across lines --

Addie Price died on August 14, 1959 in Alameda County, California. Her mother's maiden name was given as Harris which was incorrect compared to not only what Addie herself gave in 1942 but what Elvira gave in 1871 and 1883.^[5]

Research Notes

• No records or sources have been located for any of Addie Price's marriages.

• Addie felt she had reason to believe that her father was an Arthur Price and that her mother's maiden name was Elvira Brown -- this contradicts her mother stating that her maiden name was Elvira Price on her 1st child's birth registration and the fact that the location for the father's name to be written had a LINE drawn all the way through it.

• In addition to that, Elvira gave birth to an unnamed daughter Price in April 1883 in San Diego, San Diego County and the father's name was listed as Unknown and the race of the baby was said to be mixed with mother being colored.^[6]

SOCIAL PROGRAM APPLICATION - OCTOBER 1942

Event Type: Social Program Correspondence

Name: Addie Tessie Joseph

Name and form dates: Application: ADDIE TESSIE JOSEPH (Oct 1942)

Alias: Addie Tessie Price

Birth Date: 8 May 1881

Birthplace: San Diego, California, United States

Race: Black

Father's Name: Arthur Price

Mother's Name: Elvira Brown

Sources

1. ↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: San Diego Ward 7, San Diego, California; Roll: 99; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0199; FHL microfilm: 1240099
2. ↑ Year: 1910; Census Place: Berkely, Alameda, California; Roll: T624_72; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0051; FHL microfilm: 1374085
3. ↑ Year: 1920; Census Place: Oakland, Alameda, California; Roll: T625_87; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 24
4. ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Oakland, Alameda, California; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0003; FHL microfilm: 2339836
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
6. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLW-YPLX : 1 March 2021), Elvira Price in entry for Price, 14 Apr 1883; citing Birth, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States, California State Archives, Sacramento.

• Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.