James William Randolph Jr. (1887)

Born 10 Apr 1887 in Baldwin, Duval County, Florida, United States

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Biography

James Randolph Jr. is a part of US Black heritage.

James William Randolph, Jr., was born in Baldwin, Florida, on 10 April 1887.^[1] He was the son of James W. Randolph and Elizabeth (Robinson) Randolph. A. Philip Randolph was his younger brother. The 1900 U.S. Census recorded the family in Jacksonville, Florida. Both 13-year-old James and 11-year-old Asa were attending school. Their father, 52-year-old James, was a tailor. Their mother, 37-year-old Lizzie, was a wash-woman. ^[2]

In 1910 the U.S. Census recorded James Randolph, Jr., 23, in his parents' home in Jacksonville. He was single and worked as a messenger for the post office.^[3]

James William Randolph registered for the World War I draft on 5 June 1917. He was 30 years old and single, living in Jacksonville and working as a bank bookkeeper for Anderson Co. Bankers in Jacksonville. He said his father and mother were dependent on him.^[1]

In 1924, Asa P Randolph (this man's brother), Lucille Randolph (wife of Asa P. Randolph), James W. Randolph (probably this man), and Mary Richardson (Lucille's sister) all were listed as voters at 148 W. 142d Street in the 29th Election District of Manhattan, New York City, but their names are not adjacent on the list.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YY9-W1X?cc=1968530&wc=9F4F-7M9%3A928313201%2C928369001 : 23 August 2019), Florida > Jacksonville City no 1; Laco, Harry A.-Z > image 1450 of 3198; citing NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3DY-V3Y : accessed 7 February 2018), Asa Randolph in household of James W Randolph, Precinct 16 (north part) Jacksonville city Ward 2, Duval, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 42, sheet 10B, family 254, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,167.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRJB-ZZ7?cc=1727033&wc=QZZ7-G4Q%3A133639301%2C134485401%2C134548201%2C1589088982 : 23 June 2017), Florida > Duval > Jacksonville Ward 2 > ED 73 > image 35 of 54; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ New York City Municipal Archive; New York, New York, USA; 1924 NYC Voter List. Accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61536/images/48069_b380332-00000