Born about in Alabama, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
King Brock
— married
25 Mar 1868 in Montgomery County, Alabama, United States
Descendants 
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Laura (Ray) Brock is a part of US Black heritage.
Laura was born in 1852, based on the 1880 census.
King Block [sic] and Laura Ray married on 25 Mar 1868 in Montgomery County, Alabama.[1]
In 1870[2] and 1880[3], Laura and her husband and 3 children were living in the household of Eliza M Ponder, Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, where Laura and King were domestic servants.
They were both named in their son William W Brock's marriage record in 1916.[4]
Sources
- ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKMY-LR3H : 19 February 2021), King Block and Laura Ray, 25 Mar 1868; citing Montgomery, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,492,199.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHKY-4GQ : 28 May 2021), Laura Brock in entry for Elizabeth M Ponder, 1870.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4VW-3Y9 : 19 February 2021), Laura Brock in household of Eliza M Ponder, Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 129, sheet 134B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,026.
- ↑ "California Marriages, 1850-1945", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:41ZD-Y4T2 : 24 March 2020), Laura Ray in entry for William W. Brock, 1916.
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