Olivette Maude (Wilkerson) Franklin (1900 - 1990)

Born 8 Mar 1900 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Wife of Robert Lewis Cosey — married 29 Dec 1919 in Los Angeles, California, United States

Died 17 Feb 1990 at age 89 in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States

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Biography

Olivette (Wilkerson) Franklin is a part of US Black heritage.

Olivette, sometimes spelled Olivatt, was born in 1900. She is the daughter of Niles Wilkerson and Maggie Hudson.

Sources

• "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGL4-GD4L : 1 March 2021), Olivette Wilkinson, 08 Mar 1900; citing Birth, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, California State Archives, Sacramento.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV2L-Q54 : accessed 28 June 2021), Olivitt Wilkerson in household of Niles E Wilkerson, Belvedere, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 1A, family 11, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 79; FHL microfilm 1,374,092.
• "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8FY-1WS : 9 March 2021), Robert L Cosey and Olivatt M Wilkerson, 29 Dec 1919; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,212.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH7S-FP5 : 31 January 2021), Ilivatt Casey in entry for Robert L Casey, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K98W-BLV : 6 January 2021), Olivatt Franklin in household of Edward R Franklin, San Diego Judicial Township, San Diego, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 62-94, sheet 14A, line 32, family 589, 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 449.

See also:

• Father's death, card of thanks: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80448041/
• Contests Will: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80448452/
• "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP3V-5YHP : 1 March 2021), Niles Lewis Cosey, 1920.