Frances Boyd (Williamson) Everett (1915 - 1999)

Born 13 Apr 1915 in Louisburg, Franklin, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Booker T. Everett — married 13 Jan 1934 in New York City, New York, United States

Wife of Floyd Henry Morman — married 29 Dec 1941 (to 2 Jan 1942) in Harlem, Erie, New York, United States

Died 27 May 1999 at age 84 in Bronx, New York, United States

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Biography

Francine (Williamson) Everett is Notable.

Francine Everett was an American actor and singer, dubbed "the most beautiful woman in Harlem". Best known for her acting in "race films", she appeared in more than 50 short musical films that featured the most renowned jazz and popular musicians of the 1940s.^[1]

Frances Boyd Williamson was born on April 13, 1915 in Louisburg, Franklin County, North Carolina. She was the daughter of John Williamson and Lizzie Dent.^[2]

1930 CENSUS - Manhattan, New York, New York ^[3]

John Williamson Head 35 North Carolina Negro

Elizabeth Williamson Wife 33 North Carolina Negro

Frances Williamson Dau 14 North Carolina Negro

As Frances Williams her first marriage was to Booker T. Everett on January 13, 1934 in New York City and she was widowed in 1935.^[4]

Her second husband was fellow actor Rex Ingram. They married sometime about 1936 and contrary to what is stated in Wikipedia and some online stories, they were still together as of the 1940 Census and living in New York City:

1940 CENSUS - 596 Edgecombe, New York City, New York ^[5]

Rex Ingram 43 Head Illinois Black Actor Motion Picture Radio Stage Highest Grade Completed = 8th Grade

Francene Ingram 25 Wife South Carolina Black Highest Grade Competed = High School 4th Year

Myrtle Kelly 20 Lodger New York Black Single Ironer Laundry Highest Grade Completed = High School 1st Year

Sam Carpenter 30 Lodger South Carolina Black Porter Apartment Highest Grade Completed = 5th Grade

1950 CENSUS - 147 West 145th St., New York, New York, USA ^[6][7]

Francine Everett 35 Head North Carolina Black Widowed

John William 54 Father North Carolina Black Tailor in Tailor Shop

Elizabeth William 50 Mother North Carolina Black

Bertha Ishmeal 40 Lodger South Carolina Separated Domestic for someone else

Blondell Ishmeal 11 Lodger's Daughter

After retiring from motion pictures in 1950 after her last film No Way Out, she worked in the clerical department of the Harlem Hospital for many years.

In the 1987 and 1993 US Public Records Indexes, she was listing herself as Franciene Boyd Everette and lived at 779 Riverside Drive in New York City.^[8]

Francine died at the age of 84 on May 27, 1999 at a nursing home in The Bronx, New York City, New York. She was cremated and her ashes were given to her aunt Lucy Williams according to her FindAGrave memorial.^[9]

Research Notes

• Although Francine gave her date of birth as April 13, 1921, her birth record confirms that it was actually April 13, 1915.

• No 1920 Census listing has been located for her via Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.org ... so far.

• Even though a marriage that lasted a few days is shown for Frances to Floyd Henry Morman, no record supporting this has yet been located.

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia:Francine_Everett -- although her date and place of birth is correct, her full name at birth and her father's name is INCORRECT
2. ↑ "North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:864S-RWW2 : 28 July 2020), Frances Boyd Williamson, 1915.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4LC-JY9 : accessed 21 January 2023), Frances Williamson in household of John Williamson, Manhattan (Districts 0751-1000), New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 981, sheet 10A, line 18, family 234, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1575; FHL microfilm 2,341,310.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
5. ↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: New York, New York, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02677; Page: 62B; Enumeration District: 31-2148
6. ↑ 1950 Census for Francine Everett
7. ↑ National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: New York, New York, New York; Roll: 4549; Page: 15; Enumeration District: 31-1786
8. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #10066614

See also:

• Wikipedia:Race_film
• https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0263515/