Recovering Black History in the Monadnock Region - Keene

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• William and Mary Johnson entry in the U.S. Federal Census, 1920
  1920 United States Federal Census record of William and Mary Johnson, a married couple living at 273 Elm Street, Keene. William Johnson worked as a printer at a printing office. He was born in the West Indies and had emigrated to the United States in 1890. His father was from Spain and his mother was from France. Mary Johnson was born in New York.
  Subject20th CenturyDecade — 1920s
• Daniel Brown, Henry Lee, and George Miller entries in the U.S. Federal Census, 1920
  1920 United States Federal Census record of Daniel Brown, who was 23 years old and born in Georgia, Henry Lee, who was 31 years old and born in Ohio, and George Miller, who was 25 years old and emigrated to the United States in 1910 from England, his birth place. They all boarded in the household of Judson Reynolds at 6 Main Street, Keene. They were all employed as hotel bellboys.
  Subject20th CenturyDecade — 1920s

  Individual MentionedMiller, GeorgeLee, HenryBrown, Daniel
• Sadoques Family entry in the U.S. Federal Census, 1910
  1910 United States Federal Census record of the Sadoques family. Their race is recorded as 'Indian'. Israel Sadoques is the head of household. He is 61 years old and a basketmaker. Mary Sadoques is his wife and is 55 years old. They are living with their six children. Israel and Mary emigrated from Canada in 1880. They are Abenaki.
  SubjectDecade — 1910s20th Century

  Individual MentionedSadoques, Israel
• Charles Goins entry in the U.S. Federal Census, 1910
  1910 United States Federal Census record of Charles Goins, who is 21 years old and a boarder at 112 Main Street, Keene, where Daniel O'Neill is the head of household (Eagle Hotel). He was a theater singer, born in Massachusetts.
  Subject20th CenturyDecade — 1910sTheatre

  Individual MentionedGoins, Charles
• Emmanuel Lopez and Cora O. Brooks entries in the U.S. Federal Census, 1910
  1910 United States Federal Census record of Emmanuel Lopez and Cora O. Brooks, who lived in the household of Edward A. Rauruff at 65 Roxbury Street, Keene. Lopez was 28 years old and born in the West Indies. He was employed as a cook. Brooks was 30 years old and born in Maryland. She was employed as a servant.
  Subject20th CenturyDecade — 1910s
• Household of Ida H. Thomas entry in the U.S. Federal Census, 1910
  1910 United States Federal Census record of the household of Ida H. Thomas. Walter C. Brooks, Lottie T. Brooks, and Hattie Brooks, are all siblings living with their grandmother, Ida H. Thomas. They live at 252 Gilsum Street, Keene.
  Subject20th CenturyDecade — 1910s
• Emma A. Wiggins entry in the U.S. Federal Census, 1900
  1900 United States Federal Census record of Emma A. Wiggins, who lived in the household of Alfred Wheeler at 52 Washington Street, Keene. She was 22 years old and born in Washington, D.C. She was employed as a sesrvant.
  Subject20th CenturyDecade — 1900s
• Rosie Lattimore entry in the U.S. Federal Census, 1900
  1900 United States Federal Census record of Rosie Lattimore, who lived in the household of William Tuttle at the County Jail. She was 22 years old and born in Ohio. She was employed as a servant.
  Subject20th CenturyDecade — 1900s
• Sarah Hay entry in the U.S. Federal Census, 1900
  1900 United States Federal Census record of Sarah Hay, who lived in the household of Edwin Palmer at 173 Washington Street, Keene. She was 25 years old and born in Washington, D.C. She was employed as a servant.
  Subject20th CenturyDecade — 1900s
• Maria Hackley entry in the U.S. Federal Census, 1900
  1900 United States Federal Census record of Maria Hackley, who lived in the household of Aaron Gleason at 59 Washington Street, Keene. She was 27 years old, born in Washington, D.C. She was employed as a servant.
  Subject20th CenturyDecade — 1900s
• Roy Dixon entry in the U.S. Federal Census, 1900
  1900 United States Federal Census record of Roy Dixon, who boarded in the household of Ella Morey, a widow, at 62 Down Street in Keene. He was 11 years old and born in Alabama.
  Subject20th CenturyDecade — 1900s
• Margaret Defrease entry in the U.S. Federal Census, 1880
  1880 United States Federal Census record of Margaret (Reed) Defrease, who was a 56-year old widowed woman, boarding in the home of R. Rebecca S. Wilson at 11 Cedar Street in Salem, MA and working as a washerwoman. She was born in New Hampshire. She was listed as Black and cannot read or write.
  SubjectDecade — 1880s 19th Century

  Individual MentionedDefrease, Margaret (Reed)
• A history of the town of Keene by Simon Goodell Griffin: 1773 Census
  The 1773 census for Keene, ordered by Governor Wentworth, lists one enslaved male
  SubjectDecade — 1770s18th CenturyEnslaved persons
• 1773 Census of New Hampshire: Cheshire County
  1773 Census of New Hampshire, ordered by Governor Wentworth, in Volume 10 of the New Hampshire State Papers from 1788. There are a total of 7 male and 2 female enslaved people in Cheshire County, this includes one enslaved male in Keene.
  SubjectDecade — 1780sDecade — 1770s18th CenturyEnslaved persons
• Daniel Webster entry in the U.S. Federal Census, 1870
  U.S. Federal Census, 1870: Daniel Webster in household of Morgan J. Sherman
  SubjectDecade — 1870s19th Century

  Individual MentionedWebster, Daniel
• Harry Alexander entry in the U.S. Federal Census, 1870
  U.S. Federal Census, 1870: Harry Alexander in household of Thomas M. Edwards
  SubjectDecade — 1870s19th Century

  Individual MentionedAlexander, Harry
• Fanny A. Armstead entry in the U.S. Federal Census, 1860
  U.S. Federal Census, 1860: Fanny A. Armstead in household of Keziah B. Appleton
  SubjectDecade — 1860s19th Century

  Individual MentionedArmstead, Fanny A.
• Lois Burdoo entry in the U.S. Federal Census, 1850
  U.S. Federal Census, 1850: Lois Burdoo in household of Salma Hale
  SubjectDecade — 1850s19th Century

  Individual MentionedBurdoo, Lois
• Francis Green entry in the U.S. Federal Census, 1850
  U.S. Federal Census, 1850: Francis Green
  SubjectDecade — 1850s19th Century
• Antoinette Green entry in the U.S. Federal Census, 1850
  U.S. Federal Census, 1850: Antoinette Green in household of Francis Green
  SubjectDecade — 1850s19th Century
• Philip Edge and Mrs. Phillip Edge entry in the U.S. Federal Census, 1850
  U.S. Federal Census, 1850: Edge household, Philip Edge and Mrs. Phillip Edge
  SubjectDecade — 1850s19th Century
• Sophia Mero entry in the U.S. Federal Census, 1850
  U.S. Federal Census, 1850: Sophia Mero in household of Henry Dorr
  SubjectDecade — 1850s19th Century
• Delia Burr entry in the U.S. Federal Census, 1850
  U.S. Federal Census, 1850: Delia Burr in household of Charles Bridgman
  SubjectDecade — 1850s19th Century
• Mary A. Dolby entry in the U.S. Federal Census, 1850
  U.S. Federal Census, 1850: Mary A. Dolby in household of George A. Balch
  SubjectDecade — 1850s19th Century
• Individual name not listed, entry in the U.S. Federal Census 1820
  U.S. Federal Census 1820: Individual name not listed, in household of Daniel Bradford
  SubjectDecade — 1820s19th CenturyEnslaved persons