YANCEY, FRIENDRICA

In June 1897, Sallie Macon, nee Overby, married Robert D. Yancey.¹Robert Yancey marriage record: “Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RSK-HJF?cc=1469062 : 28 November 2018), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Boston.

Note that the bride’s parents are listed as Albert and Sarah Overby. Sallie had an older brother Albert (married to Addie) and a sister-in-law Sarah (married to her brother William Jr.) and it’s possible that Albert was taking her father’s place at the wedding (maybe giving away the bride), as we believe her father was deceased at this time. Sarah might also have been a member of the wedding, Matron of Honor, perhaps. Sallie was from North Carolina, and Robert was from New Bedford, MA, where the wedding took place and where the couple settled down afterward.²1900 US Census New Bedford: Year: 1900; Census Place: New Bedford Ward 4, Bristol, Massachusetts; Roll: 637; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0190; FHL microfilm: 1240638. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/22799489:7602: accessed 4 Aug 2022. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. Sallie had a daughter, Georgia (b. 1890), from her previous marriage, who remained in North Carolina, though she took her new stepfather’s last name.³Georgia Macon Social Security death index: Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File. Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=3693&h=35517220&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2442: accessed 14 Aug 2022. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. Also living with Robert and Sallie in New Bedford was Sallie’s younger sister Mary who was working as a music teacher at the age of only 16.⁴1900 US Census New Bedford.

Robert and Sallie had one child that we know of: Friendrica D. Yancey. She was born in either 1906 or 1908, in either New Bedford or possibly in Michigan; records confusingly disagree.⁵1906 and New Bedford: Friendrica death certificate: North Carolina State Archives; Raleigh, North Carolina; North Carolina Death Certificates. Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1851309:1121: accessed 10 Aug 2022. Original data: North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.

1908 and Michigan: 1920 US Census Durham: Year: 1920; Census Place: Durham Ward 3, Durham, North Carolina; Roll: T625_1292; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 55. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/27190222:6061: accessed 7 Aug 2022. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City). Her short life must have had more than its share of confusion, as the family cannot be located in the 1910 census. It appears that her parents separated, with Sally and Friendrica moving back to Durham sometime between 1908 and 1918, and Robert ending up remarried in New Jersey.⁶Sallie’s return: 1920 US Census Durham.

Robert’s remarriage: Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/32516328:6482: accessed 6 Aug 2022. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm. Sallie died in 1918, when Friendrica was only 12.⁷Sallie Yancey death certificate: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1736620:1121: accessed 4 Aug 2022. Original data: North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina. Her aunt Mary’s family adopted her, but then Friendrica herself died of tuberculosis in 1920.⁸Adoption: 1920 US Census Durham.

Death: Friendrica Yancey death certificate. Her name was rendered as “Friendrica DeYancy” (rather than “Friendrica D. Yancey”), on her death certificate, adding to the confusion.

BORN: 1906.¹⁰Friendrica Yancey death certificate

DIED: 25 March 1920.¹¹Friendrica Yancey death certificate

BIRTH PLACE: New Bedford, MA.¹²Friendrica Yancey death certificate

DEATH PLACE: Durham NC.¹³Friendrica Yancey death certificate

SPOUSE: N/A

PARENTS: Robert Deyancy [sic] and Sallie Overby.¹⁴Friendrica Yancey death certificate

CHILDREN: N/A

OTHER FAMILY: N/A

FAMILY BURIED IN GEER CEMETERY: Great-grandmother Hannah Williamson. Grandmother Amy Overby. Mother Sallie Overby Yancey. Uncle Anderson Overby. Uncle and adoptive father James Armstead.

OCCUPATION: Student.¹⁵Friendrica Yancey death certificate

CHURCH: N/A

AFFILIATIONS: N/A

ADDRESS: 509 Pine Street.¹⁶Friendrica Yancey death certificate

MILITARY SERVICE: N/A