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In June 1897, Sallie Macon<\/strong>, nee Overby, married Robert D. Yancey.1<\/a><\/sup>Robert Yancey marriage record: “Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915,” database with images, FamilySearch (https:\/\/familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/3:1:33S7-9RSK-HJF?cc=1469062<\/a> : 28 November 2018), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Boston. 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.5<\/a><\/sup>1906 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<\/a>: 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. BORN<\/strong>: 1906.10<\/a><\/sup>Friendrica Yancey death certificate<\/span> <\/p>\n 1906\u201325 March 1920 Last updated: 21 Aug 2022 In June 1897, Sallie Macon, nee Overby, married Robert D. Yancey. Sallie was from North Carolina, and Robert was from New Bedford, MA, where the wedding took place and where the couple settled down afterward. 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\n\n\n\nNote that the bride\u2019s 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\u2019s possible that Albert was taking her father\u2019s 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.<\/span> Sallie was from North Carolina, and Robert was from New Bedford, MA, where the wedding took place and where the couple settled down afterward.2<\/a><\/sup>1900 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<\/a>: 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.<\/span> Sallie had a daughter, Georgia (b. 1890), from her previous marriage, who remained in North Carolina, though she took her new stepfather\u2019s last name.3<\/a><\/sup>Georgia 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<\/a>: accessed 14 Aug 2022. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.<\/span> Also living with Robert and Sallie in New Bedford was Sallie\u2019s younger sister Mary who was working as a music teacher at the age of only 16.4<\/a><\/sup>1900 US Census New Bedford.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n1908 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:<\/a> 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).<\/span> 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.6<\/a><\/sup>Sallie\u2019s return: 1920 US Census Durham.
\n\n\n\nRobert\u2019s 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:<\/a> 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.<\/span> Sallie died in 1918, when Friendrica was only 12.7<\/a><\/sup>Sallie 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:<\/a> 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.<\/span> Her aunt Mary\u2019s family adopted her, but then Friendrica herself died of tuberculosis in 1920.8<\/a><\/sup>Adoption: 1920 US Census Durham.
\n\n\n\nDeath: Friendrica Yancey death certificate.<\/span> Her name was rendered as \u201cFriendrica DeYancy\u201d (rather than \u201cFriendrica D. Yancey\u201d), on her death certificate, adding to the confusion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/friendsofgeercemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/default-1024x1024.jpg\")
DIED<\/strong>: 25 March 1920.11<\/a><\/sup>Friendrica Yancey death certificate<\/span>
BIRTH PLACE<\/strong>: New Bedford, MA.12<\/a><\/sup>Friendrica Yancey death certificate<\/span>
DEATH PLACE<\/strong>: Durham NC.13<\/a><\/sup>Friendrica Yancey death certificate<\/span>
SPOUSE<\/strong>: N\/A
PARENTS<\/strong>: Robert Deyancy [sic] and Sallie Overby.14<\/a><\/sup>Friendrica Yancey death certificate<\/span>
CHILDREN<\/strong>: N\/A
OTHER FAMILY<\/strong>: N\/A
FAMILY BURIED IN GEER CEMETERY<\/strong>: Great-grandmother Hannah Williamson. Grandmother Amy Overby. Mother Sallie Overby Yancey. Uncle Anderson Overby. Uncle and adoptive father James Armstead.
OCCUPATION<\/strong>: Student.15<\/a><\/sup>Friendrica Yancey death certificate<\/span>
CHURCH<\/strong>: N\/A
AFFILIATIONS<\/strong>: N\/A
ADDRESS<\/strong>: 509 Pine Street.16<\/a><\/sup>Friendrica Yancey death certificate<\/span>
MILITARY SERVICE<\/strong>: N\/A<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nNote that the bride\u2019s 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\u2019s possible that Albert was taking her father\u2019s 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.<\/div><\/li>
\n\n\n\n1908 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:<\/a> 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).<\/div><\/li>
\n\n\n\nRobert\u2019s 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:<\/a> 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.<\/div><\/li>
\n\n\n\nDeath: Friendrica Yancey death certificate.<\/div><\/li>