Alexander Du Bois (abt. 1803 - 1887)

Born about 1803 in Long Cay, Acklins and Crooked Islands, Bahamas [uncertain]

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Died 9 Dec 1887 at about age 84 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

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Alexander Du Bois is part of a Bahamian family.

Alexander Du Bois is a part of US Black heritage.

The marriage record for Alexander's son Alfred Dubois names Alfred's parents as Alexander Dubois and Sarah.^[1]

Alexander Du Bois married Mary Emily Jaclyn, who was born in New Milford, Connecticut. In 1840 they lived in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.^[2] In 1860 they were farming in Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.^[3] In 1865 he was in Springfield, Ward 02, Hampden County, Massachusetts.^[4]

Alexander Du Bois married Annie. They lived in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.^[5]

Alexander died from peritonitis at age 84 on 9 December 1887, at 93 Acushnet Ave. in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The death records describe him as colored, and indicate that he was born in the Bahamas; his father was James, who was born in New York; and his mother's name was unknown, but she was born at Long Cay (in the Bahamas). He was recorded as married at the time of his death. New Bedford record created in 1903 indicates that he was buried in New Haven, but a FindAGrave memorial (without gravestone image) indicates that he was buried in New Bedford.^{[6][7][8] [9]}

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-QQJC : accessed 29 April 2016), Alfred Dubois and Mary S. Burghardt, 05 Feb 1867; citing Marriage, Great Barrington, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 250,306.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBH-VN7 : 15 August 2017), Alexender Dubois, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 63, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 27; FHL microfilm 3,021.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZCL-1T4 : 12 December 2017), Alexander Dubois, 1860.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQCC-78Z : 2 April 2016), Alexander Du Bois, Springfield, Ward 02, Hampden, Massachusetts; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 954,565.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH67-SMP : 15 August 2017), Alexander Dubois, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 116, sheet 249D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0525; FHL microfilm 1,254,525.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHHW-QZ9 : 10 February 2018), Alexander Dubois, 09 Dec 1887; citing , reference 83; FHL microfilm 577,281.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWQN-15C : 10 December 2014), Alexander Dubois, 09 Dec 1887; citing New Bedford, Massachusetts, v 382 p 149, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,234.
8. ↑ Death Record of Alexander Dubois, City of New Bedford, created 14 May 1903. W. E. B. Du Bois Papers (MS 312). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
9. ↑ ‘’Find A Grave,’’ database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 February 2018), memorial page for Alexander Dubois (1804–9 Dec 1887), Find A Grave: Memorial #157202610, citing Rural Cemetery, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493) .

• Lewis, David Levering. W. E. B. Du Bois, 1868-1919: Biography of a Race. Henry Holt and Company, 1994. Google Books preview at https://books.google.com/books?id=tSoFQEbmhyMC