Howard
A.
Black
Born in New Brunswick
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Black
and Mary Elizabeth (Watts) Black
Brother of
Hannah A. Black, Florence G. (Black) Reed, Henry S. Black, Frank Watts Black and Charles Albert Black
Husband of
Minerva (Lowell) Black
— married
3 Oct 1883 in Calais, Washington, Maine, United States
Father of
Elizabeth Lowell (Black) Chapin and Florence Atwood Black
Died
at age 83
in New York City, New York, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Nov 2020
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Biography
Howard A. Black was born in January 1855, the eldest son of Samuel Black and Mary Elizabeth Watts. For unknown reasons he was absent from the 1860 Census. Howard grew up in Calais, Maine where his father worked as a telegraph operator, then became the station manager. By 1900 Howard, who was also a telegrapher, ran the station. By 1905, Howard had relocated to Brooklyn, New York. Howard married Minerva Lowell in 1883. He died in New York City in 1938 at age 83 and was buried in Moravian Cemetery. ( Age 15 in 1870 Calais census. Born in NB. Not listed in 1860.)
Sources
- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KHPK-7FD
- 1860 United States Federal Census, Calais, Maine, Samuel Black 24, telegrapher, Mary E. Black 25, Hannah A. Black 5, born N.B., Florence G. Black 3, Henry S. Black 1, Benjamin S. Black 18 (Samuel's brother), telegrapher, Sarah Watts 66, Maria Watts 22, Margaret Finton 17, servant
- 1870 United States Federal Census, Calais, Maine, Samuel Black 33, Mary Black 32, HOWARD BLACK 15, Florence Black 13, Frank Black 5, Sarah Watts 76, Maria Watts 29
- Marriage, Eastport Sentinal, Eastport, Maine, 1818-1900, Minerva Black- Howard Black, 3 Oct 1883, NEHGS Library, p. 363, In Calais, 3 Oct 1883, Howard A. Black to Minevra Lowell (Minerva), posted 03 Jun 2017 on Ancestry by eliz_handler
- 1900 United States Federal Census, Calais, Washington, Maine, HOWARD A. BLACK 46, manager Western Telegraph, Minerva L. Black 43, wife, Elizabeth Black 15, daughter, Florence Black 12, daughter, Samuel Black 64, father, widowed, Western Telegraph, assistant manager, Reuben Lowell 73, father-in-law, Lucy Cady 19, servant, Richardson 27, boarder, Immigration Year for Howard A. Black, 1856, Marriage year for Howard A. Black 1883
- New York, New York, Index to Death Certificates, 1862-1948, HOWARD A. BLACK, married, born 21 Jan 1855 Canada, Death 16 Feb 1938 New York City, burial 18 Feb 1938 Moravian Cemetery, Telegrapher, father Samuel W. Black, mother Mary Black, spouse Minerva Black
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