Rosanna (Carter) Alexander (1887 - 1970)

Born 1887 in Virginia, United States

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Died 17 May 1970 at about age 83 in Gallipolis, Gallia, Ohio, United States

Biography

Rosanna (Carter) Alexander is a part of US Black heritage.

Rosanna Carter was born in 2 Apr 1887 in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, United States of America, where she grew up. She was the daughter of Angus Rollins Carter, a hotel cook, and Regelia M. Sammons.^[1][2][3]

Rosanna married Harry Alexander on 12 Nov 1913 in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia.^[4] They had four children; their daughter Marian Regelia (Alexander) Spencer (1920-2019) would go on to become a noted civil rights activist and vice mayor in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1920^[5] and 1930^[6], the couple and their children were living in the home of her father-in-law, Henry Alexander, in Gallipolis, Gallia, Ohio.

By 1940, the couple had their own home and were still living in Gallipolis, Gallia, Ohio.^[7]

Rosanna passed away on 17 May 1970 in Gallipolis.^[8] Burial was in the Pine Street Colored Cemetery in Gallipolis.^[9]

Research Notes

• Parents, siblings from 1900 and 1910 census need profiles created.

Sources

1. ↑ West Virginia, Cabell County, Birth Records, [volume unknown], p. 157, #6 Rosana Carter, 2 Apr 1887; database with images, "Vital Research Records Project," West Virginia Archives and History, index and Record Image, accessed 24 Jan 2022.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," ED 13, Huntington city Ward 3, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; sheet 3B, family 60, dwelling 60, lines 74-82, Rosa Carter in A.R. Carter household; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9CD-P56
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," ED 32, Huntington Ward 3, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; sheet 7A, family 134, dwelling 125, 1688 Artisan Avenue, Rosa Carter in A.R. Carter household; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPFB-WMB
4. ↑ West Virginia, Cabell County, Marriage Records, [volume unknown], p. 66, Harry Alexander and Rosanna Carter, 12 Nov 1913; database with images, "Vital Research Records Project," West Virginia Archives and History, Index and Record Image, accessed 24 Jan 2022.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDBJ-H3J : 3 February 2021), Rosana Alexander in entry for Henry Alexander, 1920.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X47Z-BM3 : accessed 18 February 2021), Rosanna Alexander in household of Henry Alexander, Gallipolis, Gallia, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 5B, line 98, family 157, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1803; FHL microfilm 2,341,537.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWXJ-77W : 9 January 2021), Rosanne Alexander in household of Harry Alexander, Gallipolis Township, Gallia, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 27-8, sheet 6B, line 41, family 128, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3072.
8. ↑ Mrs. Rosanna Alexander obituary, The Cincinnati [Ohio] Enquirer, 19 May 1970, p. 19, col. 1; image copy, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93335307/obituary-for-rosanna-alexander/ : accessed 24 Jan 2022).
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 February 2021), memorial page for Rosanna C. Alexander (1887–1970), Find A Grave: Memorial #14022873, citing Pine Street Colored Cemetery, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Joe Woolweaver (contributor 16122339) .