Born in Georgia, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Arnaud Wendell Bontemps
— married
26 Aug 1926 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Joan Marie (Bontemps) Williams, [private son (1920s - unknown)], Poppy Alberta (Bontemps) Booker, [private daughter (1930s - unknown)], [private daughter (1940s - unknown)] and [private son (1940s - unknown)]
Died
at age 97
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Feb 2018
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Biography
Alberta (Johnson) Bontemps is a part of US Black heritage.
Alberta was born in 1906. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in the 1980s, shortly after her daughter, Poppy, died of the same disease.[1] Alberta passed away in 2004.
According to her social security application, Alberta's parents were Edward Johnson and Phoebe Wilson.
Sources
- FamilySearch Family Tree Profile https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/about/LBD1-269
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X764-BWG : accessed 8 February 2018), Alberta Bontemp in household of Arna Bontemp, Bronx (Districts 251-500), Bronx, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 497, sheet 15A, line 15, family 306, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1482; FHL microfilm 2,341,217.
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWTR-8TG : accessed 8 February 2018), Alberta Bontemps in household of Arna W Bontemps, Ward 4, Chicago, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103-220, sheet 3A, line 11, family 46, 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 928.
- Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.
- Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #27346103 (accessed 6 October 2023)
Memorial page for Alberta B. Johnson Bontemps (1906-2004), citing Greenwood Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Taneya Koonce (contributor 46908256).
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