Jacob Armstead Lawrence (1917 - 2000)

Born 7 Sep 1917 in Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States

Ancestors

Died 9 Jun 2000 at age 82 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States

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Biography

Jacob Lawrence is Notable.

Jacob Lawrence was awarded the Spingarn Medal for outstanding achievement by an African American.

Jacob Lawrence served in the United States Coast Guard in World War II
Service started: Oct 1943
Unit(s):
Service ended:

• Painter, African-American life^[1]
• c1925 Foster care, Philadelphia^[1]
• Works Project Administration - where he met his future wife
• 24 July 1941 m. Gwendolyn Knight^[1][2][3]
• Oct 1943 US Coast Guard, USCGC Sea Cloud
• 1970 University of Washington

Jacob was born in 1917 in New Jersey. His parents were Jacob Lawrence (aka Laurence) and Rose Lee Armstead. By 1920, the family was living in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, where his father worked as a cook in a hotel and his mother was a servant "working out.".^[4]

By 1930, Jacob was living with his mother and siblings in Manhattan, New York County, New York. His mother was listed as married on the census but his father was not in the home. She worked as a servant in a private home.^[5] They were still in Manhattan in 1940.^[6]

On his marriage record to Gwendolyn Clarine Knight in 1941, his parents were noted as Jacob Laurence and Rose Lee Laurence. The certificate number is 12939. The following information was listed on the transcription on Ancestry:^[7]

• Name: Jacob Laurence
• Jacob Armstead Laurence]
• Gender: Male
• Race: Colored (Black)
• Age: 23
• Birth Date: 7 Sep 1917
• Birth Place: Atlantic City, NJ
• Marriage Date: 24 Jul 1941
• Marriage Place: New York, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
• Residence Street Address: 33 W. 125 St.
• Residence Place: New York City
• Occupation: Artist
• Father: Jacob Laurence
• Mother : Rose Lee Laurence
• Spouse: Gwendolyn Clarine Knight
• Certificate Number: 12939
• Current Marriage Number: 0
• Witness 1: Millicent L James
• Witness 2: R J Maloney

The U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, shows the following information:^[8]

• Name: Jacob Armstead Lawrence
• [Jacob Lawrence]
• Gender: Male
• Race: Black
• Birth Date: 7 Sep 1917
• Birth Place: Atlantic City, New Jersey
• [Atlantic Cit]
• Death Date: 9 Jun 2000
• Father: Jacob Laurence
• Mother: Rose Armstead
• SSN: 073166851
• Notes: Sep 1939: Name listed as JACOB ARMSTEAD LAWRENCE; 15 Sep 2000: Name listed as JACOB LAWRENCE

Jacob passed away in Seattle, Washington, in 2000.^[9][10][11]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Wikipedia: Jacob Lawrence, accessed 17 Feb 2019.
2. ↑ Wikipedia: Gwendolyn Knight, accessed 17 Feb 2019.
3. ↑ "Artists in Love." The Art Assignment. 13 Feb 2019. Youtube. 14 Feb 2019.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXMW-KPZ : accessed 3 September 2020), Jacob A Lawerence in household of Jacob Lawerence, Easton Ward 5, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 113, sheet 4A, line 42, family 72, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1609; FHL microfilm 1,821,609.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4LZ-8VR : accessed 3 September 2020), Jacob Laurence in household of Rose Laurence, Manhattan (Districts 0751-1000), New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 997, sheet 23A, line 31, family 565, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1576; FHL microfilm 2,341,311.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQST-Y98 : 15 December 2019), Jacob Lawerence in household of Rose Lawerence, Assembly District 22, Manhattan, New York City, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31-1956, sheet 19A, line 30, family 493, 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 2672.
7. ↑ Ancestry.com. New York, New York, Index to Marriage Licenses, 1908-1910, 1938-1940 [database on-line]
8. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]
9. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VSXK-VP2 : 21 August 2020), Jacob Lawrence, 09 Jun 2000; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
10. ↑ "Washington Death Index, 1965-2014," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLW9-JH6C : 13 July 2017), Jacob Lawrence, 09 Jun 2000, King, Washington, United States; from the Department of Health, Death Index, 1907-1960; 1965-2014, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives (https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Collections/TitleInfo/472 : n.d.); Citing Washington State Department of Health.
11. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4V-B3MD : accessed 3 September 2020), Jacob Laurence, Washington, United States, 16 Jun 2000; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Seattle Post-Intelligencer, born-digital text.

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