James Edward Yancey (1898 - 1951)

Born 20 Feb 1898 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Estella (Harris) Yancey — married 1917 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Died 17 Sep 1951 at age 53 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

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Biography

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Jimmy Yancey was as a boogie-woogie style pianist and performed with his wife, Estelle, as "Jimmy and Mama Yancey." He played baseball during WWI with the Negro league Chicago All-Americans.^[1]

James Edward Yancey was born in 1898.^[2] He was the son of Moses Yancey and Irene Owsley.

He died in 1951^[3] and is buried in Lincoln Cemetery in Blue Island, Illinois.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia
2. ↑ Military: "U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
   Registration State: Illinois; Registration County: Cook
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6482 #9613101
   Name: James Edward Yancey; Race: Black; Birth Date: 20 Feb 1900; Residence Date: 1917-1918; Street Address: 3146 Federal; Residence Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Draft Board: 04; Physical Build: Medium; Height: Short; Hair Color: Black; Eye Color: Brown; Mother: Irene D Yancey.
3. ↑ Obituary: "U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current"
   The South Bend Tribune; Publication Date: 18 Sep 1951; Publication Place: South Bend, Indiana, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/515064875/?article=45e116a1-874b-4eec-a88b-c1c6e751f1c0&focus=0.7401758,0.5770512,0.8590951,0.70119256&xid=3355
   Ancestry Record 61843 #503670473
   Name: Jimmy Yancey; Gender: Male; Residence Place: Chicago; Death Date: 18 Sep 1951; Death Place: Chicago; Obituary Date: 18 Sep 1951; Obituary Place: South Bend, Indiana, USA; Newspaper Title: The South Bend Tribune.
4. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #103345975
   Memorial page for Jimmy Yancey Famous memorial (20 Feb 1898-17 Sep 1951), citing Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois, USA (plot: Section TLA); Maintained by Find a Grave.

• 1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 3, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_243; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0241; FHL microfilm: 1374256
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #104425091
  James E Yancy (9), single son, in household of Irene Yancy (35) in Chicago Ward 3, Cook, Illinois, USA. Born in Illinois.
• 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1940; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: m-t0627-00923; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 103-97
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #143767063
  James Yarcey (41), married, Janitor, head of household in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Born in Illinois.
• 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
  United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 3930; Sheet Number: 17; Enumeration District: 103-277
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #221773019
  James Yancey (52), married head of household in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Born in Illinois.

See also:

• Jimmy Yancey