Jane Matilda Bolin (1908 - 2007)

Born 11 Apr 1908 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States

Ancestors

Died 8 Jan 2007 at age 98 in Queens, New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Jane Bolin is Notable.

Jane Matilda Bolin, LL.B. was the first black woman to graduate from Yale Law School, the first to join the New York City Bar Association and the first to join the New York City Law Department. She became the first black woman to serve as a judge in the United States when she was sworn into the bench of the New York City Domestic Relations Court in 1939. ^[1]

Jane Matilda Bolin was the daughter of Gaius Bolin and Matilda Emery. She was born in Poughkeepsie, New York on April 11, 1908. ^[2][3]

Her father practiced law in Poughkeepsie, New York. ^[4]

She graduated from Poughkeepsie High School and attended Wellesley College. It was reported in 1924 that Jane had been added to the honor record in her freshman year at Wellesley. ^[5]

She died in 2007 ^[3] and is interred at Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Jane Bolin Wikipedia entry.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVN-XJDX : 1 August 2020), Jane Matilda Bolin, ; Burial, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States of America, Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery; citing Find A Grave: Memorial #17378984.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VM6D-WPG : 23 August 2020), Jane Bolin, 08 Jan 2007; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ2D-CH4 : accessed 29 September 2020), Gaius C Bolin, Poughkeepsie Ward 7, Dutchess, New York, United States; citing ED 58, sheet 1A, line 21, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1098; FHL microfilm 1,821,098.
5. ↑ The Poughkeepsie Eagle News, 2 Oct 1924, p. 3, col. 2. clipping.

See also:

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ2D-CH8 : accessed 29 September 2020), Jame M Bolin in household of Gaius C Bolin, Poughkeepsie Ward 7, Dutchess, New York, United States; citing ED 58, sheet 1A, line 25, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1098; FHL microfilm 1,821,098.
• "New York State Census, 1925," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSW9-5C5 : 8 November 2014), Jane M Bolin, Poughkeepsie Ward 07, A.D. 02, E.D. 04, Dutchess, New York, United States; records extracted by Ancestry and images digitized by FamilySearch; citing p. 1, line 44, New York State Archives, Albany.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7C4-CH4 : accessed 29 September 2020), Jane M Bolin in household of Gaius Bolin Sr., Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 60, sheet 6A, line 25, family 147, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1420; FHL microfilm 2,341,155.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQGD-5L4 : 27 July 2019), Jane Bolin in household of R E Mizelle, Assembly District 17, Manhattan, New York City, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31-1547, sheet 4B, line 57, family 95, 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 2661.