Valeniza Pauline (Burke) Marshall (1929 - 2019)

Born 9 Apr 1929 in Brooklyn, New York, United States

Died 12 Aug 2019 at age 90 in Richmond, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Paule (Burke) Marshall is Notable.

Paule (Burke) Marshall has Barbadian Ancestry.

Paule (Burke) Marshall is a part of US Black heritage.

Paule Marshall was an American writer, best known for her 1959 debut novel Brown Girl, Brownstones. ^[1]

Her obituary in the New York Times newspaper says her novels "created strong female characters, evoked the linguistic rhythms of Barbadian speech, and forged an early link between the African-American and Caribbean literary canons."

"In addition to her son, she is survived by two grandchildren and a stepdaughter, Rosemond Menard Webb. Her marriages to Kenneth Marshall and Nourry Menard ended in divorce." New York Times 8/16/2019

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paule_Marshall

• "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24KG-H6R : 12 March 2018), Valeniza Pauline Burke, 1937; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4L6-RQC : accessed 16 April 2023), Pauline Burke in household of Samuel Burke, Brooklyn (Districts 0001-0250), Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 109, sheet 11B, line 63, family 220, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1514; FHL microfilm 2,341,249.

See also:

• https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/16/books/paule-marshall-dead.html
• https://projecthbw.ku.edu/uncategorized/remembering-paule-marshall/