Leona (Edwards) McCauley (1888 - 1979)

Born 2 Apr 1888 in Pine Level, Montgomery, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James McCauley — married 17 Apr 1912 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA

Died 12 Dec 1979 at age 91 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

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Leona (Edwards) McCauley is a part of US Black heritage.

Biography

She was the mother of the Civil Rights Activist Rosa Parks.^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ [McCauley familtree on Familysearch.org]
2. ↑ [Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950]

• 1900 Census

Leona Edwards [Leona Edward] Age: 13 Birth Date: Apr 1887 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1900: Pine Level, Montgomery, Alabama Race: Black Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Daughter Marital Status: Single Father's name: Sylvester Edwards Father's Birthplace: Alabama Mother's name: Rosy Edwards Mother's Birthplace: Alabama Occupation: View on Image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Sylvester Edwards 42 Rosy Edwards 38 Fanny Edwards 18 Bessie Edwards 16 Leona Edwards 13 Lora L Perceville 3 Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Pine Level, Montgomery, Alabama; Roll: 34; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0116; FHL microfilm: 1240034

• FindAGrave

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXDH-53S : accessed 5 February 2020), Leona McCauley in household of Sylvester Edwards, Pine Level, Montgomery, Alabama, United States; citing ED 120, sheet 3B, line 100, family 60, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 36; FHL microfilm 1,820,036.