Virginia West (Jackson) Kiah (1911 - 2001)

Born 3 Jun 1911 in East St. Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Died 28 Dec 2001 at age 90 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Virginia (Jackson) Kiah is Notable.

Virginia Jackson Kiah was an educator and artist who spent a large part of her life in Savannah, Georgia, where Kiah Hall at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAP) is named for her. Virginia was on the Board of Trustees for SCAD between 1987 and 1997.^[1]

Virginia was born in 1911. She was the daughter of Keiffer Albert Jackson and LIllie May Carroll. ^[2] In 1930 Virginia was living with her parents and siblings in Baltimore, Maryland.^[3]

In 1940 she was living with her husband Calvin Kiah in Cambridge, Maryland.^[4]

She passed away in 2001. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia entry for Virginia Jackson Kiah
2. ↑ 2001 Social Security: "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007"
   Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007
   Ancestry Record 60901 #804349219 (accessed 7 November 2023)
   Name: Virginia J Kiah; Gender: Female; Birth Date: 3 Jun 1911; Death Date: 28 Dec 2001; Claim Date: 11 Dec 1973.
3. ↑ 1930 Census: "1930 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1930; Census Place: Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 0280; FHL microfilm: 2340596
   Ancestry Record 6224 #104803072 (accessed 7 November 2023)
   Virginia W Jackson (18), single daughter, in household of Keiffer Jackson (40) in Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA. Born in Illinois.
4. ↑ 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1940; Census Place: Cambridge, Dorchester, Maryland; Roll: m-t0627-01547; Page: 23B; Enumeration District: 10-13
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #149122587 (accessed 7 November 2023)
   Virginia West Kiah (28), wife, Fistrat, in household of Colvin Lycurgus Kiah (29) in Cambridge, Dorchester, Maryland. Born in Maryland.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210996373/virginia-west-kiah : accessed 03 January 2022), memorial page for Virginia West Jackson Kiah (3 Jun 1911–28 Dec 2001), Find a Grave Memorial ID 210996373, citing Hillcrest Abbey East Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Deborah Johnson-Simon (contributor 50445019) .

See also:

• Wikidata: Item Q112088523