Oscar Devereaux (Michaux) Micheaux (1884 - 1951)

Born 2 Jan 1884 in Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Orlean E (McCracken) Micheaux — married 20 Apr 1910 (to before 1916) in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Husband of Sarah Francis (Rutledge) Micheaux — married 24 Jun 1916 (to 12 Mar 1925) in Neligh, Antelope, Nebraska, United States

Husband of Alice Burton Russell — married 1926 in New York City, New York, United States

Died 25 Mar 1951 at age 67 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Oscar (Michaux) Micheaux is Notable.

Oscar Micheaux was an American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Micheaux is regarded as the first major African-American feature filmmaker, a prominent producer of race film, and has been described as "the most successful African-American filmmaker of the first half of the 20th century". He produced both silent films and sound films.^[1]

Oscar Micheaux, son of Calvin Michaux and Belle Gough, was born in 1884. In 1926, he married Alice Burton Russell.^[2]

He died in 1951.^[3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia: Oscar Micheaux
2. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78093230/marriage-of-russell-micheaux/
3. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPH7-6XL : 10 February 2018), Oscar Michaeux, 25 Mar 1951; citing Charlotte, Mecklenburg, N. C., v 6A cn 6283, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,926,820.
4. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78093402/obituary-for-oscar-michaux/

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS42-F1J : accessed 7 February 2018), Oscar Mrecaux in household of Swan Mrecaux, Metropolis Precinct Metropolis city Ward 1-2, Massac, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 54, sheet 1A, family 4, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,329.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4GB-THQ : accessed 21 May 2021), Os Micheaux, Manhattan (Districts 1001-1249), New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1226, sheet 34B, line 52, family 163, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1578; FHL microfilm 2,341,313.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQTX-41Q : accessed 7 February 2018), Oscar Micheaux, Assembly District 11, Manhattan, New York City, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31-913, sheet 14A, line 38, family 249, 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 2645.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #2540

See also:

• Wikidata: Item Q1354247, en:Wikipedia
• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3501904/