Born about in Virginia, United States
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Lemuel Cuffee
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Lemuel Emmerson Cuffee and Chestena (Cuffee) Smith
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Bernice (Smith) Cuffee is a part of US Black heritage.
Bessie Smith was born about 1845.
Named Bernetta Smith in daughter Barnetta’s death record.
Bernice Cuffee was head of a household in Butts Rd Norfolk in 1900 consisting of herself a widow age 56, daughter Barneta 16, daughter Cassana 10 and mother[in-law] Sallie Cuffee age 87.
Sources
- 1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1870; Census Place: Butts Road, Norfolk, Virginia; Roll: M593_1666; Page: 16A
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #37471655
Burnice Cuffey (28), Keeping House, on Butts Road, Norfolk, Virginia. Born in Virginia. - 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1880; Census Place: Butts Road, Norfolk, Virginia; Roll: 1380; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 059
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #42826710
Bernice Cuffee (37), wife, in household of Lemuel Cuffee (39) on Butts Road, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Born in Virginia.
- Death of daughter Armenta Smith: "Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014"
Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9278 #750171424
Bernice [Bessie?] Smith in death record for daughter Armenta Smith, 10 Dec 1938, wife of Lemuel Cuffie, in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
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Rejected matches › Elizabeth Jane Smith (1847-) › Elizabeth Smith (1843-) › Elizabeth C (Smith) Knox (abt.1845-abt.1897)
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