Fredericka Douglass (Sprague) Perry (1880 - 1943)

Born 9 Aug 1880 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Edward Perry — married 3 Jul 1912 in Jackson, Missouri, United States

Died 23 Oct 1943 at age 63 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States

Biography

Fredericka (Sprague) Perry is a part of US Black heritage.

Frederica was born in 1880 in New York.

She was the daughter of Civil War veteran Nathan Sprague of the all-black 54th Massachusetts regiment and Rosetta Douglass, and the granddaughter of Anne Murray and Frederick Douglass.

Occupations

• Teacher

Residences

• 1900: 1528 15th Street Northwest, Washington, D.C. with her parents, siblings and Maud Porter

Census Race

• 1900: Black

Death

She passed away in 1943.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6C4-DP8 : 24 August 2017), Fredericka D Sprague in household of Nathan Sprague, Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 49, sheet 132D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0123; FHL microfilm 1,254,123.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch, accessed 10 January 2018, enumeration district (ED) 47, sheet 4B, family 45, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,160. as Fredricker D Sprague
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2YX-DGD : accessed 10 January 2018), Frederika Springer in household of William H Bell, Kansas Ward 11, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 136, sheet 5A, family 113, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 787; FHL microfilm 1,374,800.
• Ancestry.com. Missouri, Jackson County Marriage Records, 1840-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Marriage Records. Jackson County Clerk, Kansas City, Missouri.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8HN-P22 : accessed 10 January 2018), Fredericka Perry in household of John Perry, Kansas City Ward 10, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing ED 157, sheet 5B, line 91, family 135, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 926; FHL microfilm 1,820,926.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHVY-F4B : accessed 10 January 2018), Fredericka Perry in household of John E Perry, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 168, sheet 8B, line 54, family 251, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1199; FHL microfilm 2,340,934.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K74H-Z36 : accessed 10 January 2018), Frederika D Perry in household of John Edward Perry, Ward 11, Kansas City, Kaw Township, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 116-230, sheet 11B, line 53, family 281, 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 2175.
• Death certificate: https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1943/1943_00037441.PDF