Jane Grace Blalock

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• Name	Jane Grace Blalock  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Born	29 Sep 1893 Huntsville, Butler, Kentucky, USA [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  Birth	1898 Kentucky, USA [9]
  Residence	1900 York, York, Pennsylvania, USA [5]  –  Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter
  Residence	1910 Ward 4, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 4, 6, 7]  –  StreetAddress: Liberty Street; 16 Age: 16; AttendedSchool: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0063; NativeLanguageCode: English; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Daughter RelationToHead: Daughter
  Wedding Announcement	22 Jun 1918 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [10]
  Residence	1920 Ward 9, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [8]  –  Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head: Daughter
  Arrival	13 Feb 1927 Key West, Monroe, Florida, USA [11]
  Ethnicity	American [1]
  Race	Black [1]
  Race	Negro [9]
  Name	Jane B. Charleston [9, 12]
  Name	Jane B. Charleston [13]
  Name	Jane Charleston [11]
  Name	Jane Charleston [14]
  Name	Jane Grace Blalock Howard Charleston
  Name	Jane Grace Howard [8]
  Name	Janie Blalock [9, 12]
  Residence	1928 12 South 16th, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [14]
  Residence	1935 Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA [9]
  Residence	1940 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [9]  –  StreetAddress: S 16th Street; 42 Age: 42; Filing Clerk Occupation: Filing Clerk; AttendedSchool: No; CityWard: 9; ClassofWorker: Wage or salary worker in Government work; EmploymentCode: 1; EmploymentDetails: No; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 22-51; GradeCompleted: College, 2nd year; HoursWorked: 40; Income: 300; IncomeOtherSources: No; IsEmployed: Yes; PublicEmergencyWork: No; ResidenceFarmNineteenThirtyFive: No; SeekingWork: No; WeeksWorked: 30; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Daughter RelationToHead: Daughter
  Died	27 Oct 1993 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [6, 7]
  Buried	​ Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [6, 7]
  Notes	My Contribution: I was a female African American teacher and leader in Harrisburg schools. I travelled and read widely. I was mar- ried to two influential men of Harrisburg: publisher Layton Howard and Baseball Hall of Famer Oscar Charleston. My Legacy: My legacy is all the young people whom I taught at the Downey and Wickersham schools. My work in city and state offices paved the way for more female African Americans to have high-qual- ity jobs in these offices. After 100 years of life, I was a cornerstone in my large family and was loved by many dear nieces and nephews. About Me: “Janie was tough and ‘always had spunk. She’d set any- body straight.’ Being active and useful lay at the corner of Janie’s identity; she hated nothing more than idleness. Books were central to Janie’s self-improvement ethic.” - from remembrances of her great niece Elizabeth Overton in Oscar Charleston: The Life and Legend of Baseball’s Greatest Forgotten Player, by Jeremy Beer, 2019. Full Name: Jane Grace Blalock; Jane (Blalock) Howard; Jane (Blalock) Charleston. Nickname: Janie Birth Date: September 29, 1893 Death Date: October 27, 1993 Place of Birth: Russelville, Kentucky Sex: Female Race: Black (1900, 1910, and 1920 Federal Censuses), “Negro” (1940 Federal Census) Places of Residence: 213 King Street, York, Pennsylvania; 114 Liberty Street and 12 S. 16th Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Connection to the Old Eighth Ward: Connection to the Old Eighth Ward: Daughter of Martin Blalock, prominent pastor of Wesley Union A.M.E. Zion Church; school teacher in the com- munity and active in social organizations Family Members: Grandmother: Margaret Williams. Father: Rev. Martin Luther Blalock. Mother: Betty E. (Scott) Blalock. Siblings: Margaret (Blalock) Marshall, Bessie Blalock, Martin Luther Blalock, Derwell Blalock, Rev. Charles Blalock, Mary Blalock. Husbands: M1: Layton Leroy How- ard (d. 1918), M2: Oscar Charleston Education: Central High School, Harrisburg. Teacher Training School, Harrisburg (1915). Occupations: Public school teacher and substitute teacher, Harrisburg School District. Transcriber, Recorder of Deeds office. Dauphin County Voter Registration Bureau Church Membership: Wesley Union A.M.E. Zion Church Activism: Wesley Union A.M.E. Zion Church Missionary Board; Leonidas Club; and Unity Social Club Connections: Layton Howard (hus- band), James H. Howard and William E. “Bud” Marshall (relatives).
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  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024

  
  
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  Father	Martin Luther Blalock, I (Age 83 years) b. 4 Aug 1858, Fayetteville, Fayette, Georgia, USA d. 21 Jan 1942, 12 South 16th, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Bettie Elizabeth Scott (Age 75 years) b. 25 Jul 1876, Jefferson, Alabama, USA d. 9 Sep 1951, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F26 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Layton Leroy Howard (Age 32 years) b. 20 Jan 1886, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 13 Oct 1918, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 32 years)
  Married	21 Jun 1918 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [2]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F42 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Oscar McKinley Charleston (Age 57 years) b. 12 Oct 1896, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA d. 5 Oct 1954, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 57 years)
  Married	21 Jun 1918 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [6, 7]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F3488 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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