Father: Guy King
Mother: Maggie Johnson
Marital status: Widowed
Informant: Albennie Barnes
1940 US Census
According to the census, the Ross Barnes family was living in Plateau, in Mobile County, Alabama and consisted of the following household members. Their approximate ages are listed in parentheses. Note: the surname is listed as Barner in the census which is an apparent transcription error.
Ross Barnes - head of household (46); Sylvia Barnes - his wife(45); Ross ,Jr. - son (27), Ordway - son (17); and Aldemir (possibly Albennie) - daughter (18).
Grave plot location note: The grave location is based on the College of William and Mary's Africatown Archaeological Project 2010 research database of graves in the Old Plateau Cemetery. The cemetery map they created uses the "ID# for GIS" as the location ID. This information is only for the OLD section, and not those buried in the new section.
The name listed in the William & Mary database for this location is ?yliar Barnes with a death date of October 23, 1956. This death date is consistent with the death date listed on the death certificate for Sylvia Barnes who was interred in Plateau Cemetery on October 27, 1956.
A copy of this database & map is on file with the Mobile Public Library - Local History & Genealogy, Mobile, Alabama and at the Dora Franklin Finley African-American Heritage Trail (DFFAAHT) website https://www.dffaaht.org.
Father: Guy King
Mother: Maggie Johnson
Marital status: Widowed
Informant: Albennie Barnes
1940 US Census
According to the census, the Ross Barnes family was living in Plateau, in Mobile County, Alabama and consisted of the following household members. Their approximate ages are listed in parentheses. Note: the surname is listed as Barner in the census which is an apparent transcription error.
Ross Barnes - head of household (46); Sylvia Barnes - his wife(45); Ross ,Jr. - son (27), Ordway - son (17); and Aldemir (possibly Albennie) - daughter (18).
Grave plot location note: The grave location is based on the College of William and Mary's Africatown Archaeological Project 2010 research database of graves in the Old Plateau Cemetery. The cemetery map they created uses the "ID# for GIS" as the location ID. This information is only for the OLD section, and not those buried in the new section.
The name listed in the William & Mary database for this location is ?yliar Barnes with a death date of October 23, 1956. This death date is consistent with the death date listed on the death certificate for Sylvia Barnes who was interred in Plateau Cemetery on October 27, 1956.
A copy of this database & map is on file with the Mobile Public Library - Local History & Genealogy, Mobile, Alabama and at the Dora Franklin Finley African-American Heritage Trail (DFFAAHT) website https://www.dffaaht.org.
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