Edward St. Clair Culpeper of Barbados & NY1,2

Male, #10340, (before 2 Jan 1867 - )

Parent*Edward Francis Culpeper of Barbados (14 Dec 1843 - a 1871)
Parent*Emily Rosina Lloyd of Barbados (b 1847 - a 1871)
Edward St. Clair Culpeper of Barbados & NY|b. before 2 Jan 1867|p10340.htm|Edward Francis Culpeper of Barbados|b. 14 Dec 1843\nd. after 1871|p10337.htm|Emily Rosina Lloyd of Barbados|b. before 1847\nd. after 1871|p10338.htm|Edward Culpeper of Barbados|b. say 1813|p42490.htm|Sarah E. (?)|b. say 1815|p42491.htm|||||||

Note* New York Naturalization Petition Index, 1907-24
Name: Edward Sinclair CULPEPPER
Address: 148 W. 73 St.
Volume #: 398
Page #. 156
Date: 03 May 1920. 
African* He was an African-American. 
Name Variation  Edward St. Clair Culpeper of Barbados & NY was also known as Culpepper of Barbados & NY. 
Name Variation  Edward St. Clair Culpeper of Barbados & NY was also known as Sinclair. 
Baptism2 Jan 1867 He was baptized at Christ Church, Barbados, on 2 Jan 1867.1  
Birth*before 2 Jan 1867 Edward was born at Barbados before 2 Jan 1867. 
 He was the son of Edward Francis Culpeper of Barbados and Emily Rosina Lloyd of Barbados. 
Marriage*say 1887 He married Alice Peters say 1887. 
1920 Census*1 Jan 1920 Edward was listed as the head of a family on the 1920 Census at New York City, New York Co., New York.3 
Death* He died at New York City, New York Co., New York. 
Biography* According to the Naturalization Index, Edward resided at 148 W 73rd St, New York, NY at the time of his naturalization on 3 May 1920.
Edward was married to "Alice PETERS of Barbados", b abt 1876 in St. Michael, Barbados, daughter of "Isabel PETERS of Barbados". Alice was a launderer, could read and write, and was 5' 4", and was Black. She immigrated on the S.S. Aidan on 20 May 1914, coming to join her husband "Edward St. C. Culpepper at 100 W 134th St, New York, NY. She became a naturalized citizen in 1920 and returned to Barbados on a visit for an unknown duration, re-entering Ellis Island on 6 Dec 1923, specifying her residence as 148 W 73rd St, New York, NY.
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In the 1920 Census (Ancestry.com, ED 553, Image 15) we find in the
household of John H. Abeal (A widowed white male, age 73) at 148 W 73rd St:
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      1. Sinclair Culpepper, Servant (Butler), Black, Married, Male, Age
53, immigrated 1912, naturalized 1917, born in Barbados, as were his
parents. [Note the 1917 date contradicts the 1920 naturalization date previously mentioned. I doubt that he was really naturalized at the time of the 1920 census]
      2. Alice Culpepper, Servant (Chambermaid), Black, Married, Female,
Age 45, immigrated 1914, naturalized 1917, born in Barbados, as were her parents.
      3. Mary Martindale, Servant (Cook), Black, Single, Female, Age 40,
immigrated 1912, still an alien, born in Guiana, as were her parents.
 

Family

Alice Peters (circa 1873 - )
Children

Charts The Black Culpeppers of Barbados and New York
Last Edited 16 Aug 2003

Citations

  1. Church of Latter Day Saints, compiler, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Intellectual Reserve, Inc..
    http://www.familysearch.org/
  2. American Family Immigration History Center, compiler, Ellis Island Records, The Statue of Liberty--Ellis Island Foundation Inc..
    http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/
  3. 1920 Federal Census, United States.
    148 West 73rd Street, Manhattan, New York Co., NY, ED 553, Page 8A
    Rents, Black
    Sinclair Culpeper, Servant, Male, 53, Md, Immigrated 1912, P2 1917,
    Barbados/Barbados/Barbados, Butler/Private Family
    Alice Culpeper, Servant, Female, 31, Md, Immigrated 1914, P2 1917,
    Barbados/Barbados/Barbados, Chamber Maid/Private Family.
  4. E-mail from Joan A. Culpepper-Morgan, MD, 15 Aug 2003, indentifying Louis E. Culpepper (born 5 Oct 1922) as the son of Lewis Culpepper (b 1898 in Barbados), son of Edward Sinclair Culpepper, Sr. (born c 1868).
  5. E-mail from Joan A. Culpepper-Morgan, MD, 15 Aug 2003, confirming that her father Louis E. Culpepper (born 5 Oct 1922) had an Uncle Irving and an Aunt Leontine, both of whom were the children of Edward Sinclair Culpepper, Sr. (born c 1868).