Leontine Culpeper of Barbados & NY1
Female, #42501, (circa 1905 - )
| African* | | She was an African-American. |
| Name Variation | | Leontine Culpeper of Barbados & NY was also known as Culpepper of Barbados & NY. |
| Birth* | circa 1905 | Leontine was born at Christ Church, Barbados, circa 1905. |
| | She was the daughter of Edward St. Clair Culpeper of Barbados & NY and Alice Peters.2 |
| Biography* | | Leontine was a seamstress, 5' 4" tall, and going to the US, intending to remain, and joining her father St. Clair at 148 W 73rd St, New York, NY. She was Single and 16 years old at the time of her arrival at Ellis Island on 21 May 1921. |
Citations
- American Family Immigration History Center, compiler, Ellis Island Records, The Statue of Liberty--Ellis Island Foundation Inc..
http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/
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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).