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Sylvia Jeffries Motley 1929–1956 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1929

Birth Location: New Jersey

Death Date: Oct 1956

Death Location: Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA

Father: Jesse Jr

Mother: Lenora Jeffies

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Children(s):

Sylvia Jeffries Motley was born in 1929 in New Jersey, the child of Jesse Jeffries Jr And Lenora Maddox Jeffies. In 1930, Sylvia Jeffries Motley resided in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA. In 1935, Sylvia Jeffries Motley resided in East Orange, New Jersey. Sylvia Jeffries Motley married Leon Motley. Sylvia Jeffries Motley passed away in 1956 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA.

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Biography

  • Sylvia Jeffries Motley was born in 1929 in New Jersey, the child of Jesse Jeffries Jr And Lenora Maddox Jeffies.
  • In 1930, Sylvia Jeffries Motley resided in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA.
  • In 1935, Sylvia Jeffries Motley resided in East Orange, New Jersey.
  • Sylvia Jeffries Motley married Leon Motley.
  • Sylvia Jeffries Motley passed away in 1956 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

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Sylvia Motley's Ancestors

Self
Sylvia Motley
1929–1956
Birth Place: New Jersey
Parents
Jesse Jeffries Jr
1905–
Keller, GA.
Lenora (Maddox) Jeffies
1905–
Shadyville. GA
Grandparents
Jessie (William) Jefferies
1868–1917
Wyatt, Jasper, Georgia, United States
Silvia (Holland) Fears
1872–1925
Jasper, Georgia
Henderson (Anderson) Maddox
1876–1926
Putnam County
Lilly, (Lillie Broner, Bronner) Maddox
1886–
Georgia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Stephen Maddox
1833–1895
Emily Maddox
1840–
Charley Bronner
1858–
Emma Bronner
1862–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alexander (slave)
1803–1859

Sylvia Motley's Timeline

6 Records

1929
abt 1929
Birth of Sylvia Jeffries Motley in New Jersey
New Jersey
1930
1930
Age 1
Sylvia Jeffries Motley resided here in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA
Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA
1935
1935
Age 6
Sylvia Jeffries Motley resided here in East Orange, New Jersey
East Orange, New Jersey
1940
1940
Age 11
Sylvia Jeffries Motley resided here in , Orange, Essex, New Jersey, USA
, Orange, Essex, New Jersey, USA
1950
1950
Age 21
Sylvia Jeffries Motley resided here in East Orange, Essex, New Jersey, USA
East Orange, Essex, New Jersey, USA
1956
Oct 1956
Age 27
Death of Sylvia Jeffries Motley in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA
Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1929
    Event Place: New Jersey
    Record Source:
    [1] 1940 United States Federal Census
    [2] 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Newark, Essex, New Jersey; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0176; FHL microfilm: 2341073
    [3] 1950 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Newark, Essex, New Jersey; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0176; FHL microfilm: 2341073

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: East Orange, New Jersey
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940
    Event Place: , Orange, Essex, New Jersey, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: East Orange, Essex, New Jersey, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Oct 1956
    Event Place: Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA
    Record Source: New Jersey, U.S., Death Index, New Jersey State Archives; Trenton, New Jersey; New Jersey, Death Indexes, 1904-2000

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