Mrs. “Lottie” (Dade) Langford Was One Of The Best

 According to a news article published in The Canton Press Canton, Missouri on Friday, April 18, 1924 on page 3, mentioned the death of Mrs. Charlottie Lankford; “Lottie Dade as she was better known to the many of our older citizens was one of the best colored women who ever went out of Canton.” The article didn’t say why Lottie was so well known.

I can’t imagine how well known Lottie Dade must have been during her time. She was born in January of 1854 in Missouri. She was one of the formerly enslaved along with her siblings and parents Isaac Dade Sr. (1805 – 1890) and Frances “Frankie: Dade a.k.a. “Aunt Frankie” ( 1810 – 1901). The family was well known and lived in Lewis County Missouri area.

I can only imagine that Lottie gave of herself in whatever she did in her lifetime. Perhaps in your early years, she was a house servant while in her enslaved years. This could have been where she learned and developed her skills in life.

According to the 1880, 1900, 1910 and 1920 censuses, the censuses takers recorded her occupation as keeps house, (left blank), (None) and as a laundress at home. She must to have some skill and ability that left an impact on the older citizens of Canton, Missouri.

I wondered. What gift or ability did Lottie have? According to one of my cousins, she shared with me that Charlotta was a seamstress. I wondered if Lottie designed her own clothes?

As I look at the rare photos of Lottie, I can see that she was a stylish women and a well kept one at that. There are few photos of Mrs. Charlotta Lottie. The year of photos are unknown.

Oh, the style that she has on. She was a classy lady.

Charlotta / Lottie was one of 14. She was the mother of 11. Her husband Robert was a proprietor at the Lankfard’ Cafe, a restaurant ca 1911 – 1913 in St. Joseph, Missouri. I was wondering if Charlotta helped with the cooking.

I couldn’t find much about Charlotta (Dade) Lanford in the news papers. Her death certificate records her name as Charlottie Lankfard and obituary as Charlotta Lankford. But Lottie was the name that’s rarely recorded. Charlottie Langford was mentioned when her father Isaac Dade Sr. passed in 1890.

As I mentioned, Lottie came from a talented and well known family in the Lewis County Missouri area.
Here are a list of a few siblings:

Ben Dade: When his mother Frances passed in 1901, Ben’s name was mentioned.
He was a farmer and owned his home. He made out a will. There was a bridge that carried his name. The Ben Dade Bridge

Louisa Janie Dade Washington: Mrs. David Washington Sr.
She was described as a highly respect colored woman. They called her Aunt Jane…was ever considered most honest industrious good Christian woman. She was good and faithful.

Louis Newton Dade: They called him Uncle Lew
During pre Civil War Days he was a house servant while enslaved; Louis was a curvier of bones, shell work made paper knives, spoons and napkin rings. He got the nickname, Old Bone Dade. In 1910, he owned his home without mortgage. He was a business man, a novelty worker.

Isaac Dade Jr. aka Private Isaac Dayd, veteran
He was a musician that played a violin. He served during the Civil War.

Who was Lottie?
Her birth name was Charlotta Dade. She became a freewoman at the age of 11 in 1865. And at age 19 Lottie Dade a.k.a. Miss Charlotta Dade married Mr. Lewis Lankford on January 25, 1873 in Canton, Missouri. Her parents Isaac Dade and Francis Dade were witnessed the marriage.

The Lankford family moved from Canton, Missouri around 1887. They may have lived in Kansas City Missouri. However, they ended up in St. Joseph, Missouri in 1888.

In 1924, while Lottie was visiting her son Frederick Lankford in New York, she suddenly died. Her body was brought back to St. Joseph, Missouri. She was laid to rest next to her husband Robert.

Lottie was my mother Lula’s grandmother.
R.I.P. Great Grandmother Lottie.

Thanks for reading.
Mrs. “Lottie” (Dade) Langford Was One Of The Best ~

R.I.P. Great Grandma Lottie


Blessings
S.A.Blakley

This is a repost from my word press site.

April In Remembrance The DADE Family Connections:  

April In Remembrance: Bartlett Family Connections

April In Remembrance: Blakey Blakley WHITE Family Connections

Mrs. Hannah B. Hooper, age 115 in 1880 ~ Longevity

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I’m not sure when Mrs. Hannah B. Hooper was born or even when she passed. There are two records of her birth year and age and both sources don’t match of. The information can be located on the 1870 and 1880 censuses for Carroll County in Missouri.

(Crop photo of the 1880 census….)

On June 22, 1880 in South Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, United States Of America., a census taker came to the household of Elias Bartlett Sr., and recorded who lived at the Bartlett residence. What caught my attention on this census was that there was a Hannah Hooper listed at the age of 115. She was born about 1765 in South Carolina. She couldn’t read or write. Her parents were from Virginia.

According to the 1880 census, Hannah, an invalid was the grandmother of Elias BARTLETT Sr. However, through further searching, I discovered that she was the grandmother of Harriett (BUFFINGTON / HOOPER ) BARTLETT. She was the wife of Elias BARTLETT Sr.

When Harriet’s daughter, Juanita (BARTLETT) ARMSTRONG passed in 1929, Juanita’s mother’s name was listed as Harriet HOOPER. And in 1920 when Elias W. Bartlett Jr. passed, his mother was listed as Harriett HOOPER.


(Photo cropped from the 1880 Missouri census. Hannah’s name. )

On September 2, 1870 in Wakenda, Carroll, Missouri, U.S.A, a census taker recorded who lived in the household of William HELSIN who was 60 years old. His daughter was Mariah age 40. And listed after Mariah, was Hannah B. Heslin who was listed at age 80, born about 1790. I don’t believe her surname was Heslin. The relationship with the head of house with the others are unknown.
(Crop photo of the 1870 census….)

I believe that this Hannah HELSIN on the 1870 census was the same Hannah HOOPER on the 1880 census. The key people on both censuses were Harriett and her children, Sarah, Charles, and Lucy with the different surnames. Harriett and her children’s ages match up on both censuses.

I’m not sure if Hannah was born in 1765. When I saw the age of 115, I wondered. When I came across Hannah in the 1870 census, her age was 80, born in 1790. This is a big age just in ten years.

Or perhaps, could Hannah have been the great grandmother of Harriett?
The 1870 census, has some clues to ponder about.

William HELSIN appears not to be Hannah’s son. Mariah was William’s daughter who born in North Caroline, just as Hannah was.

Could Mariah be Harriett’s mother? Harriett was 22 and her children were listed after her.
Were Sophiah and Harriett twins?

Who was Hannah B. Hooper?
Hannah was my Grandmother Jennie Bartlett Lyles’ grandmother

Hannah lived a long life through the late 1700’s, the beginning of the 1800’s up to the 1880’s. She was most likely enslaved until her freedom. Hannah was living on June 22, 1880. She is mostly likely passed away in Carroll County Missouri during the 1880’s.

I will continue to honor my 3rd Great Grandmother, Hannah. There should be something out there on her. I’m thankful that she lived to be counted on the 1880 census. How amazing! What a testimony!!! Thank You, LORD!!!

R.I. P. 3rd Great Grandmother Hannah.

Thanks for reading.
Mrs. Hannah B. Hooper, age 115 in 1880 ~ Longevity

I’m thankful that I located Hannah and Harriett on the 1870. I was hoping to stumble across an old newspaper article about her in Carrollton, Missouri. I’m still hoping that I will.

Blessings,
S.A.Blakley


In Remembrance Dade Family Connections

In Remembrance Bartlett Family Connections

In Remembrance Blakey Blakley WHITE Family Connections. 


This is a repost from my word press site. I added the in remembrance 

Week 40 ~ Amy Johnson Crow’s #52Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge for 2023

The theme for Week 40 is “Longevity.” Longevity doesn’t have to be about someone who lived a long time. It could be anything that lasted longer than usual, such as a family business or a marriage Be creative with the prompt!

Some Things I Questioned---While In The Garden

Sunday, 11 March 2007


Some Things I Questioned---While In The Garden


3rd Sunday of Lent / 70th Day of 2007 / 28th Day Till Easter Sunday 2007


"All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness." 2 Timothy 3:16

The photo...is in "either" The Garden Tomb or in The Garden of Gethsemane in Israel.

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As I was in my "garden" of prayer last week, I thought about some things. Things that I questioned about my life... Here's just a few.... I will add my response later... Selah.

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What if I did not come to church for weeks? Would anyone notice or even care that I was not there? Selah


What if I stopped blogging for months? Would it make any difference or Am I making a difference by what I am sharing on my blog site? Selah


What if I cease doing some things that I normally did at times? Would anyone notice or have any concern to why I stopped doing what I use to do? Selah

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Father God, I thank You for Sunday, the first day of the week. A day in which we come together as a body of Christ to celebrate the VICTORY that Jesus defeated death, satan and sin. I thank You for those victories Lord! I thank You for this very day and every day of LIFE that we have in You. I thank You that You give us the gift of eternal LIFE through Your Son, Jesus Christ.

I thank You for the covenant blessings of WISDOM, ANOINTING and LIFE that You have given us who believe. I praise Your name. For You are the God of what LIFE is all about and is meant to be.... Victorious living in Jesus' Name.

Lord, HELP us to surrender our lives to You on a ongoing basis. Help us to surrender every area of our lives... yielding everything to You...our spirit, soul, body, our hopes, dreams, concerns, our finances, family, jobs, our abilities, talents, ministries, our joy, weakness, strengths, our pains, sorrows, shame, our past, present, future.

Teach is to open our hearts to You while we seek after You. Lead us to repent and to rethink our lives on a regular basis. Allow us to follow You and experience You in new ways that we have not seen before. Guide us to yield to the Holy Spirit. And help us to let go of our own ways. Create within us a new heart and a new spirit.


Grant us to pray with the heart of Jesus' model prayer...
Our Father in Heaven Hallowed be Your name.

Your kingdom come Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors.

And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.


Amen.
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"A Bible on the shelf is worthless; a Bible being read is priceless." Bruce and Stan [I took this photo from my hotel balcony... early dawn in Tiberias while in Israel.]

Connected With Faris Lyle’s Family via Social Media

In Loving Memory of Sergeant Faris Chilton LYLE. ( 1923 – 2008)
He was the son of Chilton LYLES and Jennie (BARTLETT) BLAKLEY LYLES.

I was thinking about my Uncle Faris Chilton Lyle. He passed on February 1, 2008. He was my father David Blakley Sr.’s brother. Uncle Faris was my last uncle on my father’s side to pass.

I first reached out to Uncle Faris when I received his address from his sister Geneva (LYLE) JONES (1924 – 2005). She was Faris’ and my father’s sister. I wrote to Uncle Faris and we corresponded for some years. He lived in New York.

Lost Connections:
And there came the time, I didn’t hear from Uncle Faris. I started wondering. I didn’t know how to contact his relatives. I kept wondering.

Then one day, on November 13, 2008, Uncle Faris’ name came to my thinking. I started googling his name. I make the discovery that he passed.

Connected With The LYLE Family:
During this time, I added Uncle Faris to my post: In Remembrance of my relatives. He would be remembered twice a year. Then one day, I received a comment from one of Uncle Faris’ granddaughters on one of blogger’s site on August 4, 2011. How amazing! We connected on facebook where I came in contact with other LYLE family members.

The LYLE family knew little about Faris’ family. That he (and his sister Geneva) were put in an orphanage. I did locate them listed on the 1930 census at Northwestern Orphanage and Hospital Line 69-82 in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Their mother Jennie passed in December of 1926 when Faris was 3 and Geneva was 2 years old. I’m not for sure how long Faris and Geneva were in the orphanage. Their father Chilton was still living and perhaps was not able to care for them. I did locate Faris age 17 and Geneva age 16 were listed with their Blakley siblings, Mary and Orbrey on the at 1940 census.

Social Media Connections
I have used social media in the past to discover more on my family connections. I continue to come across more relative through the media. I found some of Aunt Geneva’s descendants via social media and DNA sites. I’m thankful for those who keep in touch.

Thanks for reading.
Connected With Faris Lyle’s Family via Social Media

Blessings
S.A.Blakley

Repost from my wordpress site 

Week 6 ~ Amy Johnson Crow #52Ancestors In 52 Weeks ~ Generation Café

The theme for Week 6 is “Social Media.” Social media can connect us to people we otherwise wouldn’t have encountered. Have you made a family history discovery via social media? (What about in the social column of their newspaper — that was basically their Facebook!) Have you ever imagined how an ancestor would have used social media? Write about it this week.

I added the in remembrance to this blog>
Here's are some examples: In Remembrance: 

February In Remembrance Dade Family Connections. 

February In Remembrance: Bartlett Family Connections

February In Remembrance Blakey Blakley WHITE Family Connections

Finding Joy And Strength In The Pursuit Of Searching ~

 Welcome to a New Year! Happy 2024!!!

I thank God for the joy and strength He brings, especially when I’m on my journey for new finds. I’m amazed! I’m thankful for those who were before me. They took the time to record what information they were told or knew.

As I’ve been searching through old newspapers, I noticed that some newspapers published church news, mentioning who attended funerals, those who called upon others and those who visited their relatives and friends. What a clever way for searchers to find clues. It takes time to sort through things. But it’s worth it.

It’s so exciting to come across new leads. And I’ve found much joy when I see confirmation. It makes me want to search more. This brings hope.

In the beginning of my search, I didn’t know much about my family connections. I only knew what my parents shared with me. And I wrote down what they shared.

Recently, I started to re read some of what my parents told me. There are things that I have forgotten about. Now, as I look back, my older adult self sees more into what I was recording.

The photo is of one of the first book I purchased on family history. I started filling out my information about my ancestors. The book was printed in 1977. I wrote to the future generation on August 2, 1990.

“Dear future generation,
May you all be proud of who your ancestors were and who you really are in life for you and your children’s children which follows.”





I have found strength through seeing the progress I have made. It wasn’t until the Summer of 2004, when I got hooked up with the internet. This was when my desire for “digging for my roots grew deeper. It was like I had “an exploration of information” coming at me.

I’m thankful that I took the DNA test. I have so many DNA matches. I don’t know how this works. But there were some DNA matches to where I connected the dots and a miracle happened. And through time, I saw the connections. Yes, I thanked God.

I can draw strength and joy from what I know about my family connections. I have come a long way since my beginning during the mid 1970’s. I’m looking forward to the joy and strength that are waiting for me to discover.

I’ve said this before: “We need the want and the desire to want to know about our ancestors, perhaps there will come those clues that will spark the flames that keeps us going. ~ I believe that there is more out there. My joy and strength comes from the LORD.

Thanks for reading.
Finding Joy And Strength: In The Pursuit Of Searching

Blessings,
S.A.Blakley

Here are the January In Remembrance:

The Dade Family Connections 

The Bartlett Family Connections  

 The Blakey Blakley WHITE Family Connections

   Posted on August 18, 2023 by Susan Ann Blakley except the In Remembrance 

Week 33 ~ Amy Johnson Crow’s #52Ancestors In 52 Weeks Challenge 2023

The theme for Week 33 is “Strength.” Strength comes in many forms: physical, emotional, spiritual, just to name a few. What ancestor do you think of when you think of strength?

Great Grandfather Private Isaac Blakey, (1845 – 1917)
Civil War Vet who was wounded during the War. (1863 – 1866)