Ancestry of
DuBose Heyward

Author of Porgy (Porgy & Bess)

(Edwin) DuBose Heyward

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Edwin Watkins Heyward 
  • Mother:
  • Jane Screven DuBose   
  • Birth Date:
  • 31 Aug 1885 
  • Birth Location:
  • Charleston, Charleston Co., South Carolina 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 16 Jun 1940 
  • Death Location:
  • Tryon, Polk, North Carolina 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • St. Philip's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston Co., South Carolina 
  • Notes: 

  • American Author

    Notable works in the novel Porgy which was adapted into a play by Heyward and his wife. He also collaborated with composer George Gershwin to turn it into the opera Porgy and Bess.

• Marriages for (Edwin) DuBose Heyward

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  • Spouse:
  • Dorothy Hartzell Kuhns
  • Marriage Date:
  • 22 Sep 1923
  • Marriage Location:
  • Manhattan, New York, New York

• Sources for (Edwin) DuBose Heyward

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/07/2020).
  • ² New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937, Marriage record for DuBose Heyward and Dorothy H Kuhn.
  • ³ North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976, Death certificate for DuBose Heyward.
  • ⁴ South Carolina, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1766-1900 and Charleston, South Carolina, U.S., Birth Records, 1877-1901, Delayed birth record for unnamed son of Edwin and Jane Heyward.
  • ⁵ The Gaffney Ledger (Gaffney, South Carolina), 20 JUN 1940, p. 1, Obituary for DuBose Heyward.
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "DuBose Heyward", (accessed 12/06/2020).