Ancestry of
Martin Luther King

(1899–1984)

Delia Linsey

View famous kin of Delia Linsey

• • Mother of Martin Luther King — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 3 
  • Father:
  • Jim Long 
  • Mother:
  • Jane Linsey   
  • Birth Date:
  • Jul 1875 
  • Birth Location:
  • Henry County, Georgia 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 27 May 1924 
  • Death Location:
  • Stockbridge, Henry, Georgia 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Rocky Mount Baptist Church Cemetery, Rex, Clayton, Georgia 
  • Spouse Name:
  • James Albert King
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 Aug 1895 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Stockbridge, Henry, Georgia 
  • Child:

  Martin Luther King (Ahnentafel No:1 )

• Sources for Delia Linsey

  • ¹ Federal Census, GA, Henry County, 1910, Stockbridge, E.D. 76, Sheet 21B, Image 42 of 44.
  • ² Federal Census, GA, Clayton County, 1900, Ellenwood, E.D. 10, Sheet 20B, Image 11 of 16.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/17/2018).
  • ⁴ King, Naomi Ruth Barber, A. D. and M. L. King: Two Brothers Who Dared to Dream, Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse LLC (2014), family tree in back part of book.
  • ⁵ National Archives at Atlanta, From the Roots of a Tree: The Genealogy of Martin Luther King, Jr., (accessed 03/17/2018).
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "Martin Luther King Sr.", (accessed 03/17/2018).