Ancestry of
Cissy Houston

Soul and Gospel Singer

Emily Lee "Cissy" Drinkard

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• • 1st Generation
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  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Nitcholas Drinkard 
  • Mother:
  • Delia Mae McCaskill   
  • Birth Date:
  • 30 Sep 1933 
  • Birth Location:
  • Newark, Essex, New Jersey 
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  • American Soul and Gospel Singer

• Marriages for Emily Lee "Cissy" Drinkard

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  • Spouse:
  • Freddie Garland
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1955

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  • Spouse:
  • John Russell Houston Jr.
  • Marriage Date:
  • May 1964
  • Marriage Location:
  • Newark, Essex, New Jersey

• Sources for Emily Lee "Cissy" Drinkard

  • ¹ Federal Census, NJ, Essex County, 1940, Newark, E.D. 25-59, Sheet 11B, Image 22 of 28.
  • ² New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-2016, Marriage record for John R Houston and Emily Drankers [sic] Garland.
  • ³ The Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine), 04 FEB 2003, p. 16, Obituary for ex-spouse John Houston.
  • ⁴ Wikipedia, "Cissy Houston", (accessed 12/09/2019).

Cissy Houston photo by Tom Marcello (CC BY-SA 2.0)