Ancestry of
Ben Jealous

President and CEO of NAACP

Bessie Ethelwood Neale

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• • Great-grandmother of Ben Jealous — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 15 
  • Father:
  • Jordan Neale 
  • Mother:
  • Minerva Starkes   
  • Birth Date:
  • 13 Oct 1892 
  • Birth Location:
  • Prince George County, Virginia 
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  • Death Date:
  • Jun 1974 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Frederick Frank Bland
  • Marriage Date:
  • 10 Jun 1914 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Prince George County, Virginia 
  • Children:
  
  

  Ernestine Ethelwood Bland

  Mamie Willinette Bland (Ahnentafel No:7 )

• Additional marriages for Bessie Ethelwood Neale

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  • Spouse:
  • George Edward Ryles
  • Marriage Date:
  • 15 Dec 1936
  • Marriage Location:
  • Petersburg, Virginia

• Sources for Bessie Ethelwood Neale

  • ¹ Federal Census, VA, Prince George County, 1900, Brandon, E.D. 82, Sheet 1B, Image 2 of 28.
  • ² U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Death record for Bessie Ryles.
  • ³ Virginia, U.S., Birth Records, 1912-2015, Delayed Birth Records, 1721-1920, Birth certificate for daughter Mamie Willinette Bland.
  • ⁴ Virginia, U.S., Birth Records, 1912-2015, Delayed Birth Records, 1721-1920, Birth record for daughter Ernestine Ethelwood Bland.
  • ⁵ Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014, Death certificate for spouse Fred Bland.
  • ⁶ Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Marriage certificate for Edward Jerome Todd and daughter Mamie Willinette Bland.
  • ⁷ Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Marriage certificate for George Edward Ryles and Bessie Ethelwood Neale Bland.
  • ⁸ Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940, Marriage record for Fredrick F Bland and Ethelwood Neale.

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