Ancestry of
Ben Jealous

President and CEO of NAACP

Amanda S. Oliver

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• • 2nd Great-grandmother of Ben Jealous — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 27 
  • Father:
  • Lewis Oliver 
  • Mother:
  • Caroline -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1867 
  • Birth Location:
  • Petersburg, Virginia 
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  • Death Date:
  • AFT 8 Apr 1950 
  • Death Location:
  • prob. Petersburg, Virginia 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • William G. Rawlings
  • Marriage Date:
  • 28 Dec 1888 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Petersburg, Virginia 
  • Child:

  Bessie Gregory Rawlings (Ahnentafel No:13 )

• Additional marriages for Amanda S. Oliver

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  • Spouse:
  • William H. Ford
  • Marriage Date:
  • 24 Feb 1927
  • Marriage Location:
  • Petersburg, Virginia

• Sources for Amanda S. Oliver

  • ¹ Federal Census, VA, Petersburg City, 1910, Petersburg Ward 6, E.D. 90, Sheet 3A, Image 5 of 56.
  • ² Federal Census, VA, Petersburg City, 1950, Petersburg, E.D. 116-35, Sheet 23, Image 24 of 29.
  • ³ Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014, Death certificate for spouse William G Rawlings.
  • ⁴ Virginia, U.S., Marriage Registers, 1853-1935, Marriage record for Edward Jerome Todd and daughter Bessie Gregory Rawlings.
  • ⁵ Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940, Marriage record for Edward Jerome Todd and daughter Bessie Gregory Rawlings.
  • ⁶ Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940, Marriage record for Wm G Rawlings and Amanda Oliver.
  • ⁷ Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940, Marriage record for William H Ford and Amanda A Rawling.

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