Self-identified Indians East of the Mason-Dixon line, 1930 census, Delaware

1930 DELAWARE SUSSEX -- Indian, Mixed & Nanticoke crossed out, Oscar Wright's ancestry will become tied strictly to Africa when this record is extracted.

1930 DELAWARE SUSSEX 7-DIST (SOUTH PART) Series: T626 Roll: 291 Page: 120 dwelling 392 family 395 -- Indian, Mixed & Nanticoke crossed out, ancestry will become tied strictly to Africa when this record is extracted.

Wright, Augustus head 50 Neg marr age at first marriage 45 DE-DE-DE
Laura wife 45 Neg marr age at last marriage 18 DE-DE-DE
Ruth A. aunt 70 Neg widow age at last marriage DE-DE-DE

1930 DELAWARE SUSSEX -- Harmons families -- Indian, Mixed & Nanticoke crossed out, ancestry will become tied strictly to Africa when this record is extracted.

Above -- dwelling 242, family 245, child Isaac H. Harmon -- Delayed Delaware birth cert. #7751 (years prior to 1913). Father Isaac Thomas Harmon, mother Emma Harmon. Color/race - Indian. Filed 5 Jun 1942. Number of children of this mother: 2. Born alive and living when this birth occurred: 1. Born alive but dead when this birth occurred: 0. Evidence -- driver's license, insurance policy.

1930 DELAWARE SUSSEX -- Street families (Gardner, Burton & Robert are brothers) -- Gardner's Indian, Mixed & Nanticoke notation crossed out. Ancestry will become tied strictly to Africa when this record is extracted.

1930 DELAWARE SUSSEX -- Norwood -- Indian Mixed Nanticoke crossed out, ancestry becomes tied strictly to Africa when this record is extracted.

1930 DELAWARE SUSSEX -- Clark -- Nanticoke Tribe crossed out, ancestry will become tied strictly to Africa when this record is extracted.

As the reader scans this census more such instances will be found. Self-identification was, in these cases, respected by the enumerator; not by the boss back at the office. Truth loses, politics wins.

Apparently, Walter Plecker's agenda had an effect in Delaware, as well.

 

However, NORTH of the Mason-Dixon line --

1870 PENNSYLVANIA PHILADELPHIA 1-WD 3-DIVN Series: M593 Roll: 1387 Page: 613

dwelling 565 family 614
HARMAN EPHRAIM 38 m I DE all birth places bracketed "Indian"
Harman, Eunice 36 f I DE
Harman, Isaac 8 m I PA
Harman, Ephraim 6 m I PA
Harman, Ferdinand 4 m I PA
Harman, Pocohontas 2 f I PA

Ephraim Harmon, head of family 614 above, and Isaac Wilson Harmon, head of dwelling 235 family 238 (full page image 1930 census earlier), are 1st cousins. Their common ancestors are Ephraim Harmon and Eunice Carmean.

Ephraim Harmon, head of family 614 above, and Ephraim L. Harmon, head of dwelling 236 family 239 (full page image 1930 census earlier), are 1st cousins 1 time removed. Their common ancestors are Ephraim Harmon and Eunice Carmean.

Ephraim Harmon, head of family 614 above, and Theodore P. Harmon, head of dwelling 241 family 244 (full page image 1930 census above), are 1st cousins 1 time removed. Their common ancestors are Ephraim Harmon and Eunice Carmean.

 

Now, for fun -- two of the folks listed in the 1930 census excerpt, below, are in the photo following this excerpt. Your job -- tell us which two.

1996 photo

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