African American Residents of Barnegat, 1930

 Below is a partial transcription of the 1930 census of Barnegat, showing two different clusters of homes inhabited by African-Americans.

Hse#	Fam#	Last	First	Relation	Race	Age	Birthplace	Occupation
Lidi(?) Road West
86	86	Geders	Mary	Head	B	57	South Carolina
		Lasiter	Addison	roomer	B	65	North Carolina	odd jobs
87	87	King	Phillip	head	B	60	Virginia	Odd Jobs
			Mattie	wife	B	50	North Carolina
88	88	West	William	head	B	52	Georgia	odd jobs
89	89	Jackson	Dennis	head	B	65	Virginia	odd jobs
			Ada	wife	B	60	Virginia
90	90	Sutton	George	head	B	28	Massachusetts	odd jobs
			Rose	wife	B	21	Pennsylvania
			Bessie	daughter	B	6	NJ
			George H.	son	B	2	NJ
		Wright	Ellen	mother in law	B	81	Virginia
Rose Hill Road
236	237	Ivey	Peter	head	B	62	North Carolina	odd jobs
			Josephine	wife	B	55	North Carolina
			Peter	son	B	15	NJ
237	238	Kirkland	William	head	B	72	South Carolina	odd jobs
			Ellen	wife	B	72	South Carolina
		Venese(?)	David	grandson	B	8	NJ
			Bertha	grand daughter	B	6	NJ
			Fiorie	(blank)	B	13	NJ
			William L.	(blank)	B	10	NJ
238	239	Woodson	Jesse	head	B	52	Georgia	house painter
			Cornelia	wife	B	50	South Carolina
239	240	Irvin	Charlie	head	B	67	North Carolina	odd jobs
			Louise	wife	B	32	Georgia
240	241	Tucker	Peter J.	head	B	63	South Carolina	odd jobs
241	242	Miler	Harrison	head	B	43	South Carolina	helper-plumber
			Annie	wife	B	42	North Carolina
			Elizabeth	daughter	B	9	Pennsylvania
			Elver	daughter	B	7	NJ
242	243	MacDonald	Victoria	head	B	30	South Carolina	housework- private home
243	244	Holloway	Whitfield	head	B	43	South Carolina	odd jobs

Phillip King: He and his wife Mattie lived on Prior St in Jersey City in 1920. Mattie's mother, Latica McKey, age 65 and widowed, also lived with them at that time. In 1920, Phillip gave his age as 55, so one of the censuses has to be wrong.

William West: In 1920, there is a 45 year old William West on Ivy Place in Jersey City. He was also born in Georgia, and is a possible match for our man in Barnegat in 1930. In 1920, his wife, Mathilda, was still alive. She was 7 years younger than he, and was born in New York.

Dennis Jackson: In 1920, he and his wife, Ada, lived on Johnson Ave in Jersey City. He gave his age as 65 at that time, so one of the censuses must be wrong. He worked as a porter on a ferry boat, and his wife worked as a laundress. (Ada's age lines up with the 1930 census--she was 50 in 1920).

Jesse Woodson: In 1920, the Woodsons lived on York Rd in Jersey City. Jesse was a handyman in a shipyard, and Cornelia was a servant in a private home.