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Wilbur P. Trammell

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May 20, 2024 Biographies

Wilbur Trammell was the fifth of six childdren born to the Rev. Peter and Mrs. Cleona Chambliss Trammell. The family moved to Buffalo from Michigan in 1928 when Wilbur was 2 years old. Rev. Trammell, ...

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Ora Lee McQuiller Lewis Delgado Khalid

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Nov 2, 2018 Biographies

Ora-Lee was one of thirteen children (nine boys and four girls) born to William McQuiller and Essie Hogan in Port Huron, Michigan. She earned a business diploma from Lackawanna High School and an Asso...

Community MI Port Huron United States

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Apr 6, 2018 Biographies

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Ouida Eleanor Harrison Clapp

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Feb 6, 2018 Biographies

Ouida Harrison Clapp, a native of Detroit, MI, was the daughter of Celia Juliette Howard Harrison and William L. Harrison, Sr. She had one brother. A graduate of Talladega College, Alabama, and Wayne ...

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Robert Charles Watkins

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Aug 1, 2011 Biographies

Robert Charles Watkins was born on April 6, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan at Dunbar Hospital. No one knew the special assignment GOD had given him. During his seventy-nine years, he became one of the most...

Detroit MI United States

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Jul 20, 2011 Biographies

Melvin H. Watkins, a native of Detroit, Michigan, is a founding member of the Afro-American Historical Association of the Niagara Frontier, Inc. (AAHANF), and has been an invaluable asset to the Assoc...

Detroit MI United States

Joan Edna Curtis Taylor

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Jun 18, 2011 Biographies

In 1923, Joan Edna Curtis was born in Grand Rapids Michigan. She was the second of five children born to Herman and Hazel Curtis. Named after Joan of Ark, her parents could foresee a future of determi...

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Yvonne Mildred Harris

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

Yvonne Mildred Harris, known in the storytelling world, as, Big Momma Boo, was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. She now resides in Buffalo, New York with her husband of 39 years, Riley Harris. Sh...

Detroit MI United States