James Edward Dorsey

b. 9 March 1900, d. 12 September 1962
  • James Edward Dorsey was born on 9 March 1900 in Baltimore, Maryland.
  • James Edward Dorsey registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Prince George's County, Maryland, while living with his mother Mary Dorsey in Rosaryville, and employed there as a farmhand by Willie Dorsey.
  • He married Minnie T. Gibbons, daughter of James G. Gibbons and Rachel E. Wilson, circa 1922.
  • James Edward Dorsey and Minnie T. Gibbons appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in York, York County, Pennsylvania, at 227 Newberry Street lodging in the household of Amos G. Palmer, enumerated a few households from Minnie's sister Elizabeth Wilson.
  • He was employed as a hod carrier in the plastering business, according to the 1930 census.
  • James Edward Dorsey died on 12 September 1962 at age 62 in Springettsbury, York County, Pennsylvania, at Pleasant Acres Nursing Home.
  • He was interred at Chanceford AME Church Cemetery, Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania.
  • Last Edited: 22 Sep 2015

Family: Minnie T. Gibbons b. circa 1903