The following material
on the immediate ancestry of
W. E. B. DuBois
should not be considered either
exhaustive or authoritative, but
rather as a first draft.
Most of the research is contained in The papers of W.E.B. DuBois
1803
(1877-1963) 1979, original papers in the Library of the University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, microfilm edition at the Boston Public Library and
several other repositories.
Ancestry of W. E. B. DuBois | |
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1 |
William Edward Burghardt DuBois,
b. Great Barrington, Masschusetts, 23 Feb. 1868,
d. Accra, Ghana, 27 Aug. 1963
m. (1) Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 12 May 1896, Nina Gomer, daughter of C. S. Gomer and Jeannette Pease, b. Quincy, Illinois ca. 1871, d. 1950 m. (2) 1951 Shirley Graham |
PARENTS | |
2 |
Alfred DuBois,
b. 1826 San Domingo, Haiti, barber.
Left wife and son in 1868 and never heard from again.
Possibly the Alfred DuBois, age 35, mulatto, barber,
born in Connecticut, enumerated in the 1870 census in Rutland, Vermont.
m. Great Barrington, Massachusetts, 5 Feb. 1867 |
3 | Mary Sylvana Burghardt, b. Egremont, Mass. ca. 1831, d. Great Barrington, Massachusetts, 23 Mar. 1885, age 54 years, 2 months, 5 days |
GRANDPARENTS | |
4 |
Alexander DuBois,
b. Bahamas ca. 1803,
d. New Bedford, Massachusetts, 9 Dec. 1887
m. New Haven, Connecticut, 4 May 1823 |
5 | Sarah Marsh Lewis, b. poss. New Haven, Connecticut, ca. 1804, d. New Haven, Connecticut, 9 July 1834, ae. 30. |
6 |
Othello Burghardt,
b. Great Barrington, Massachusetts, ca. 1789,
d. Great Barrington, Massachusett, 19 Sep. 1872,
age 83 years, 10 months
m. 19 Sep. 1811. |
7 | Sarah Lampman, b. Hillsdale, New York, ca. 1793, d. Great Barrington, Massachusetts, 19 Jan. 1879 age 86 years |
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
8 |
Dr. James DuBois,
of Poughkeepsie, New York,
b. ca. 1750 or later,
d. after 1810
(non-marital liaison) |
9 | ... , b. Long Keyes, Bahamas, d. Bahamas. |
12 |
Jacob or Jack Burghardt,
b. ca. 1766
m. |
13 | Violet ... |
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
24 |
Tom Etson/Burghardt,
b. West Africa ca. 1737,
d. Great Barrington, Massachusetts ca. 1787
m. |
25 | ... |
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
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1930 New York, New York, Manhattan, ED 1226, sheet 30B, line 54 Du Bois William Head M Neg 62 M 28 Mass Mass Mass Editor Magazine Nina G Wife F Neg 55 M 20 Ill Mich Alsace Nina Y Dau F Neg 29 D Mass Mass Ill Teacher Public School -------- 1910 Georgia, Fulton Co., Atlanta, ED 48, sheet 24A, line 22 Du Bios William Head M Mu 42 M1 14 Mass Conn Mass Teacher University Nina G Wife F Mu 38 M1 14 2 1 Ill Mich Germany Nina Y Dau F Mu 9 S Mass Mass Ill -------- 1880 Massachusetts, Berkshire Co., Great Barrington, ED 48, page 25, line 11 Burghardt James B M 51 Barber Mass Mass Mass Dubois Mary B F 47 Sis Mass Mass Mass Wm E B M 11 Neph Mass Mass Mass -------- 1880 Massachusetts, Bristol Co., New Bedford, ED 116, page 12, line 10 Dubois Alexander B M 76 Steward Bahama W Isles W Isles Annie M B F 60 Wife Keeping House Conn Conn Conn -------- 1870 Vermont, Rutland Co., Rutland, Rutland PO, page 9, line 17 Shoto Edward 55 M M Hotel Cook 2500 150 Mo Margaret 44 F M Keeping House Mass Ellen 22 F M Mass Dubois Alfred 35 M M Barber Conn -------- 1870 Massachusetts, Berkshire Co., Great Barrington, North Egremont PO, page 108, line 8 Burget Othelo 80 M B No occupation 200 --- Mass Sally 78 F B Keeping House NY Inez R 16 F B At Home Mass Adelbert J 8 M B At Home Mass William E 2 M B At Home Mass -------- 1860 Massachusetts, Hampden Co., Agawam, Agawam PO, page 38, line 9 Alexander Dubois 56 M M Farmer 4000 455 West Indies Mary E 46 F M Ct Henrietta 26 F M Ct -------- 1860 Massachusetts, Berkshire Co., Great Barrington, Great Barrington PO, page 2, line 30 Othello Burghardt 70 M B Laborer --- --- Mass Sally do 68 F B House Wife NY Francis Jackson 15 M B Mass Inies R Burghardt 6 F M Ct James F .. 21 M B Barber Ct Charles Jackson 7 M B Mass -------- 1850 Massachusetts, Hampden Co., Springfield, page 43, line 26 Alexander Dubois 40 M M Steward Unknown Mary E " 36 F M Ct Henriette " 14 F M Ct John " 8 M M Ct --------