Ancestry of Emmett Till

compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner


The following material on the immediate ancestry of Emmett Till should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.





William Addams Reitwiesner

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Ancestry of Emmett Till
1 Emmett Louis Till, b. Chicago, Ill., 25 July 1941, body recovered from the Tallahatchie River, Tallahatchie Co., Miss., 31 Aug. 1955, bur. Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, Ill.
PARENTS
2 Louis Till, b. Madrid, Mo., ... 1922, executed Aversa, Italy, 2 July 1945, bur. France
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3 Mamie Carthan, b. ... , Miss., 23 Nov. 1921, d. ... 6 Jan. 2003 [SSDI 342-16-9910], bur. Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, Ill.
GRANDPARENTS
4 ... Till, b. ... , d. ...
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5 ... , b. ... , d. ...
6 Nash Carthan, b. ... , Miss., ... [ca. 1902], d. ...
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7 Alma ... , b. ... , Miss., ... [ca. 1902], d. ...
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EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS







1930 Illinois, Cook Co., Summit, ED 2183, sheet 16B, line 99, continued on sheet 17A

Carthan Nash     H    M NEG 28 M 17     MS MS MS       Labor    Refinery
        Alma     W    F NEG 28 M 18     MS MS MS
        Mamie    D    F NEG  8 S        MS MS MS
        John     B    M NEG 22 M 21     MS MS MS       Labor    Refinery
        Mary     W    F NEG 17 M 16     MS MS MS

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2 -- For details of the execution of Private Louis Till, 36382273, 177th Port Company, 379th Port Battalion, Transportation Corps, two months after the end of World War II (he was hanged for the murder of Anna Zanchi and the rape of Benni Lucretzia and Frieda Mari, all of Civitavecchia, Italy, all crimes occurred in June 1944), see William Bradford Huie, Wolf whistle and other stories [New York: New American Library, 1959], pp. 48-50.



















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