The following material
on the immediate ancestry of
Malcolm X
should not be considered either
exhaustive or authoritative, but
rather as a first draft.
Material based on
The Autobiography of Malcolm X: as told to by Alex Haley;
Walter Dean Myers,
Malcolm X, By Any Means Necessary, A Biography (1993);
Rodnell P. Collins,
Seventh Child: A family memoir of Malcolm X (1998);
Russell John Rickford,
Betty Shabazz, a biography (2002);
Carew, Jan R.,
Ghosts in our Blood:
with Malcolm X in Africa, England, and the Caribbean (1994);
Malcolm X's FBI file at
http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/malcolmx.htm;
and Abdul Alkalimat's research site
http://www.brothermalcolm.net.
This report is by Christopher Challender Child.
The contribution of the undersigned is
that of HTML-izing Mr. Child's report.
Ancestry of Malcolm X | |
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1 |
Malcolm Little,
later "Malcolm X,
later "El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz",
b. Omaha, Nebraska 19 May 1925
http://www.brothermalcolm.net/family/mxbirth.html,
d. Harlem, New York 21 Feb. 1965 from gunshots at the Audobon Ballroom
m. Lansing, Michigan Jan. 1958, Betty Jean Sanders, later "Betty Shabazz", later Hajj Bahiyah Betty Shabazz, b. Motor City, Michigan or Pinehurst, Georgia 28 May 1936 (or 1934), d. Bronx, New York 23 June 1997 (from burns caused by a fire set at her Yonkers home reportedly by her grandson, Malcolm Shabazz, son of Quibilah Shabazz, below), illegitimate daughter of Shelman Sandlin [b. Pinehurst, Georgia 1913, d. age 73] and Ollie Mae Sanders. Betty was adopted by Lorenzo Don & Helen (Lowe) Malloy. Issue: i. Attallah Shabazz, b. 16 Nov. 1958 ii. Qubilah Shabazz, b. 25 Dec. 1960 iii. Ilyassah Shabazz, b. Jul. 1962 iv. Gamilah Lamumbah Shabazz, b. 4 Dec. 1964 v. Malikah Saban Shabazz, b. Sept. 1965 vi. Malaak Saban Shabazz, b. Sept. 1965 |
PARENTS | |
2 |
Earl Little,
b. Reynolds, Georgia July 1890,
d. Lansing, Michigan 28 Sept. 1931
http://www.brothermalcolm.net/family/eldeath.html
m. Montreal, Quebec, Canada 10 May 1919 (as his second wife, although he never officially divorced his first wife, Daisy Mason) |
3 | Louise Helen Norton, b. La Digue, St. Andrew, Grenada 1897, d. 1991 |
GRANDPARENTS | |
4 |
John Little,
b. Georgia Sept. 1859,
d. 1942,
bur. Reynolds, Georgia
m. ca. 1880 |
5 | Ella Gray, b. Georgia May 1865, d. aft. 1930, bur. Reynolds, Georgia |
6 |
--- Norton,
b. England/Scotland
[non-marital liaison] |
7 | Gertrude Langdon, b. Grenada |
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
8 |
Tony,
b. South Carolina,
d. Georgia,
sold as a youth to the Allen Little family,
initially of South Carolina,
and later of Talbot Co., Georgia,
given the name "Tony Little" after his emancipation in 1865,
bur. "The Panhandle" near Butler, Georgia
m. |
9 | Clarrie, bur. "The Panhandle" near Butler, Georgia |
14 |
Jupiter Langdon
m. |
15 | Mary Jane --- |
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
16 |
Ajar,
b. West Africa,
brought to South Carolina as a slave in 1815,
possibly came from the Bambara people of Mali,
the home region where many Africans
who ended up enslaved in South Carolina,
according to Oscar V. Little.
m. |
17 | ... |
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
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1930 Census, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan Earl Little, Head, Male, Negro, 39, married, (at 32), b. Georgia; f.b. GA; m.b. GA; laborer, odd jobs Louise Little, Wife, Female, Negro, 32, married, (at 23), b. Grenada (West Indies); f.b. England; m.b. British West Indies; immigrated 1919; naturalized Wilfred E. Little, son, male, negro, 10, single, b. Pennsylvania Hilda F. Little, daughter, female, negro, 8, single, b. Nebraska Philbert N. Little, son, male, negro, 6, single, b. Nebraska Malcolm Little, son, male, negro, 4 10/12, single, b. Nebraska Reginald Little, son, male, negro, 2 8/12, single, b. Wisconsin Yvonne Little, daughter, female, negro, 8/12, single, b. Michigan -------- 1920 Census, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Early Little, male, Black, 30, Married, b. Georgia, f.b. GA; m.b. GA; porter, dept. store Louise Little, wife, female, Black, 22, married, immigrated 1915, naturalized 1918; b. West Indies, f.b. West Indies; m.b. West Indies; housework, private family -------- 1930 Census, Reynolds, Taylor, Georgia John Little, head, male, neg., 69, married (at 19), GA, GA, GA, farmer Ella Little, wife, female, neg., 68, married (at 18), GA, GA, GA Sara Little, daughter, female, neg., 30, single, GA, GA, GA Gracie Little, daughter, female, neg., 29, single, GA, GA, GA Evangel Bell, granddaughter, female, neg., 21, single, GA, GA, GA Emma Bell, granddaughter, female, neg., 19, single, GA, GA, GA Mazee Bell, granddaughter, female, neg., 17, single, GA, GA, GA Albert Bell, grandson, male, neg., 16, single, GA, GA, GA Waree Bell, granddaughter, female, neg. 14, single, GA, GA, GA Waife Bell, grandson, female, neg., 12, single, GA, GA, GA Waine Bell, granddaughter, female, neg., 12, GA, GA, GA Sally Bell, granddaughter, female, neg., 8, GA, GA, GA Mary V. Little, granddaughter, female, neg., 13, GA, GA, GA -------- 1920 Census, Carsonville, Taylor, Georgia John Little, head, male, Black, 60, married, GA, GA, GA, farmer Ella Little, wife, female, Black, 50, married, GA, GA, GA Dana W. Little, daughter, female, Black, 25, single, GA, GA, GA Gracy Little, daughter, female, Black, 23, single, GA, GA, GA Oscar L. Little, son, male, Black, 16, single, GA, GA, GA -------- 1910 Census, Carsonville, Taylor, Georgia John Little, head, male, Black, 53, married (30 years), GA, GA, GA, farmer Ella Little, head, female, Black, 43, married (30 years), 11 ch., 9 al., GA, GA, GA Earl Little, son, male, Black, 19, single, GA, GA, GA Sarah H. Little, daughter, female, Black, 17, single, GA, GA, GA Gracy Little, daughter, female, Black, 14, single, GA, GA, GA James Little, son, male, Black, 12, single, GA, GA, GA John Little, Jr., son, male, Black, 10, single, GA, GA, GA Oscar L. Little, son, male, Black, 7, single, GA, GA, GA -------- 1900 Census, Carsonville, Taylor, Georgia John Little, head, male, Black, Sept. 1859, 40, married (20 years), GA, GA, GA, farmer Ella Little, wife, female, Black, May 1865, 35, married (20 years), 10 ch., 8 al., GA, GA, GA Etta Little, daughter, female, Black, Mar. 1888, 12, single, GA, GA, GA Emmie Little, daughter, female, Black, Apr. 1887, 13, single, GA, GA, GA Earley Little, son, male, Black, July 1890, 9, single, GA, GA, GA Sarah A. Little, daughter, female, Black, Sept. 1892, 7, single, GA, GA, GA Gracie Little, daughter, female, Black, Nov. 1894, 5, single, GA, GA, GA James Little, son, male, Black, July 1897, 2, single, GA, GA, GA Babe Little, son, male, Black, Feb. 1900, 4/12, single, GA, GA, GA -------- 1880 Census, Carsonville, Taylor, Georgia John Little, Black, Male, 21, Labourer, GA, GA, GA Ella Little, Black, Female, 19, Housekeeper, GA, GA, GA -------- 1870 Census, Carsonville, Taylor, Georgia Adam Gray, 38, Male, Black, Farm Hand, GA Tempy Gray, 40, Female, Black, Keeps House, GA Frances Gray, 25, Female, Black, Farm Hand, GA Adam Gray, 22, Female, Black, Farm Hand, GA Ella Gray, 15, Female, Black, Farm Hand, GA Handy Gray, 8, Male, Black, at home, GA Joseph Gray, 6, Male, Black, GA Andrew Gray, 5, Male, Black, GA Pinkand Gray, 4, Male, Black, GA Frances Gray, 3, Female, Black, GA Dennis Gray, 6/12, Male, Black, GA [This Ella Gray could be #5 above, although the age is off by ten years] --------