24 February 2020

Hidden Figures' Katherine Johnson (1918-2020)


Katherine (Coleman) Goble Johnson (1918-2020) was born August 26, 1918, to J. M. and Joylette Coleman in White Sulphur, West Virginia.

She was a toddler when enumerated in the 1920 censs:


White Sulphur, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Joshua M Coleman Head Male 38 West Virginia
Joylatte R Coleman Wife Female 33 North Carolina
Horace L Coleman Son Male 7 West Virginia
Margaret Coleman Daughter Female 6 West Virginia
Charles Coleman Son Male 4 West Virginia
Katherine Coleman Daughter Female 1 West Virginia


1930 Census
Union, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Joylette Coleman Head Female 42 North Carolina
Horace Coleman Son Male 16 West Virginia
Margaret Coleman Daughter Female 15 West Virginia
Charles Coleman Son Male 14 West Virginia
Katherin Coleman Daughter Female 11 West Virginia

Katherine's parents, Joshua and Joylette (Lowe) Coleman, were living in White Sulphur, in 1910:
Census 1910
White Sulphur, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Joshua M Coleman Head Male 27 West Virginia
Joilet R Coleman Wife Female 23 North Carolina
Annie [Norris] Coleman Stepmother Female 56 Virginia

Katherine's father, Joshua McKinley Coleman, was born December 18, 1881, in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, to Horace and Margaret (Wheeler) Coleman, both of Albemarle County, Virginia.  

Her grandmother, Margaret, who was the daughter of Louisa Johnson, died April 30, 1892, in Greenbrier, West Virginia. 

Katherine's mother, Joylette, was the daughter of Lee Lowe, and the granddaughter of Abraham Lowe, of North Carolina.  (See Abraham's Wikitree entry here).



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