Addie Priscilla Gooding

Addie Priscilla (Alston) Gooding

• U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007
• Birth: Nov 7 1913 - Nashville, Nash County, North Carolina, United States
• Death: Feb 11 2000
• Last residence: New York, New York 10031, USA
• Father: David Alston
• Mother: Jennie Mejrick (or Morrick)

References

• https://archive.is/20120918033317/http://www.soulandfunkmusic.com/c... “ ... Later, Dudley [Gooding] immigrated to the United States and lived in Harlem, "the Black Mecca" in New York City. In memory of his wife, he insisted that he be known as "Cuba." not Dudley in memory of his late wife. There he met Addie Alston, originally from North Carolina. I hey married and Cuba was born. Later, his brother Antonio was born. ...” “ He says. "The progression of the family is the sum total of the current patriarch of the family which is me. I would not be here if it were not for all the influences that preceded me. My dad died when I was 11 vears old. He taught my mother so many different things about the world because he was a world traveler. That was important to my mother because she came up in a shack in Rocky Mount. North Carolina."
• Year: 1920; Census Place: Coopers, Nash, North Carolina; Roll: T625_1311; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 72 AncestryImage Name: Addie Alston Age: 6 Birth Year: abt 1914 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1920: Coopers, Nash, North Carolina Street: Taylors Cross Roads Nashville Road Residence Date: 1920 Race: Black Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Daughter Marital status: Single Father's Name: Dovie Alston Father's Birthplace: North Carolina Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina Attended School: yes
• Year: 1940; Census Place: New York, New York, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02660; Page: 63A; Enumeration District: 31-1524 AncestryImage Name: Addie Alston Age: 26 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1914 Gender: Female Race: Negro Birthplace: North Carolina Marital Status: Single Relation to Head of House: Lodger Home in 1940: New York, New York, New York Map of Home in 1940: View map Street: West 115 Street House Number: 28 Inferred Residence in 1935: Rocky Mount, North Carolina Residence in 1935: Rocky Mount, North Carolina Resident on farm in 1935: No Sheet Number: 63A Occupation: Housemaid Attended School or College: No Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 48 Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work Weeks Worked in 1939: 52 Income: 600 Income Other Sources: Yes
• Dudley Gooding in the New York, New York, Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018 AncestryImage Name: Dudley Gooding Gender: Male Marriage License Date: 21 Apr 1944 Marriage License Place: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA Spouse: Addie Alston. License Number: 10386
• http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Respect2017.html “ ... From New York, Cuba was the son of Dudley MacDonald Gooding and Addie Alston. Due to family events, Cuba was, actually, named after the country. He was the father of the actor Cuba Gooding Jr. ...”
• “ancestry of Mason Gooding“