“People cannot determine their future if they are ignorant of their past”Carter G. Woodson, father of African-American history

TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE

AFRICAN ORIGINS

AFRICAN ORIGINS

Our Origins Revealed

HUGH VON WASHINGTON

HUGH VON WASHINGTON

HUGH VON WASHINGTON

• United Kingdom (UK)

• Scotland

ALICE WASHINGTON

Born about 1848 in Lexington, Fayette Kentucky and Died about 1895 at the

age of 47 in Louisville Jefferson Kentucky

Born in April, 1856 in Nicholasville, Jessamine

Kentucky and died Oct. 25, 1941 in Louisville, Jefferson Kentucky at the age of 85

Charles Washington Ella Robinson

WHAT WE KNOW TODAY(PATERNAL)

Caroline Washington- Born 1820 in Kentucky

James Washington – born approx. 1873

Abraham Lincoln Washington, Nov. 10, 1877 (he was a traveling musician)

Birdie Washington, May 1880 (daughter)

Bertha Washington

Hugh Washington, Feb.2 1890- (Hugh Washington Jr’s father)

Lucy Washington, March 1893

CHARLES WASHINGTON AND ELLA ROBINSON HAD SIX

CHILDREN

All of the children of Charles Washington and Ella Robinson were born in Louisville, Jefferson Kentucky

Although Abraham Lincoln Washington was a traveling musician, he was drafted to fight in World War I / His registration card describes his as tall, medium build and dark.

James Walker LotherySept. 4, 1852-Sept. 4, 1919

Died at the age of 67

Mattie Smith March, 1854- Dec.4, 1908Died at the age 54 in Bonneville

Kentucky

WHAT WE KNOW TODAY(MATERNAL)

Willie Lothery (1873-1950) Jannie M. Lothery (1884-?)-

Maggie May Lothery (1874-1926) Lawrence Buster Lothery (1886-?)

John Lothery (1876-1946) Lee S. Royal Lothery (1888-?)

James Stanford Lothery [Mike] (1879-1930)

Harrison Lothery (1890-?)

Lewis Munroe Lothery (1880-?) Blain Lothery (1893-1978)

Fannie Lothery (1881-1942) Henry Lothery (1897-1964)

WALKER AND MATTIE HAD 12 CHILDREN

Jannie M. Lothery was Hugh Washington Jr’s Mother

Hugh Washington Born Feb. 2, 1890

Died Dec. 1, 1978 at the age of 88

Jannie M. LotheryBorn 1884

Date of death unknown

HUGH VON WASHINGTON

Jannie M. Lothery

Born 1864

HUGH VON WASHINGTON

Robert Cobb Born 1880

Jannie M. LotheryBorn 1884

JANNIE LOTHERY1864

ROBERT COBB AND JANNIE LOTHERY

Starling Cobb (1906)—? Mafia (?)

Photo ?

Jerome Cobb (1907)Photo ?

Alfred Cobb (1909-1990)

Photo ?

HUGH WASHINGTON AND JANNIE LOTHERY

Anna Washington (February, 1910)

Hugh Washington Jr. (Aug. 25, 1920-

April 20, 2005)

Isabelle June Washington (March 1, 1925-Nov.7, 2003)

Ella Washington (Aug. 22-1909- March,

19-2004)

Born August 25 1920 in Lexington, Fayette Kentucky

Died April 20, 2005 at the age of 85

HUGH WASHINGTON JR.

Henry GallowayDec. 24, 1861-Feb. 12, 1931

Julia EdmondsOct. 2, 1866-Jan 2. 1960

GALLOWAY/EDMONDS

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE FOR JULIA EDMONDS AND HENRY

GALLOWAY

Married January 15, 1886In Florida

Five Coleman brothers moved from Florida and came to the sister foundry of Malleable Iron Works located in Benton

Harbor. It was here that Henry Galloway admired the work ethic of the boys and sought to marry off his daughters.

Four of the Galloway Sisters Married Four Coleman BrothersRosa Lee Galloway- Married John Frank Coleman in 1911

Elizabeth Galloway- Married Samuel David Coleman in 1913Alice Galloway Married Wheeler Coleman in 1914

Agnes Galloway Married Emanuel Coleman in 1915****Elmira Galloway was set to wed Sylvester Coleman

(Cabbage) and said “enough is enough, I’m not marrying a Coleman Brother”

THE STORY

MALLEABLE IRON COMPANY, 1910

Julia and Henry had nine children

GALLOWAY/EDMONDS

Arthur Galloway Sept 1886 Edgar Galloway-1900

Rosie S. Galloway-be. 1890 Elmira Galloway-1902

Elizabeth Galloway-Dec. 1894 Manuel Galloway-1904

Alice Galloway Dec.-1896 Minnie Galloway, 1906

Agnes Galloway-Nov. 1898

ELIZABETH AND ELMIRA COLEMAN

SAM AND ELIZABETH GALLOWAY (COLEMAN)

Wheeler Coleman (Married 1914)

Alice Galloway

ALICE GALLOWAY

ALICE AND WHEELER HAD FIVE CHILDREN

Georgia Coleman

Helen Coleman

Alice Coleman

Bruna Mae Coleman

Julia Coleman

WHAT WE KNOW TODAY

Alice & Hugh were married on August 16, 1941 in Muskegon Michigan

•Met through the Civilian Conservation Corps CCC•Alice was a student

Larose Janie (Feb. 18, 1942) Jerome Washington (April 1, 1952)

Von H. Washington (March 9, 1943) Robert, Alfred Washington (?)

Starlon Washington (April 27, 1944) Sylvia Washington (Sept. 3, 1957)

Carlos Washington (Feb. 19, 1947) Phyllis Washington (Sept. 18, 1958)

Phillip Washington (July 21 1949) Angelo Washington (March 11, 1960)

Ramona Washington (June 23, 1950)

Alice Teresa Washington (Nov. 3, 1962)

Theodore Washington (May 29, 1951)

Matthew Washington (Feb. 23, 1966)

THEY HAD 14 CHILDREN (DO WE HAVE PHOTOS?)

No Washington children were born during the months of: January, August, October, December)

Mother/Grandma Alice was pregnant for 24 years starting from her first child to her last

HUGH WASHINGTON JR. & FRIENDS

ALICE WASHINGTON AND DAUGHTER LAROSE

ALICE, HUGH AND HELEN

ALICE, LAROSE, AND UNKNOWN

COLEMAN SISTERS

UNCLE EDGAR COLEMAN

AUNT ELMIRA COLEMAN

UNCLE JOHN FRANK COLEMAN

UNCLE EMANUEL GALLOWAY

ROOSEVELT COLEMAN