Pearl C. (?)

F, #110251

Family: C. E. Houghton

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Pearl Nida Holeton1,2

F, #110252, b. January 1882, d. 1915

Family: Everett Henry Houghton b. 12 Dec 1883, d. Apr 1943

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BirthJan, 1882Washington Co., NE, USA, age 28 in 1910 census1
Marriagecirca 1908mar 2 y in 1910 census1
1910 Census1910Blair, Washington Co., NE, USA, age 27, mar 2 y, laborer, cement work1
Burial1915Blair Cemetery, Blair, Washington Co., NE, USA2
Death1915Washington Co., IA, USA2
ParentsDJohn W. Holeton (1855 - 1901) & Cynthia Elvira McManigal (1850 - 1930); Father b. in IA, mother in OH

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  1. [S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , Blair Ward 1, Washington, Nebraska; Roll: T624_855; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0134; FHL microfilm: 1374868.
  2. [S1485] Findagrave.com, online http://www.findagrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi

Avie Carmichael1

M, #110253

Family: Mildred I. Houghton b. Oct 1892, d. 1935

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  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.houghton/745/mb.ashx

Clarence Rimerman1

M, #110254

Family: Myrtle I. Houghton b. Sep 1896, d. 1944

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  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.houghton/745/mb.ashx

Rachel Houghton1

F, #110255, b. 1845, d. May 1928

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Birth18451
DeathMay, 19281
BurialBlair Cemetery, Blair, Washington Co., NE, USA1
ResearchBlair Cemetery, Blair, Washington Co., NE, USA

Margaret Houghton Joy

F, #110256, b. 11 September 1922, d. 2 May 2015

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BirthSep 11, 1922
DeathMay 2, 2015
ObituaryMay 10, 2015Seattle, WA, USA, Margaret Houghton Joy

September 11, 1922 ~ May 2, 2015

Margaret Houghton Joy passed away May 2, 2015. She was a voracious reader, world traveler and an excellent bridge player. In 1984 she was given a Life Master Certificate for her achievement in the world of duplicate bridge. She graduated from the University of Arizona in 1943 with a degree in Education and taught in California and Washington schools. She was an avid gardener and enjoyed gardening and garden tours throughout her life.

She leaves behind her four children Claire (Mark), Frances (Ed), Charles, Paul (Christie), her niece Diana, five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Feel free to honor her memory by reading a good book, enjoying a PBR or by writing a check to Doctors Without Borders .

A Celebration of Life will be held at Women's University Club on Saturday, June 6 from 2 to 4 pm.
Published in The Seattle Times on May 10, 20151

James Haughton1

M, #110257, b. 8 October 1929, d. 17 April 2016

Family: Eleanor Burke Leacock d. 1987

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BirthOct 8, 1929Brooklyn, NY, USA1
Mil. Serv.Korea, US Army, Lt., in Korean War
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DeathApr 17, 20161
ObituaryMay 5, 2016James Haughton, Who Fought Racial Barriers in Building Trades, Dies at 86

By SAM ROBERTSMAY 5, 2016
James Haughton during a news conference in 1979. Credit John Sotomayor/The New York Times

James Haughton, a civil rights advocate who aggressively challenged racial barriers to hiring at construction sites in the 1960s and ’70s and promoted programs to train black and Hispanic apprentices in the building trades, died on April 17 in Manhattan. He was 86.

The cause was a chronic urinary tract infection, his partner, Ronnie Asbell, said.

Mr. Haughton, a construction worker’s son, was best known for breaking with more moderate proponents of equal opportunity in hiring and housing to form what became known in 1969 as Fight Back, a group based in Harlem.

Fight Back documented discrimination; staged boycotts, protests and sit-down strikes; and filed lawsuits (sometimes with Columbia University’s Center on Social Welfare Policy and Law) against contractors and unions that were closed to newcomers, a consequence, the group said, of nepotism and racism.

Fight Back also provided counseling and placement services when jobs became available.

In 1972, racial minorities made up more than a third of New York City’s population but accounted for only about 2 percent of union members in skilled construction jobs. Today, minorities make up about two-thirds of the city’s population and about half the membership of unions affiliated with the Building and Construction Trades Council, the organization says.

“The construction trades have changed a lot since then,” said Michael Merrill, dean of the Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Center for Labor Studies at Empire State College of the State University of New York. “Houghton was part of the tide, and he brought visibility and prominence to the issue.”

Mr. Haughton also lobbied for greater investment by the federal government in housing, both to improve living conditions and to provide employment. Timothy J. Cooney, an assistant city housing administrator, was so impressed with Mr. Haughton, who had been picketing his office in 1967 seeking more minority jobs, that he quit his municipal post and joined Fight Back.

“He was the first black man I’d ever met who had a real feeling for the potential power of a housing public-works program to put black and Puerto Rican people to work,” Mr. Cooney told The New Yorker in 1970.

James Haughton Jr. was born in Brooklyn on Oct. 8, 1929, the son of West Indian immigrants, James Haughton Sr. and the former Mary Miller. He grew up near the Fort Greene section and graduated from Boys High School and, in 1951, the City College of New York. He received a master’s degree from New York University and served as an Army lieutenant during the Korean War.

His wife, Eleanor Burke Leacock, an anthropologist, died in 1987. Besides Ms. Asbell, he is survived by four stepchildren, Elspeth, Claudia, David and Robert Leacock; and six step-grandchildren.

After serving in Korea, Mr. Haughton worked as a youth counselor with street gangs in New York and Los Angeles and as an assistant to A. Philip Randolph, the president of what in 1960 was called the Negro American Labor Council. Mr. Haughton left in 1964 and founded the Harlem Unemployment Center, which also dealt with hiring in other industries.

In “Constructing Affirmative Action: The Struggle for Equal Employment Opportunity” (2011), David Hamilton Golland gave credit to Fight Back for increasing the number of skilled blacks employed in the construction of SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, the Harlem State Office Building and the World Trade Center.

Mr. Haughton’s assertive tactics, in which hundreds of demonstrators were arrested, won concessions from public agencies and private developers on hiring goals and job training, although a number of contractors complained of excessive pressure by some local groups to hire neighborhood residents, as community coordinators or security guards.

Mr. Haughton argued that “community pressure on contractors is the only way these workers can obtain jobs.”

“The criminality is with the government, for not giving jobs to black and Hispanic workers,” he said.
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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/06/nyregion/…

James Haughton Sr1

M, #110258

Family: Mary Miller

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BirthWest Indies1
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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/06/nyregion/…

Mary Miller

F, #110259

Family: James Haughton Sr

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BirthWest Indies
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Eleanor Burke Leacock

F, #110260, d. 1987

Family: James Haughton b. 8 Oct 1929, d. 17 Apr 2016

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Death1987

Molly (?)1

F, #110261

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Marriage19761

Jenny (?)1

F, #110262

Family: Timothy Houghton

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Howard Stanley Barber1

M, #110263, b. 16 August 1910, d. 4 November 1984

Family: Marie Eleanor Houghton b. 9 Jul 1914, d. 9 Feb 2002

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BirthAug 16, 19101
Marriage1
DeathNov 4, 19841
BurialCalvary Cemetery, Port Leyden, Lewis Co., NY, USA
ParentsSParents: Alonzo L Barber (1879 - 1951)
Jennie E Chapman Barber (1887 - 1945)

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  1. [S1485] Findagrave.com, online http://www.findagrave.com

John W. LaQuay

M, #110264, b. 28 December 1897, d. 13 August 1975

Family: Mary A. Houghton b. 25 Aug 1915, d. 14 Feb 1998

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BirthDec 28, 1897
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DeathAug 13, 1975NY, USA
BurialCalvary Cemetery, Port Leyden, Lewis Co., NY, USA
ParentsSParents: Roselle N Laquay (1857 - 1932)
Anna Woodcock Laquay (1872 - 1930)

Sherrill W. Brooks

M, #110265, b. 1909, d. 2005

Family: Florence L. Houghton b. 1918, d. 1984

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Birth1909
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Death2005
BurialCalvary Cemetery, Port Leyden, Lewis Co., NY, USA

Carl F. Shue

M, #110266

Family: Ann Carrol Houghton b. 1921, d. 2005

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BurialWildwood Cemetery, Lyons Falls, Lewis Co., NY, USA

Thomas Elmore

M, #110267

Family: Fannie Houghton b. c 1858, d. 27 Dec 1916

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Charles F. Houghton1

M, #110268

Family: Susan Brent

  • Marriage*: Charles F. Houghton married Susan Brent.
  • Divorce*: Charles F. Houghton and Susan Brent were divorced on Aug 16, 1968 at Bronx, NY, USA, Volume Number:      8
    Page Number:      237
    File Number:      7474
    Location:      The Office of the Bronx County Clerk
    CD Name:      B 1961-1970
    Subfolder:      B 1968.

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DivorceAug 16, 1968Bronx, NY, USA, Volume Number:      8
Page Number:      237
File Number:      7474
Location:      The Office of the Bronx County Clerk
CD Name:      B 1961-1970
Subfolder:      B 1968

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  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll,%20USA&msypn=35&msypn_PInfo=5-|0|1652393|0|2|0|35|0|0|0|0|&msypn_x=1&msypn__ftp_x=1&MSAV=0&cpxt=1&cp=12&catbucket=rstp&uidh=3d2&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=20717421&recoff=7%208%209&db=BronxDivorce&indiv=1&ml_rpos=36.

Susan Brent

F, #110269

Family: Charles F. Houghton

  • Marriage*: Susan Brent married Charles F. Houghton.
  • Divorce*: Susan Brent and Charles F. Houghton were divorced on Aug 16, 1968 at Bronx, NY, USA, Volume Number:      8
    Page Number:      237
    File Number:      7474
    Location:      The Office of the Bronx County Clerk
    CD Name:      B 1961-1970
    Subfolder:      B 1968.

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Page Number:      237
File Number:      7474
Location:      The Office of the Bronx County Clerk
CD Name:      B 1961-1970
Subfolder:      B 1968

(?) Kramer

M, #110270

Family: Clara A. Houghton b. c Mar 1910, d. 1957

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Allen Houghton1

M, #110271

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BurialProspect Hill Cemetery, Schuylerville, Saratoga Co., NY, USA, No dates

Addie Houghton1

F, #110272

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BurialProspect Hill Cemetery, Schuylerville, Saratoga Co., NY, USA1

Blanche E. Houghton1

F, #110273, b. circa August 1873, d. 14 September 1875

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Birthcirca Aug, 1873Jefferson Co., NY, USA, dd calc
DeathSep 14, 1875Jefferson Co., NY, USA, a 2 y 1 m1
BurialWoodside Cemetery, Belleville, Jefferson Co., NY, USA, Houghton Blanch? E 1875 2y1m?

Daughter of C D & S E1

Sidney Hawkins1

M, #110274

Family: Arlene Catherine Houghton b. 12 May 1890, d. 9 May 1989

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MarriageJun 21, 19131

William Houghton Hawkins1

M, #110275, b. 8 April 1924, d. 3 March 2013

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BirthApr 8, 19241
DeathMar 3, 2013Center Moriches, Suffolk Co., NY, USA1
ObituaryMar 5, 2013HAWKINS - William H., of Center Moriches, on Sunday, March 3, 2013 at 88. Son of Sidney and Arlene Hawkins. Beloved husband of Gladys (nee Brown). Devoted father of Trish (Roy) Bartel. Step-father of Robert, Kathleen, Russell and Douglas. Loving Papa to Roy W. and Courtney (John) Frame. Step-grandfather to David, Douglas, Jr., Steven, Kim and Lauren.

Hours at Sinnickson's Funeral Home, Center Moriches, Wednesday, March 7, 2-4 and 7-9pm. Burial at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery following service at Sinnickson's at 12 noon, Thursday.

In lieu of flowers,donations may be made to your favorite local charity.

Published in NY Newsday on March 5, 2013
BurialMount Pleasant Cemetery, Center Moriches, Suffolk Co., NY, USA1

(?) Suttell

M, #110276

Family: Ida B. Houghton b. Jun 1889, d. 1933

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Joseph Thomas Houghton1

M, #110277, b. 9 March 1949

Family 1: Carolyn K. Hensley

  • Marriage*: Joseph Thomas Houghton married Carolyn K. Hensley.
  • Divorce*: Joseph Thomas Houghton and Carolyn K. Hensley were divorced on Nov 2, 1980 at Hardin, KY, USA.

Family 2: Linda A. Block b. c 1957

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BirthMar 9, 19491
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DivorceNov 2, 1980Hardin, KY, USA
Marriage19811
Living2016Louisville, KY, USA

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  1. [S1518] Legacy.com, online www.legacy.com, http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/louisville/obituary.aspx

Linda A. Block1

F, #110278, b. circa 1957

Family: Joseph Thomas Houghton b. 9 Mar 1949

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Birthcirca 1957
Marriage19811
ParentsDKen and Phyllis Kemper

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  1. [S1518] Legacy.com, online www.legacy.com, http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/louisville/obituary.aspx

Tyler Conrad Houghton1

M, #110279, b. circa 1984, d. 4 June 2016

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Birthcirca 19841
DeathJun 4, 2016Louisville, KY, USA1
ObituaryJun 7, 2016Tyler Conrad Houghton, age 32, of Louisville, passed away Saturday, June 4, 2016. He attended Fern Creek High School and graduated in 2001 from Seneca "The Redhawks" High School. Tyler graduated from ITT Tech with an Associate degree, where he was a National Honor Society designee. He was a member of Parkland Baptist Church, and was employed as a System Manager at Builders Surplus. Tyler journeyed through his life with great love of God, family, friends, helping others and participating in sports. He will be remembered for touching many lives by his numerous mission trips, donating his time at boy's camps and Habitat for Humanity. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Ken and Phyllis Kemper Block and Timothy Houghton and Vivian Dunn Houghton Miller.

Tyler is survived by his parents, Linda Block Houghton and Joseph Houghton; sister, Angela Houghton (Tyrell Maddox); nieces, Denver Boyd and Dakota Houghton; several aunts and uncles; and a host of relatives and friends.

Visitation will be 3-7pm Wednesday, June 8, 2016 and Thursday, June 9th from 2pm until 6pm. A celebration of Tyler's life will be at 6pm Thursday.

Memorials may be made to Habitat for Humanity. To leave a special message for the family, please visit www.Newcomerkentuckiana.com.
Published in The Courier-Journal on June 7, 2016

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  1. [S1518] Legacy.com, online www.legacy.com, http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/louisville/obituary.aspx

Timothy Houghton1

M, #110280, d. before 2016

Family: Vivian Dunn d. b 2016

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  1. [S1518] Legacy.com, online www.legacy.com, http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/louisville/obituary.aspx