PIONEERRESPOND
Aletha/Alita Mae DICKERSON-ROBINSON 1902 - 1994
| aka | Aletha Mae Dickerson-Robinson, Alita Mae Dickerson-Robinson, Aletha M. Dickerson-Robinson, Alita M. Dickerson-Robinson, A. M. Dickerson-Robinson, Aletha Dickerson-Robinson, Alita Dickerson-Robinson, A. Dickerson-Robinson, Selma Davis |
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| birth | 24 Apr 1902, Chicago, Illinois |
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| death | 30 March 1994, New York, NY |
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| remark | (African-American) (aka Selma Davis) |
| marriage | married in <1926> to:
 Alex(ander) Joseph ("Bob"/"Rob") ROBINSON b. 16 Sept 1894, New Orleans, Orleans, LA (<1895>, Illinois) (source: A Twist Of Lemon by Paul Swinton; on internet) |
PARENTS
| father | Walter DICKERSON b. .... <1875>, ............. |
| mother | Garvinia/Georgiana/Georganna/Georgeann(a) ESTERS b. .... <1887>, ............ |
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LIFE
1880 CENSUS:
1900 CENSUS:
Walter DICKERSON b. Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee.
1910 CENSUS (Chicago City, Cook, Illinois 18 April 1910):
Walter DICKERSON (35y = b. <1875>, Tennessee) musician in cafe
Georgiana/Georganna/Georgeann(a) DICKERSON (23y = b. <1887>, Kansas) Music Teacher
- Aletha DICKERSON (7y = b. <1903>, ........, Illinois)
1930 CENSUS (4 May 1930, Oak Forest Infirmary, Bremen, Cook, Illinois):
Walter DICKERSON (56y = born <1875>, Tenessee) widower; inmate of Oak Forest Infirmary)
got married in <1898>
1930 CENSUS:
Alexander ROBINSON (35y = b. <1895>, Louisiana) writer music
Aletha ROBINSON (28y = b. <1902>, Illinois) manager Music Company
residence: Chicago, Cook, IL
They got married <1926>
Secretary Chicago Music Publishing Company
Late 1928 Recording Manager for Chicago recording sessions Paramount
played piano
see website ParamountsHome Gallery (Alex van der Tuuk Archives)
NOTES
- A Twist Of Lemon by Paul Swinton (on internet)
- Aletha Dickerson: Paramount's reluctant recording manager by Alex van der Tuuk (online article)
- I Worked For A Hack Writer by Aletha Robinson (in: Songwriter's Review, February 1950) (online article)
- NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA BIRTH RECORDS INDEX 1790-1899
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