Birth Certificate for Vivian Louise Black
Dublin Core
Title
Birth Certificate for Vivian Louise Black
Alternative Title
Birth Certificate, Vivian Black
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Birth certificates--Florida
Babies--Hospital care
Description
Certificate of birth for Vivian Louise Black (1940-), the daughter of Pilgrim Black (1905-2002) and Lula Mae Haynes Black (1917-2007), who got married in 1937. According to this document, Vivin was born at the Fernald-Laughton Memorial Hospital in Sanford, Florida. She was delivered by Dr. George H. Starke on October 11, 1940.
Vivian is also the oldest sister of Lula Yvonne Black (1942-); Charles Samuel Black (1945-); Pilgrim Black, Jr. (ca. 1947-); and Patricia Ann Black (1956- ); as well as the half-sister of David Harry Black (1929-2012). Vivian graduated from Crooms High School around 1958. She married Benjamin Moore Hawkins in the 1960s and moved to Rochester, New York. The couple had two children together: Benjamin Moore, Jr. (1960-) and Fejetta Michelle Hawkins (1972-). Vivian worked for several years in a factory until she suffered a stroke at age 35, when the left side of her body became completely paralyzed. She moved back to Sanford, Florida, after her stroke.
Vivian is also the oldest sister of Lula Yvonne Black (1942-); Charles Samuel Black (1945-); Pilgrim Black, Jr. (ca. 1947-); and Patricia Ann Black (1956- ); as well as the half-sister of David Harry Black (1929-2012). Vivian graduated from Crooms High School around 1958. She married Benjamin Moore Hawkins in the 1960s and moved to Rochester, New York. The couple had two children together: Benjamin Moore, Jr. (1960-) and Fejetta Michelle Hawkins (1972-). Vivian worked for several years in a factory until she suffered a stroke at age 35, when the left side of her body became completely paralyzed. She moved back to Sanford, Florida, after her stroke.
Creator
Fernald-Laughton Memorial Hospital
Source
Original birth certificate, 1940: Fernald-Laughton Memorial Hospital, Sanford, Florida: Private Collection of Patricia Ann Black.
Publisher
Celery City Printing Company
Date Created
1940-10-11
Date Issued
1940-10-11
Contributor
Black, Patricia Ann
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original birth certificate, October 11, 1940: Fernald-Laughton Memorial Hospital, Sanford, Florida.
Is Part Of
Patricia Black Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
152 KB
Medium
1 birth certificate
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally owned by Pilgrim Black.
Inherited by Patricia Ann Black in 2002.
Rights Holder
Copyright to the resource is held by Patricia Ann Black and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
Source Repository
Private Collection of Patricia Ann Black
External Reference
Coles, Robert. Uprooted Children: The Early Life of Migrant Farm Workers. [Pittsburgh]: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1970.
Piore, Michael J. Birds of Passage: Migrant Labor and Industrial Societies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979.
Flewellyn, Valada S. African Americans of Sanford. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2009.
External Reference Title
Transcript
The Fernald-Laughton Memorial Hospital
Sanford, Florida
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
This Certifies that Vivian Black was born in the FERNALD-LAUGHTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AT 500 OAK AVENUE at Sanford, Florida, on the 11 day of October A.D., 1940
IN WITNESS THEREOF, the said Hospital has caused this certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officer.
Lucille Pegsam[?]
SUPERINTENDENT
Geo. H. Starke, M.D.
Hospital Number 6790A
DOCTOR
Sanford, Florida
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
This Certifies that Vivian Black was born in the FERNALD-LAUGHTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AT 500 OAK AVENUE at Sanford, Florida, on the 11 day of October A.D., 1940
IN WITNESS THEREOF, the said Hospital has caused this certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officer.
Lucille Pegsam[?]
SUPERINTENDENT
Geo. H. Starke, M.D.
Hospital Number 6790A
DOCTOR
Document Item Type Metadata
Original Format
1 birth certificate
Collection
Citation
Fernald-Laughton Memorial Hospital, “Birth Certificate for Vivian Louise Black,” RICHES, accessed April 19, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/2688.