Riches to Rags Family Tree » Otis Redding Sr. (1913-1968)

Personal data Otis Redding Sr. 

Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4

Household of Otis Redding Sr.

(1) He is married to Lucile Hilton.

They got married on December 25, 1935 at Paulding, Georgia, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. (Not public)
  2. Otis Redding Jr  1941-1967


(2) He is married to Fannie Mae Roseman.

They got married in the year 1937 at Dawson, Terrell, Georgia, United States, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. (Not public)
  2. (Not public)
  3. Darlene Redding  1939-1988
  4. Mary Redding  ± 1900-
  5. Otis Ray Redding  1941-1967


(3) He has/had a relationship with Hattie Fleming.


Notes about Otis Redding Sr.

Father of singer Otis Redding, Jr., married to Fannie Roseman Redding around 1937. In 1946, the family moved to the Tindal Heights Housing Project in Macon, Georgia. Otis Sr. worked at Robins Air Force Base, one of the local places of employment for blacks, and preached on the weekends. His son Otis, Jr. began singing in choir of the Vineville Baptist Church. For much of Otis' childhood his father was sick. Living for awhile in a shotgun house in west Macon known as Bellevue, the family was forced to move back into the project after it burnt down

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Otis Redding

Otis Redding
1913-1968

(1) 1935

Lucile Hilton
1917-2014

(2) 1937
Mary Redding
± 1900-
(3) 

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    Sources

    1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=83357721&pid=10192
      / Ancestry.com
    2. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1989, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    3. 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1940; Census Place: Third, Terrell, Georgia; Roll: m-t0627-00712; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 135-4 / Ancestry.com
    4. 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1930; Census Place: Fullerville, Carroll, Georgia; Roll: 342; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0001; FHL microfilm: 2340077 / Ancestry.com
    5. Findagrave, Rev Otis Redding, Sr 28 Apr 1968 / www.findagrave.com

    Historical events

    • The temperature on December 25, 1935 was between 1.9 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
      • March 21 » Shah of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran.
      • May 31 » A 7.7 Mw  earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan killing 40,000.
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      • September 2 » The Labor Day Hurricane, the most intense hurricane to strike the United States, makes landfall at Long Key, Florida, killing at least 400.
      • December 27 » Regina Jonas is ordained as the first female rabbi in the history of Judaism.
      • December 30 » The Italian Air Force bombs a Swedish Red Cross hospital during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.

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