Frankie: A Georgia-Born Resident of Plattsburgh, New York

Frankie appears in only one known public record, the 1930 U.S. Federal Census. Born around 1908 in Georgia, she was twenty-two years old and single when she lived as a lodger in the household of Domina Bell at 20 Miller Street in Plattsburgh, New York.Frankie had attended school and could read, write, and speak English. Although little else is known about her life, her presence in Plattsburgh contributes to the documented history of African American women who migrated from the South to New York’s North Country during the early twentieth century.