Charlotte Black

Charlotte grew up without a father in New York City in the sailor's ghetto in Manhattan. Her mother worked as a seamstress after her father, Hiram Black, disappeared in 1818 when Charlotte was only a year old.

Charlotte married at 16 and had seven children, the first just shy of her seventeenth birthday in 1834. She went on to have 8 more pregnancies, with six live births.

Charlotte far outlived her peers and became a positively ancient woman by the standards of the time. She never knew why, but no sickness could keep her down for long, and she was quietly provided for in her later years by a check in the mail every month.

Species

Mortal

Life

1817 AD 1897 AD 80 years old

Birthplace

New York City, New York

Place of Death

Chicago, Illinois

Family

The Descendants of Charlotte Black

Parents

Hiram Black

Emily Black

Sex

Female

Gender

Female

Presentation

Female

Hair

Black