Annie Caulk
As is all too typical of African Americans in Delaware during this time, I could find almost no information about Annie Caulk. There were a number of families with the surname Caulk living in and around Townsend, Delaware in the latter 1800s. In the 1870 census for Townsend, Appoquinimink Hundred, we find an Anna J. Caulk, age 22, married to Isaac Caulk, Jr., with a daughter named Marietta, born ~1863. This family doesn’t appear in the 1880 or 1900 census records, and Annie doesn’t appear in any newspaper articles. There is a listing for an Anna Caulk, age 66, in the 1910 census records for Townsend. This Anna is a widow, who has had three children, none of whom were still living in 1910. This is probably the same woman who went to live in the Almshouse and died there in 1917. Note that she is transcribed in ancestry.com records for the 1910 census as Anna Fountain, but this is merely an error.
We know that at the time of her death on July 4, 1917, Annie had been living at the Almshouse for 1 year and 3 months. Her Certificate of Death indicates that she died of apoplexy (stroke). The COD contains no information about her marital status, and the informant was a staff member at the Almshouse. Her COD says she was a servant. No other information is available.
We know that at the time of her death on July 4, 1917, Annie had been living at the Almshouse for 1 year and 3 months. Her Certificate of Death indicates that she died of apoplexy (stroke). The COD contains no information about her marital status, and the informant was a staff member at the Almshouse. Her COD says she was a servant. No other information is available.