Oldest Living People in the United States (110+), Part 6

 #64- Dollie Berry

Female, born 07 Mar 1914 in Virginia, 110 years old, currently living in Brooklyn, New York

Dollie Berry
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Dollie Berry was born Dolly M. Booten. Her parents were Burnett Henry Booton (1875-1930) and Sallie Shanks (1880-1967). 

Dollie was born in Virginia, like much of her ancestors before her, but she and her family moved to New York when she was 13 (abt 1927) and she's lived there ever since. 

Dollie had at least 7 siblings: 

1. Frank A. Booten (1897-1969)

2. Mary Booten (1900-1967)

3. Burnett Booten Jr. (1905-1971)

4. Phoebe A. Booten (1905-1945)

5. Viola Booten (1908-2007)

6. Laura Annie Elizabeth Booten (1912-2020)

7. Ruth Ellen Booten (1916-1999)

In 1920, she and her parents were living in Salem, Virginia. At the time, shew as living with her parents, 4 sisters and brother. Her father couldn't read or write...her mother could write but couldn't read. I feel like this was probably pretty typical for the black community in the 1920s.

On 06 Jun 1936 in Manhattan, Dollie married Arthur Lee Berry, the son of James and Jane Berry, both of South Carolina. He was born on 16 Oct 1940 in Savannah, Georgia and died on 06 Oct 1959 in Manhattan. 

Dollie and Arthur had two children: 

1. Warren Berry, born 1938 in New York

2. Joan Berry, born 1939 in New York

In the 1940 census, Dollie was living with her husband and two children in New York City on West 113th Street and in the 1950 census, Arthur is working as a post office clerk.

I read in one article about Dollie that she dabbled in fashion design as a younger person in New York.