Violet Eugene Frankson was born August 2, 1903, in Old Harbour, St. Catherine Parish, Jamaica, the daughter of Edward Stoddard and Sarah Louise (Mason) Frankson. She had three siblings: Alma Ann Rose born 1896, Lily Maude born 1906, and Hugh George born 1919.
Violet arrived in the United States on September 16, 1936, traveling from Kingston, Jamaica to New York City on the S.S. Calamares. She was single, employed as a clerk, and was destined to stay with her cousin, Mrs. E. Edward, who lived on Long Island. Her initial visit was only for three months.
In July of 1945, Sarah R. Kelman M.D. applied to the Immigration and Naturalization Service for permission to "import from B.W.I., Violet Frankson, to work as housekeeper secretary." Records show that Violet arrived in Key West, Florida on March 3, 1946. She made at least one return visit to Kingston, Jamaica in May of 1948, returning from there to Miami on Pan American Airlines.
Violet lived at 237 Bainbridge Street in Brooklyn when she applied for naturalization. Her certificate was issued August 3, 1954 from the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn.
Violet Eugene Frankson died at the age of 97, on Christmas day, December 25, 2000, at the Hillsdale Manor Rehab and Extended Care Center. She was buried on Hart Island.
Sources: U.S. Social Security Death Index; Jamaica, Civil Birth Registrations, 1878-1930; New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957; U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Vol. 1; U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002; http://person.ancestry.com/tree/16588821/person/855763365/facts; U.S. Naturalization Records Index, 1794-1995; Florida Passenger Lists, 1898-1963; U.S. Subject Index to Correspondence and Case Files of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1903-1959.