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Family of Napoleon Bonaparte & Henrietta (Durham) Morgan

 

Most photos courtesy of Kaersten Colvin-Woodruff via John C. Carter


  
Henrietta Durham Morgan(1862-1934) & Napoleon Bonaparte Morgan (1860-1948)

 


Napoleon Bonaparte Morgan (1860-1948)

 


Henrietta Carty Morgan
Daughter of William & Elizabeth (Wyatt) Carty
Wife of James H. Morgan
Mother of Napoleon B. Morgan

Napoleon told his grandchildren that Henrietta's mother was a full-blood Indian

 


Frances H. Morgan (1893-1982) & Alonzo Durham (1889- ?)



Frances Henrietta Morgan Durham (1893-1982)



Alonzo Durham (1889- ?)
Son of John & Ruth Durham
Grandson of Joel Durham & Margaret Munce

 


Marion H. Durham Cuyjet (1920-1996)
Daughter of Alonzo Durham & Frances Henrietta Morgan
Grandaughter of Napoleon B. Morgan & Henrietta Durham


Marion D. Cuyjet Pioneering African American Dance Teacher,
Leader In Philadelphia Black Cultural Life

Mrs. Cuyjet's most famous pupil was Judith Jamison, artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Jamison began training in ballet at the age of 6 with "Miss Marion," as everyone called Mrs. Cuyjet (pronounced soo-zhay).

In addition to teaching classical ballet and other dance techniques, Mrs. Cuyjet taught her students that "dancers were not hybrid creatures dropped down from the clouds with no relation to Earth," as Jamison noted in her autobiography, "Dancing Spirit."

Mrs. Cuyjet also provided subliminal lessons in determination and race relations. "She looked Caucasian and rented studio space that landlords would not rent to a person they thought was black," Jamison wrote. "She broke the color barrier and was constantly evicted once black children were discovered on the premises; she had to move her school seven times."

Born in Cheswold, Del., Mrs. Cuyjet studied ballet in Philadelphia with Essie Marie Dorsey, herself a student of Michel Fokine and Mikhail Mordkin, and opened the Judimar School in 1948. Mrs. Cuyjet created dances for public events in the city, and in the late 1950s was the principal choreographer for the annual Christmas Cotillion sponsored by Heritage House, a leading African American cultural organization in Philadelphia.

From 1958 into the 1970s, Mrs. Cuyjet was on the dance faculty at Maryland State College (now the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore) and also taught at Delaware State College in Dover, and Cheney State University in Cheney, Pa. She closed her studio in 1971 and trained as a movement therapist, working at the Philadelphia State Hospital for 11 years.

 


Marion H. Durham Cuyjet (1920-1996)

 


Mila Trent Carpenter
Daughter of Elsie Morgan & Samuel Trent
Grandaughter of Napoleon B. Morgan & Henrietta Durham

 


Norris Durham & son George
Norris is the son of Alonzo Durham & Frances Henrietta Morgan
Grandson of Napoleon B. Morgan & Henrietta Durham




      
Judtih Cuyet, daughter of Marion Durham Cuyjet

Courtesy of Linda Reed Harmon

 


Frieda Russell Durham, Kaersten Colvin-Woodruff's aunt
with Olivia Morgan Woodruff, daughter of Kaersten Colvin-Woodruff

Photo courtesy of Kaersten Colvin-Woodruff

 

 

Subj: New photos for Mitsawokett
Date: 4/17/2007 8:00:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: KCOLVIN@clarion.edu
To: bettyandrayterry@aol.com
File: JudithCuyjet.zip (1547352 bytes) DL Time (46667 bps): < 9 minutes
Sent from the Internet (Details)


He Betty, This is Kaersten Colvin-Woodruff, Marion Cuyjet's
granddaughter. A few years back I e-mailed John Carter some photos
that he shared with you to place on the Mitsaokett site. They were of
the Napoleon Bonaparte Morgan and Henrretta Durham Morgan family. I
have some additional photos to add to the list if you would like. They
are labeled. One is of my Aunt Freida Durham with my daughter, Olivia
Morgan Woodruff, another is of just my daughter alone, and the other is
of my mother, Marion Durham Cuyjet's daughter, Judith Cuyjet. I have
to send the one of Olivia by its self because it it too big. I hope
you can use them. I once saw a picture of your granddaughters on this
site and I thought they looked a bit like my Olivia.Take care for now,
cousin.

Kaersten


Ancestry of daughter Frances Henrietta Morgan Durham




 

 

 

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