Birdie Robinson Brittain

Birdie Robinson Brittain
Photograph
2014.113.001

Birdie V. Robinson was born on March 10, 1895.  She was the daughter of Emanuel M. and Augustine Robinson.  Birdie had three siblings Girdie, Henry, and Willie Robinson.  

Education at Leland University

Birdie left her family in Ascension to attend school in New Orleans, Louisiana.  She used postcards to communicate with her family in Lauderdale, Louisiana.

Leland University New Orleans
Postcard from Birdie to her brother Henry C. Robinson, front
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Leland University New Orleans
Postcard from Birdie to her brother Henry C. Robinson back
2014.016.001

Birdie attended Leland University in New Orleans, Louisiana. She graduated in 1913.

Leland University
Graduation Invitation
1913
2014.017.001

Back to Lemannville

Between 1910-1930, Birdie married H. B. Brittain. H. B. Brittain died in St. James Parish in January 1932 at the age of 46 years old.

Lemannville School

In 1925, Birdie Robinson Brittain founded the Lemannville School according to her niece Henrietta Robinson Porter. The 1940 census listed Birdie as a teacher in Lemannville, Louisiana. Birdie's annual salary was reported as $564.

"United States Census, 1940," index and images

FamilySearch 

Birdee Brittain, Police Jury Ward 4, Ascension, Louisiana, United States

Citing enumeration district (ED) 3-6, sheet 12B, family 238, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 1380.

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