His mother was Ellen Clark, an enslaved woman inherited by Ann Catherine (Moore) Pettigrew Clark who owned a hotel in Brunswick, Glynn, Georgia called the Ocean House.
In 1841 Ann inherited four enslaved people: Harrington, Ellen, Margaret, and Eliza. These were the first four people she ever owned and she inherited them as property from James Moore (possibly a brother) who apparently had these people in trust from their father, also named James Moore. Their father was deeded these four enslaved people from James McLeod in 1824 shortly before the elder James Moore died.
By 1850 Ann enslaved 12 people ranging in age from 67 years to 5 months.
The enslaved woman, Ellen, formed a relationship with a man named Gustavus Friedlander, a German businessman, and a frequent guest at the hotel. Together they had at least three children before Gus legally married a woman named Rebecca R. Roberts in 1856; with whom he had three children.
The whole time he was married to Rebecca and having children with her, he was still having children with Ellen. Altogether, he and Ellen were the parents of at least 11 children.
In 1863 one of Gus' sons by Rebecca died and then in 1870 Rebecca herself passed away and Gus seems to have left Brunswick and moved as far away from Georgia as he could, to San Francisco, San Francisco, California, where he died on 10 September 1888. Ellen died the next year and was buried in this cemetery on 29 March 1889.
If we read between the lines of the public records, it does not appear that Gus kept his love affair with Ellen a secret because the children all knew he was their father; his name is found on their vital records, also, upon his death, a few of the children are mentioned in his estate papers, most especially Ida (Clark) Jones and Sarah (Clark) Minor.
In 1841 Ann inherited four enslaved people: Harrington, Ellen, Margaret, and Eliza. These were the first four people she ever owned and she inherited them as property from James Moore (possibly a brother) who apparently had these people in trust from their father, also named James Moore. Their father was deeded these four enslaved people from James McLeod in 1824 shortly before the elder James Moore died.
By 1850 Ann enslaved 12 people ranging in age from 67 years to 5 months.
The enslaved woman, Ellen, formed a relationship with a man named Gustavus Friedlander, a German businessman, and a frequent guest at the hotel. Together they had at least three children before Gus legally married a woman named Rebecca R. Roberts in 1856; with whom he had three children.
The whole time he was married to Rebecca and having children with her, he was still having children with Ellen. Altogether, he and Ellen were the parents of at least 11 children.
In 1863 one of Gus' sons by Rebecca died and then in 1870 Rebecca herself passed away and Gus seems to have left Brunswick and moved as far away from Georgia as he could, to San Francisco, San Francisco, California, where he died on 10 September 1888. Ellen died the next year and was buried in this cemetery on 29 March 1889.
If we read between the lines of the public records, it does not appear that Gus kept his love affair with Ellen a secret because the children all knew he was their father; his name is found on their vital records, also, upon his death, a few of the children are mentioned in his estate papers, most especially Ida (Clark) Jones and Sarah (Clark) Minor.
His mother was Ellen Clark, an enslaved woman inherited by Ann Catherine (Moore) Pettigrew Clark who owned a hotel in Brunswick, Glynn, Georgia called the Ocean House.
In 1841 Ann inherited four enslaved people: Harrington, Ellen, Margaret, and Eliza. These were the first four people she ever owned and she inherited them as property from James Moore (possibly a brother) who apparently had these people in trust from their father, also named James Moore. Their father was deeded these four enslaved people from James McLeod in 1824 shortly before the elder James Moore died.
By 1850 Ann enslaved 12 people ranging in age from 67 years to 5 months.
The enslaved woman, Ellen, formed a relationship with a man named Gustavus Friedlander, a German businessman, and a frequent guest at the hotel. Together they had at least three children before Gus legally married a woman named Rebecca R. Roberts in 1856; with whom he had three children.
The whole time he was married to Rebecca and having children with her, he was still having children with Ellen. Altogether, he and Ellen were the parents of at least 11 children.
In 1863 one of Gus' sons by Rebecca died and then in 1870 Rebecca herself passed away and Gus seems to have left Brunswick and moved as far away from Georgia as he could, to San Francisco, San Francisco, California, where he died on 10 September 1888. Ellen died the next year and was buried in this cemetery on 29 March 1889.
If we read between the lines of the public records, it does not appear that Gus kept his love affair with Ellen a secret because the children all knew he was their father; his name is found on their vital records, also, upon his death, a few of the children are mentioned in his estate papers, most especially Ida (Clark) Jones and Sarah (Clark) Minor.
In 1841 Ann inherited four enslaved people: Harrington, Ellen, Margaret, and Eliza. These were the first four people she ever owned and she inherited them as property from James Moore (possibly a brother) who apparently had these people in trust from their father, also named James Moore. Their father was deeded these four enslaved people from James McLeod in 1824 shortly before the elder James Moore died.
By 1850 Ann enslaved 12 people ranging in age from 67 years to 5 months.
The enslaved woman, Ellen, formed a relationship with a man named Gustavus Friedlander, a German businessman, and a frequent guest at the hotel. Together they had at least three children before Gus legally married a woman named Rebecca R. Roberts in 1856; with whom he had three children.
The whole time he was married to Rebecca and having children with her, he was still having children with Ellen. Altogether, he and Ellen were the parents of at least 11 children.
In 1863 one of Gus' sons by Rebecca died and then in 1870 Rebecca herself passed away and Gus seems to have left Brunswick and moved as far away from Georgia as he could, to San Francisco, San Francisco, California, where he died on 10 September 1888. Ellen died the next year and was buried in this cemetery on 29 March 1889.
If we read between the lines of the public records, it does not appear that Gus kept his love affair with Ellen a secret because the children all knew he was their father; his name is found on their vital records, also, upon his death, a few of the children are mentioned in his estate papers, most especially Ida (Clark) Jones and Sarah (Clark) Minor.
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