Essie Goins:1972, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Essie Beatrice Manson Goins was born on June 19th, 1936 to Willa (Broadus) Manson and John Wiley Manson in Macon, Georgia. She had a brother named John Jr. who was three years older. In the 1940 census her father worked at a bottling plant. By 1950, the family had traveled north and settled in Allegheny County. They are still a family of four. John Manson worked driving a refuse truck for the city. John Jr. was 16 and Essie was 13. Essie’s mother, Willa, was called “Willie” on both those census documents. Essie grew up and married James Burton Goins. They had three children: Victor, Monica and Mark. Mr. Goins worked as a maintenance man Allderdice high school. In 1972 Essie Beatrice Goins was working for the State of Pennsylvania as an investigator for the Department of Public Assistance. This was not just a job, but a career. Essie and John’s children were teenage...