Joyner Genealogy Report



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Descendants of William Joyner

 

Generation No. 1

1. WILLIAM1 JOYNER was born in N.C.. He married MARY J. KISER. She was born in S.C..

Child of WILLIAM JOYNER and MARY KISER is:

Generation No. 2

2. WOODSON MELCO2 JOYNER (WILLIAM1) was born June 01, 1864 in Alabama, and died September 02, 1927 in Bradenton, Manatee Co., FL. He married AMANDA LANIER MERRITT Abt. 1890 in Mascotte, Lake Co, FL (not confirmed), daughter of ROBERT MERRITT and OREGON SLOAN. She was born August 23, 1874 in Mascotte, Lake Co., FL, and died May 13, 1955 in Gadsden Co., FL.

More About WOODSON MELCO JOYNER:

Military service 1: 1918, WWI, Cavalry

Military service 2: Bet. 1917 - 1918, Enrolled for the Draft with son Woodson "Bill" Joyner

Occupation: 1927, Furnature maker (on Death Cert. by son "Bill"

Notes for AMANDA LANIER MERRITT:

Amanda lived at 1132 9th St., Bradenton until 1954. She died in Gadsden County in 1955 and was buried in Manatee County, FL.

After Woodson died in 1927, Amanda raised her children (youngest boy, John, age 5) with help from the oldest children and by becoming a Dress Maker. Women came from all over just to say, Amanda made their dresses!

Until Amanda became ill in 1952, there was a big picture in an oval frame of Woodson in his Cavalry Uniform hanging in the living room. The night she had the stroke, Woodson's picture fell off the wall. The picture itself could not be saved, it crumbled into countless pieces.

During WWII, I remember 27 blue stars (representing family members in the Armed Services) in her front window. Gold stars represented a member killed in action. There were no gold stars in her window at the end of the war.

More About AMANDA LANIER MERRITT:

Burial: May 14, 1955, Manatee Co, FL

Census: 1880, Amanda was 6

More About WOODSON JOYNER and AMANDA MERRITT:

Marriage: Abt. 1890, Mascotte, Lake Co, FL (not confirmed)

Children of WOODSON JOYNER and AMANDA MERRITT are:

Generation No. 3

3. NANCY ELIZABETH3 JOYNER (WOODSON MELCO2, WILLIAM1) was born March 07, 1891 in Mascotte, Lake, FL, and died April 03, 1973 in Sanford, Seminole, FL. She married (1) ROBERT KEMPSON. She married (2) PRENTISS EARL TOMPKINS December 03, 1909. He was born Abt. 1880 in Centralia, Marion, IL, and died 1940 in Sterling, FL.

Notes for NANCY ELIZABETH JOYNER:

Beloved grandmother of Elizabeth.

Copy of application for SS # 267-22-6097, Jun 4, 1942 verifies information.

FL Delayed Cert. of Birth, 10/1/57 confirm parents and date of birth. Marriage license dated Dec. 3, 1909 shows Nannie Joyner was 18 years old.

The following is being written as I remember being told. Will add dates and names as I find them.

Nancy Joyner was so talented it is hard to put it down. At age 20 Nancy had Aurelia and was abandoned by her Husband in NYC. As I was told, her Husbands people wanted to take Aurelia away from her so Amanda and Woodson adopted Aurelia. Nancy at that point took various jobs open to women.

Nancy taught school, worked in a ice cream store (she was told, at the boss instructions, to each day eat as much ice cream as she wanted, but at one time each day only! I do not remember seeing Nancy eat much ice cream and she said she had all the ice cream she ever wanted. Nancy was also a telegrapher in NYC. No confirmed dates yet, but this is when she married "Skipper". ( I am looking for a legal paper that I have that confirms this)

Skipper was the Captain of a ship that went from NYC to Miami. At some point he also went to Japan and brought back a wonderful punch and tea set which he gave Nancy. During this time, her sister, Evelyn was in Zig Field Follies (picture on Web Site). Nancy bought a cocktail dress from Saks Fifth Ave for her granddaughter in 1931 which I still have and can still wear in 1999 (this is the dress I have on the the picture on the Web Site with Sam at the Colony Restaurant in London in 1950).

This concerns the time Nancy was married to Skipper. Two telephone companies were told the first ship to lay cable from NYC to Miami would get all their business. Nancy and her girl friends were waiting in Miami when she got word that the other ship might get there first. The girls dressed to the "nines", got a rowboat and Champagne, rowed to the ship just outside the harbor. Once aboard they congratulated the crew on arriving first, as they celebrated, Skipper passed them in the dark and won the contract.

Next, Skipper and Nancy had a big house in Miami. When prohibition started Nancy decided to keep busy while Skipper was working. First they blocked the door from the back of the house to front. You had to go outside to get to the kitchen. Bath tub gin was quite popular and Nancy and a girl friend, Dencie, had false bottom Model A's so they could go to Canada and bring back good Canadian Whiskey. The front door admitted people like George Raft, motion picture stars, the Police Chief and Fire Marshall, various government people, some came just because they were having a ball. The back door was reserved for everyone else! Nancy always laughed telling this, no one ever got a chance to blackmail anybody!

Everything stopped though, when on one trip to Canada, Dencie was in an accident. Dencie lay in a ditch with big piece of glass in her head until morning (they traveled separately and met at different towns). This is true as I knew Dencie too, her hair turned snow white overnight. Dencie and Nancy remained friends for life.

 

 

More About NANCY ELIZABETH JOYNER:

Burial: April 06, 1973, Ortona, Glades Co, FL

Census: 1900, Age 9

Occupation 1: Bet. 1945 - 1972, Interior Decorator (did Mae West's bedroom in Palm Beach, FL, all shades of purple)

Occupation 2: Bet. 1942 - 1945, Worked at Military Base in Hillsborough Co area.

Social Security Number: June 01, 1942, SS# 267-22-6097

More About PRENTISS TOMPKINS and NANCY JOYNER:

Marriage: December 03, 1909

Child of NANCY JOYNER and PRENTISS TOMPKINS is:

4. NETTIE3 JOYNER (WOODSON MELCO2, WILLIAM1) was born October 1893 in Bradenton, Manatee Co., FL, and died Abt. 1946 in Bradenton, Manatee Co., FL. She married (1) WILLIAM PARKER. He was born Abt. 1890. She married (2) VAN VORHEES.

Notes for NETTIE JOYNER:

Nettie's first marriage was to William Parker. Nettie had three boys last name of Parker. William "Parker", Henry Pauline and Victor. Henry Parker married Eva ( Eva still living in 1997). Henry was in the Seabee during WWII. While he was repairing a telephone line (somewhere in the Pacific) an electric line snapped and wrapped around him, almost killed him. He had many surgeries, skin from legs used to repair his back. Nettie's second marriage was to Van Vorhees. We called him Van.

Children of NETTIE JOYNER and WILLIAM PARKER are:

5. GLADYS3 JOYNER (WOODSON MELCO2, WILLIAM1) was born February 1899 in Bradenton, Manatee Co., FL, and died January 1982 in Pensacola, Escambia, FL. She married (1) J. P. LUCKETT Abt. 1920. He was born Abt. 1895 in MS, and died Abt. 1946 in MS. She married (2) RAYDON GREENE Abt. 1930. He was born Abt. 1895.

More About GLADYS JOYNER:

Fact 1: Bef. 1951, SS# 267-70-7489

More About J. LUCKETT and GLADYS JOYNER:

Marriage: Abt. 1920

More About RAYDON GREENE and GLADYS JOYNER:

Marriage: Abt. 1930

Child of GLADYS JOYNER and J. LUCKETT is:

Generation No. 4

6. AURELIA NAOMI TOMPKINS4 JOYNER (NANCY ELIZABETH3, WOODSON MELCO2, WILLIAM1) was born August 05, 1911 in Bradenton, Manatee, FL, and died January 02, 1983 in Twentynine Palms, CA. She married (1) AARSETH. She married (2) JOHN MELTON ARMSTRONG 1930, son of JOHN ARMSTRONG and FRANCES MELTON. He was born August 21, 1884 in St. Joseph, Buchcanan, MO, and died June 19, 1967 in Lakeland, Polk, FL. She married (3) JAMES WHITE Abt. 1933. He was born in Scotland, and died in Florida.

Notes for AURELIA NAOMI TOMPKINS JOYNER:

Aurelia changed her name in 1954 to Evelyn Young (there is an Evelyn Young in the Merritt line). On the Death Certificate her name is Evelyn Brose. This information was confirmed with the Social Security Office in 1995 by her daughter Elizabeth A. Armstrong Braswell.

More About JOHN MELTON ARMSTRONG:

Fact 1: SS# 261-28-3406

Fact 2: Raced motorcycles, left home age 18.

Fact 3: Sold cars, probably Jacksonville, FL

More About JOHN ARMSTRONG and AURELIA JOYNER:

Marriage: 1930

More About JAMES WHITE and AURELIA JOYNER:

Marriage: Abt. 1933

Child of AURELIA JOYNER and JOHN ARMSTRONG is:

Generation No. 5

7. ELIZABETH ANNE5 ARMSTRONG (AURELIA NAOMI TOMPKINS4 JOYNER, NANCY ELIZABETH3, WOODSON MELCO2, WILLIAM1) was born August 10, 1931 in Quincy, Gadsden, FL. She married SAMUEL COLEMAN BRASWELL August 31, 1954 in Ealing, Middlesex, England, son of HARVEY BRASWELL and SARAH SMITH. He was born June 10, 1932 in Goldthwaite, Mills, TX.

More About ELIZABETH ANNE ARMSTRONG:

Military service: Bet. 1950 - 1954, U.S Air Force (WAF) SC, TX and England (Honorable Discharge England)

Marriage Notes for ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG and SAMUEL BRASWELL:

Sam and Liz met while stationed in England with the USAF. Sam helped Liz with her USAFE English Course (that is a long story!). Three months later, Aug. 31, 1954 they married and honeymooned at Brighton Beach, England. Aug. 31 was the hottest day of the year, 75 degrees, that year. It had rained every day for three weeks but the sun came out and stayed until they returned to London! Wonderful memories!

More About SAMUEL BRASWELL and ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG:

Marriage: August 31, 1954, Ealing, Middlesex, England

Children of ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG and SAMUEL BRASWELL are:

Generation No. 6

8. CHRISTINA ELIZABETH6 BRASWELL (ELIZABETH ANNE5 ARMSTRONG, AURELIA NAOMI TOMPKINS4 JOYNER, NANCY ELIZABETH3, WOODSON MELCO2, WILLIAM1) was born May 13, 1956 in San Bernardino, CA. She married CHRIS PATTERSON April 03, 1978 in Arlington, TX.

More About CHRIS PATTERSON and CHRISTINA BRASWELL:

Marriage: April 03, 1978, Arlington, TX

Children of CHRISTINA BRASWELL and CHRIS PATTERSON are:

9. NANCY MARIE6 BRASWELL (ELIZABETH ANNE5 ARMSTRONG, AURELIA NAOMI TOMPKINS4 JOYNER, NANCY ELIZABETH3, WOODSON MELCO2, WILLIAM1) was born December 14, 1958 in Redlands, San Bernardino Co., CA. She married (1) DAMON AVERY VEAZEY, JR in Oscar, Bell Co, TX, son of DAMON VEAZEY and RITA PIERCE. He was born August 30, 1963 in Austin, Travis Co, TX. She met (2) BILLY BECK September 01, 1979. He was born December 06, 1952 in Temple, Bell Co., TX.

More About DAMON VEAZEY and NANCY BRASWELL:

Marriage: Oscar, Bell Co, TX

More About BILLY BECK and NANCY BRASWELL:

Other-Begin: September 01, 1979

Child of NANCY BRASWELL and BILLY BECK is:

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