Person:Elner Joy (1)

Elner Irene Joy
b.8 Jul 1912 SD
d.26 Apr 2000 Eugene, Lane Co, OR
m. Abt 1905
  1. Marguerite Ella Joy1906 - 1975
  2. Elner Irene Joy1912 - 2000
  3. Hazel Lillian Joy1916 - 1999
Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] Elner Irene Joy
Gender Female
Birth? 8 Jul 1912 SD
Marriage to Rodney Leroy Gifford
Death? 26 Apr 2000 Eugene, Lane Co, OR

Living in Provo, UT

After her mother died, Ira took off and she went to live with Eliza Spain Joy. Eliza "sold" her to a Seventh-Day Adventist family, to serve as a maid/slave. --From conversation with Connie Galles, Feb 2002 In 1930 was living with Ralph Reed and his wife, she was 17 and worked as a telephone operator.

When she divorced Glenn Barnett, Lynn wen to live with him and Sandy stayed with her mom.

References
  1. Social Security Death Index.
  2. 1930 Census, Iowa, Woodbury Co.

    Sioux City
    Lists Ralph Reed, working for city government, wife Marguerite, and sisters-in-law Hazel Joy and Elner Joy.

  3. 1920 Census, North Dakota, Bowman Co
    Bowman Village, 10-12 Jan 1920.

    Address: 79 Second Avenue
    Joy, Ira M, head, rents, age 32, b. Nebraska, father b. PA, mother b. IA, works as a shoemaker at his own shop
    Cora, wife, age 30, b. MO, parents b. MO,
    Margueritte, daughter, age 13, b. IA
    Elner, daughter, age 7, b. IA
    Hazel, daughter, age 4, b. SD