Joyce Virginia Havard

Brief Life History of Joyce Virginia

When Joyce Virginia Havard was born on 26 February 1869, in Des Glaise, Iberville, Louisiana, United States, her father, Henry Monroe Havard, was 57 and her mother, Laura Heggamond Robinson, was 37. She married Fred H. Griffin on 5 October 1887, in Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Big Bend, Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States in 1920 and Ward Six, Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States in 1940. She died on 25 April 1944, in Winnfield, Winn, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Greenwood Memorial Park, Pineville, Rapides, Louisiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Reames George
1873–1957
Joyce Virginia Havard
1869–1944
Marriage: 18 December 1895
Charles Felix George
1896–1983
John Earle George
1897–
George
1899–1899
George
1899–1899
William Bryan George
1906–1968
Guy Havard George
1907–1992
Joyce Virginia George
1911–1977

Sources (16)

  • Jennie George in household of Charles R George, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Jeannie George, "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960"
  • Joyce Virigine Havard George, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2013"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1870 · Giving all the right to vote

The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English and Welsh (Brecknockshire and Glamorgan): habitational name from Haverfordwest (Pembrokeshire), from Old English hæfer ‘goat’ + ford ‘ford’.

English and Welsh (Brecknockshire and Glamorgan): in some cases, the name may also be a variant of Hereford .

French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Hahward, composed of the elements hah, which is unexplained, and ward ‘guard’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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