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Joyce Ann RICHISON

Joyce Ann RICHISON

Female 1937 - 2014  (77 years)

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  • Name Joyce Ann RICHISON  [1
    Birth 29 Mar 1937  Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    • Age 3, 1940 census, b.1937, IN
    Birth certificate - Richison
    Birth certificate - Richison
    Joyce Ann Richison, 1937
    Gender Female 
    Census 11 Apr 1940  Winchester, Randolph, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Meredith Richison HOH 
    1940 US Census - Richison
    1940 US Census - Richison
    Indiana. Randolph Co. - Meredith Richison
    Court records 7 May 1947  Winchester, Randolph, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Consent of Guardian, People Loan & Trust Company, to Ward being made Ward of Randolph County Department of Public Welfare 
    • Document includes notarized signature of father, Herbert Meredith Richison, to relinquish his paternal rights to daughter, Joyce Ann.
    Consent of Guardian to Ward being made Ward of Randolph County Department of Public Welfare
    Consent of Guardian to Ward being made Ward of Randolph County Department of Public Welfare
    In the matter of Joyce Ann Richison, minor
    Court records 7 May 1947  Winchester, Randolph, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    In the matter of Joyce Ann Richison and Robert Eugene Richison, minor children 
    Petition to make children Ward of Randolph County Department of Public Welfare
    Petition to make children Ward of Randolph County Department of Public Welfare
    In the Matter of Joyce Ann Richison and Robert Eugene Richison, minor children
    Resided 15 Jan 1969  Losantville, Randolph, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    at death of her father, Herbert Meredith Richison 
    Death 19 Oct 2014  , , Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • FACEBOOK notice from her daughter Anni Kennedy on 10/19/2014
    Person ID I479  richison
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2019 

    Father Herbert Meredith RICHISON,   b. 16 Jan 1913, Portland, Jay, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jan 1969, Winchester, Randolph, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Alice Louise RICHARDSON,   b. 12 Mar 1917, Fountain City, Wayne, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1946, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F41  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Ralph Mahlon NELSON,   b. 4 Sep 1900   d. 26 Jun 1959 (Age 58 years) 
    Relationship Adopted 
    Mother Ethel Elnora COURTNEY,   b. 13 Oct 1893, Shakerag, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Relationship Adopted 
    Family ID F599  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Alfred LaMonte KENNEDY,   b. 18 Feb 1934, Mt. Pleasant, Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 3 Sep 1955  Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Type: Religious 
    Divorce yes 
    Children 
     1. Jack Lee KENNEDY
     2. Alfred LaMonte KENNEDY, Jr.
     3. Anna Marie KENNEDY
     4. Theresa Sue KENNEDY
    +5. Ruth Ann KENNEDY
     6. Judith Darlene KENNEDY
    Family ID F300  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2015 

    Family 2 Robert C HOPKINS 
    Family ID F299  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Oct 2007 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 29 Mar 1937 - Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Meredith Richison HOH - 11 Apr 1940 - Winchester, Randolph, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCourt records - Consent of Guardian, People Loan & Trust Company, to Ward being made Ward of Randolph County Department of Public Welfare - 7 May 1947 - Winchester, Randolph, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCourt records - In the matter of Joyce Ann Richison and Robert Eugene Richison, minor children - 7 May 1947 - Winchester, Randolph, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Type: Religious - 3 Sep 1955 - Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResided - at death of her father, Herbert Meredith Richison - 15 Jan 1969 - Losantville, Randolph, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 Oct 2014 - , , Florida, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • (Research):Joyce and her two brothers were adopted by three different families after the death of their mother. Joyce was adopted by Ethel Elnora Courtney, a second cousin to her natural father, and Ralph Nelson, Ethel's husband.
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      14 Feb 2007
      Christmas card 2006 returned so address now unknown
      Ms. Joyce Hopkins & family
      2129 J. Jackson Road
      P.O. Box 179
      Fort Meande FL 33841
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1857] Births, 13 Nov 2016.
      "Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 June 2016); Joyce Ann Richison (29 March 1937), Certificate of Birth no. 11537, Marion County; citing Birth Certificates, 1907-1940, microfilm, Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis.

    2. [S1882] Court Records, 1 Oct 2011.
      Randolph County, Indiana, Juvenile Court, Case 5914, May Term 1947, book 94, p.237, in the matter of Joyce Ann Richison and Robert Eugene Richison, minor children.

    3. [S1901] Marriage, 27 Dec 2015.
      Delaware County, Indiana, Marriage Book 78: 789, photocopy of original marriage license application, and return (1955), Kennedy-Nelson; Muncie Public Library, Muncie.

    4. [S390] Courtney, Elias and Mary (Pavy), 1988 (Reliability: 1).
      Richison, Joyce Ann, compiler, "The Genealogy of Elias and Mary Pavy Courtney." Vertical files, donated by Jeanice Parker Isaacson, Delaware County Historical Society, Muncie, Indiana.

    5. [S10] Guardianship, 1 Jan 2016.
      Randolph County, Indiana, Juvenile Court, Cause No. 5914, In the Matter of Joyce Ann Richison, a minor, "Consent of Guardian to Ward being made Ward of Randolph County Department of Public Welfare," 7 May 1947; County Clerk's Office, Winchester.

    6. [S10] Guardianship, 1 Jan 2016.
      Randolph County, Indiana, Juvenile Court, Cause No. 5914, In the Matter of Joyce Ann Richison and Robert Eugene Richison, minor children, "Petition to make children wards of Randolph County Department of Public Welfare," 7 May 1947; County Clerk's Office, Winchester.

    7. [s1854] Obituary.
      Herbert Richison
      Herbert Meredith Richison, 55, Hotel Randolph, Winchester, died at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 15, 1969, at the Randolph County hospital following a one-week illness.
      Mr. Richison was born January 16, 1913, in Jay county, son of Dallas Ray and Olive Alexander Richison. A former interior decorator, he was room clerk at the Hotel Randolph.
      Survivors include the mother, Mrs. Olive Hodge; one daughter, Joyce Kennedy of Losantville; one sister, Pauline Cleary of Livingston, Calif., and two brothers, Frank of Santa Ana, Calif., and Charles of Vesterburg, Mich.
      Services will be held Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the Walker funeral home, Winchester, with the Rev. Carlile Carnes officiating. Interment will be in Fountain Park cemetery.
      Callers will be received at the funeral home Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturday for one hour before the services.

      [Someone has marked over the date published for his birth and made the second digit a six.]
      RICHISON - Deaths: 52



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