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Descendants of Esther ?

Generation No. 5

7. NANCY ELIZABETH⁵ JOYNER (AMANDA LANIER⁴ MERRITT, OREGON³ SLOAN, NANCY² LANIER, ESTHER¹ ?) 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 Zigfield 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 Canidian Wiskey. The front door admitted people like George Raft, motion picture stars, the Police Chief and Fire Marshall, various goverment 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: Bet. 1945 - 1972, Interior Decorator (did Mae West's bedroom in Palm Beach, FL, all shades of purple)
Social Security Number: June 01, 1942, SS# 267-22-6097

Child of NANCY JOYNER and PRENTISS TOMPKINS is:

10.

AURELIA NAOMI TOMPKINS⁶ JOYNER, b. August 05, 1911, Bradenton, Manatee, FL; d. January 02, 1983, Twentynine Palms, CA.

8. NETTIE⁵ JOYNER (AMANDA LANIER⁴ MERRITT, OREGON³ SLOAN, NANCY² LANIER, ESTHER¹ ?) 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:

WILLIAM⁶ PARKER.

More About WILLIAM PARKER:
Military service: 1941, WWII

ii.

HENRY PARKER.

More About HENRY PARKER:
Military service: 1941, WWII

	iii.		PAULINE PARKER.
	iv.		VICTOR PARKER.

More About VICTOR PARKER:
Military service: Abt. 1941, WWII.

9. GLADYS⁵ JOYNER (AMANDA LANIER⁴ MERRITT, OREGON³ SLOAN, NANCY² LANIER, ESTHER¹ ?) 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

Child of GLADYS JOYNER and J. LUCKETT is:

JOYNER PERCY⁶ LUCKETT, b. November 23, 1924; d. September 26, 1990.

More About JOYNER PERCY LUCKETT:
Fact 1: Bef. 1951, SS# 261-28-6814.

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