William A. Joyce (1828 - 1891)

Born 1828 in Fox River, Cumberland, Nova Scotia

Husband of Catherine (Hatfield) Joyce — married 1862 in Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

Descendants

Died 3 Jan 1891 at about age 63 in Cumberland, Nova Scotia

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Biography

William A. Joyce was born in 1828 in Fox River, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, son of John Joyce (~1790 - 1862) and Catherine (Woods) Joyce (1797 - 1884).

His siblings were:

1. Thomas Joyce (~1823 - 1857)
2. Sarah (Joyce) Taylor (1825 - 1907)
3. Mary Jane (Joyce) Reid (1829 - 1909)
4. Anstice Kate (Joyce) Manuge (1833 - <1881)
5. Catherine (Joyce) Graham (1834 - 1924)
6. Isabella (Joyce) Canning (1838 - 1871)
7. Jane Susan (Joyce) Smith (1842 - )

William married Catherine Hatfield (born in Ratchford River, Nova Scotia in 1844; died in Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia in 1891), daughter of James Edward Hatfield and Elizabeth Duff, in 1862 in Cumberland^[1]. Their children were:

1. Elizabeth (Joyce) Yorke (1862 - 1950)
2. Thomas Joyce (1865 - 1889)
3. James Edward Joyce (1865 - 1944)
4. Caroline Alberta (Joyce) Yorke (1868 - 1945)
5. Theresa (Joyce) Yorke (1870 - )
6. Isabella Eudelia Joyce (1875 - 1918)
7. Rupert Lawrence Joyce (1881 - 1948)
8. William B. Joyce (1885 - 1940).

William died on 3 Jan 1891 in Cumberland aged ~62. He is buried in Diligent River United Baptist Cemetery, Diligent River, Nova Scotia.

• Occupation: Farmer
• Other sources have his birthdate as 1837
• Other sources list residence as "Woods Mountain"
• Marriage to Catherine was witnessed by John W. & Henry Graham^{[2] [3]}

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics
2. ↑ Marriage Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics
3. ↑ Entered by Nadine King.

• Mundia.com - Joyce Family Tree entry by Donna Olafson
• babel.hathitrust.org (online copy of book `Captain John Hatfield: Loyalist` compiled by Abraham Hatfield, F.G.B.S., published in 1943 by New York Genealogical and Biographical Society - original from University of Wisconsin)
• Geni.com
• [Find A Grave: Memorial #182424353Gravestone] Find A Grave, memorial #182424353.

• Gravestone Find A Grave, memorial #182424353.

• Entered by Nadine King.

Acknowledgements

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• Lorna Smith