Born in Baldwin, Gilmer, West Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Opha Wolfe
and Dora Eviline (Bush) Wolfe
Sister of
Thelma Flo (Wolfe) Janes, Oral Edison Wolfe, Oren Shelby Wolfe, Marie Lulu (Wolfe) Cheadle, Merle Madaline (Wolfe) Ross, Virginia Nora (Wolfe) Zemlock and Bonnie Ruth (Wolfe) Love
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 87
in Beverly, Washington, Ohio
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Feb 2016
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Biography
Joy was born in 1919 a daughter of Opha Wolfe and Dora Bush [2]. On 6 Mar 1937 she married Howard William Sweet at Saint Marys, Pleasants, West Virginia She passed away in 2007 [3] and was buried in Mound Cemetery, Marietta, Washington, Ohio [5].
Sources
1. 1920, 1930 & 1940 U. S. Federal Census
2. West Virginia, Birth & Christenings, 1853-1928
3. Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
4. West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971
5. Gravestone photo on Findagrave
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joy by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joy by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joy:
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~25.00%
Glen Wolfe
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A240835 [compare], Ancestry member glenwmwolfe
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Victoria (Janes) Tankersley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A989934 [compare], Ancestry member Vickiet4
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