Joyce M. (Vilas) Rea (1904 - 1992)

Born 16 May 1904 in Shasta County, California, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph T. Hopkins — married 28 Dec 1928 in Los Angeles County, California, United States

Wife of Harry Eugene Rea — married about Sep 1931 in Ventura County, California, United States

Died 2 Apr 1992 at age 87 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Birth

Joyce M. Vilas was born in Shasta County, California, on 16 May 1904, the daughter of Walter M. Vilas and Blanche B. (Hardy) Vilas,^[1][2] with whom she was living at Chico, California, in 1910 at the age of five^[3] and at Whittier, California, in 1920, at the age of 15.^[4]

Marriages

1. Joyce M. Vilas married Joseph T. Hopkins in Los Angeles County, California, on 28 Dec 1927.^[5] They were living at Baldwin Park, California, when their only child, Viola Fae Hopkins, was born at the Covina Hospital in Covina, California, on 20 Oct 1928,^[6] and they were living at Covina in 1930.^[7] Joseph T. Hopkins died at Covina, following an operation for a ruptured duodenal ulcer, on 1 Jan 1931.^[8]
2. The widow Joyce (Vilas) Hopkins married the widower Harry Eugene Rea. On 31 Aug 1931, Harry Eugne Rea, 33, and Joyce Vilas Hopkins, 25, both of Canoga Park, California, published their intention to marry.^[9] In 1940, they were living at Los Angeles, California, with a 10-year-old daughter from Joyce's first marriage, a nine-year-old son from Harry's, and a 10-month old son.^[10] Harry E. Rea died on 13 Feb 1964.^[11] Joyce is named as Joyce Rea of North Hollywood, California, in the obituary of her brother, Raymond Marcellus Vilas (1906-1971), who died on 30 Nov 1971.^[12]

Death

Joyce M. (Vilas) (Hopkins) Rae of Los Angeles, California, died on 2 Apr 1992.^[13][2] Her gravestone at the Oakwoof Memorial Park in Los Angeles is inscribed with the dates 1904-1992.^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ Record of birth of Joyce Vilas, on the Walter M. Hardy family index card, in U.S., Hinshaw Index to Selected Quaker Records, 1680-1940 (subscription required) [database on-line] > California > Whittier Monthly Medting > image 2642 of 2888. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data:Hinshaw, William Wade. William Wade Hinshaw's Index to Unpublished Quaker Records. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania: Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} FamilySearch abstract of the death recod of Joyce V. Rea, in United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch > Joyce V Rea, Apr 1992; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
3. ↑ Joyce M. Vilas in the Walter M. Vilas family, in United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch > California > Butte > Chico > ED 3 > image 7 of 42; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ Joyce Vilas in the Walter M. Vilas household, family #245, in United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch > California > Los Angeles > Whittier > ED 636 > image 16 of 18; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ Marriage index record for Joe T. Hopkins and Joyce M. Vilas, in California, U.S., County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980 (subscription required) [database on-line] > Los Angheles > Marriage > 1927 > image 436 of 471. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Original data:California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1830-1980. California Department of Public Health, courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com. Digital Images.
6. ↑ Birth certificate of Viola Fal (sic) Hopkins, in California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994, database with images, FamilySearch > Los Angeles > Birth certificates 1928 no 7650-9951 > image 81 of 2677; California State Archives, Sacramento.
7. ↑ O. J. Hopkins family, in United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch > California > Los Angeles > Covina > ED 906 > household 77 > family 77 > image 6 of 17; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
8. ↑ Death certificate of Joseph T. Hopkins, in California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994, database with images, FamilySearch > Los Angeles > Death certificates 1931 no 1-2399 > image 262 of 2584; California State Archives, Sacramento.
9. ↑ Intention to wed of Harry Eugene Rea and Joyce Vilas Hopkins in The Ventura County Star (subscription required), 31 Aug 1931, page 6
10. ↑ Harry E, Rey (sic) family, in United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch > California > Los Angeles > Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles, Councilmanic District 1 > 60-25 > household 172 > image 14 of 54; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
11. ↑ Death index record of Harry E. Rea, in California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994, database with images, FamilySearch > Los Angeles > Death index 1964 A-Z > image 749 of 1031; California State Archives, Sacramento.
12. ↑ Obituary of Raymond Vilas, in the Ukiah Daily Journal (subscription required), 23 Mar 1971, page 6
13. ↑ FamilySearch abstract of the death index record of Joyce Vilas Rea, in California Death Index, 1940-1997, database, FamilySearch > Joyce Vilas Rea, 02 Apr 1992; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
14. ↑ Photo of gravestone of Joyce Vilas Rea (Find A Grave: Memorial #28201673)