Born in Miami, Dade, Florida, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Henry Murrell
and Leola Margaret (Peterson) Murrell
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Frank Albert Owens
— married
30 Jun 1973 in Dade, Florida, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 77
in Washington, District of Columbia, United States [uncertain]
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Joan Murrell Owens was an American educator and marine biologist specializing in corals. She described a new genus, Rhombopsammia, and three new species of button corals.
Biography
Joan (Murrell) Owens PhD is Notable.
Joan Murrell was born on 30 Jun 1933 in Miami, Dade, Florida, United States. She was the daughter of Dr. William H Murrell and Leola (Peterson) Murrell. She had a sister Willette Murrell Carlton.
In the 1940 census Joan (age 6) was the single daughter of William Merrell in Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States.[1]
Joan married Frank Albert Owens on 30 June 1973 in the Ebenezer Methodist Church, Miami, Florida.[2][3] They had two daughters.[4]
- Adrienne Owens Lewis
- Angela Owens
Joan died on 25 May 2011 in Washington, District of Columbia aged 77.[4]
Sources
- ↑ 1940 Census:"United States Census, 1940"
Citing enumeration district (ED) 69-56, sheet 16B, line 70, family 369, 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, roll 630.
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Joan Merrell (6), single daughter, in household of William Merrell (40) in Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States. - ↑ "Owens-Murrell," The Miami Herald (Miami, Florida), 1 Jul 1973, p. 135, col. 2.
- ↑ Marriage:"Florida Marriage Index, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001"
Citing Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville, Florida; and Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research.
FamilySearch (accessed 14 February 2022)
Joan Blondell Murrell marriage on 30 Jun 1973 in Miami-Dade, Florida, United States. - ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/joan-owens-obituary?id=5969117
- Wikipedia: Joan Murrell Owens
- Wikidata: Item Q19667351, en:Wikipedia
- https://aaregistry.org/story/joan-murrell-owens-marine-biologist-born/
- https://oumnh.ox.ac.uk/learn-joan-murrell-owens
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