Geraldine Joyce Edith (Whitwell) Omelia (1929 - 2001)

Born 25 Feb 1929 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Wife of Matha Eugene Hinton — married 19 Oct 1959 in Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States

Died 10 Mar 2001 at age 72 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Biography

Joyce was born in 1933,^[1][2] the youngest of two children to Harb Anderson Whitwell Sr^[3] and Glendora Barton.^[4] His sibling was Betty Jo and her half-sibling was Harb Anderson Jr.

• Fact: Residence (12 Apr 1940) Ward 7, St. Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, United States^[5]

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Est Birth	Birthplace	Occupation
Glenn M Wortham	Head	M	29	abt 1911	Missouri	Truck Driver
Glendora Wortham	Wife	F	22	abt 1918	Missouri
Betty Jo Wortham	StepDau	F	9	abt 1931	Oklahoma
Geraldine Wortham	StepDau	F	7	abt 1933	Missouri

• 1950 census record not found

She married William Eugene Hanlan Sr, son of Charles F Hanlan and Mary Estella Blanton, on 20 Jan 1951 in Orange County, Texas.^[6] She was about 17 years old and was his first wife.

She remarried to Frederick Davidson Feimster, son of Ernest Davidson Feimster and Margaret Etta Gentle, on 16 Apr 1955 in Pasquotank, North Carolina.^[7] She was about 22 years old and was his first wife.

She remarried to Tom Oliver Hendrix, son of George Oliver Hendrix and Mae Viola Jones, before 1957. She was about 24 years old. They had 3 children together:

1. Thomas Eric Hendrix

She remarried to Matha Eugene Hinton, daughter of Joseph Hiram Hinton Sr and Berta B Williams, on 19 Oct 1959 in Pasquotank, North Carolina.^[8] She was about 26 years old.

She remarried to James Robert Omelia, son of Augustus Lawrence Omelia and Onedia Rountree, on 1 Apr 1977 in Portsmouth, Virginia. She was about 44 years old.

Joyce passed away in 2001 at the age of 68.^[2][4][9]

Sources

1. ↑ "Missouri, U.S., Birth Registers, 1847-1999", database, Ancestry.com (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1170 #14964589 : accessed 3 Dec 2022) birth register of Whitwell, 25 Feb 1933, Missouri, United States; citing Missouri Birth Records [Microfilm]. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: JLJP-6J3 : accessed 10 Jan 2021), ssdi record for Joyce E Omelia, 25 Feb 1933 - 10 Mar 2001; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing). Ancestry.com, database with images (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 3693 #46429458 : accessed 3 Dec 2022)
3. ↑ "News Article", Newspapers.com (Newspapers Clip: 113293706 : accessed 18 Nov 2022) Miss Geraldine Whitwell in the Obituary for Herb Whitwell, Published in The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, page 24, (Sat) 7 Aug 1954. Ancestry Media
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007", database, Ancestry.com (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60901 #33090022 : accessed 3 Dec 2022) ssapp record for Joyce Edith Whitwell Duve Hanlan Hendrix Omelia, 25 Feb 1929 - 10 Mar 2001, St Louis, Missouri, United States (parents: Harb Whitwell and Glendora Barton). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: K74L-XVL : accessed 24 May 2020), Geraldine Wortham in household of Glenn M Wortham, Ward 7, St. Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district 96-153, sheet 14B, line 55, family 402, NARA digital publication T627 (Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.) roll 2187. Ancestry.com, database with images (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #95161732 : accessed 3 Dec 2022)
6. ↑ "Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965", database, Ancestry.com (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9168 #925721722 : accessed 3 Dec 2022) marriage record of Joyce E Duve and William E Hanlan, 20 Jan 1951, Orange, Texas, United States; citing Johnson County Clerk's Office; Denton, Texas; Smith County Marriage Records; Volumes: 0018; Pages: 3.
7. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: QKJQ-SZ2N : accessed 9 Mar 2021), marriage record of Frederick Davidson Feimster and Joyce Edith Hanlan, 16 Apr 1955, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States; citing North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 260,228. Ancestry.com, database with images (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60548 #14250847 : accessed 3 Dec 2022)
8. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: QJ81-7YLY : accessed 9 Mar 2021), marriage record of Matha Eugene Hinton and Joyce Edith Duve Hanlan, 19 Oct 1959, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States; citing North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 260,232. Ancestry.com, database with images (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60548 #15090482 : accessed 3 Dec 2022)
9. ↑ "Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014", database, Ancestry.com (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9278 #2625610 : accessed 3 Dec 2022) death index record of Joyce E O'Melia, 10 Mar 2001, Norfolk, Virginia; citing Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014.

See Also

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 3 Dec 2022, 22:26), entry for Geraldine Joyce Edith Whitwell (PID FamilySearch Person: L1CK-WYV ); contributed by various users.
• "Public Member Trees kih1962/ageorgiaangel", database, Ancestry.com (Ancestry Profile : accessed 3 Dec 2022), profile for Geraldine "Joyce" Edith Whitwell.

Acknowledgement

Whitwell-262 was created by Karen Ivey Herndon on 17 Jul 2018. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Karen and others.