"But as John Stanislaus was the only son of an only son of an only son, there seemed to be no immediate Joyce relatives by whom the family traditions in which he set such great store could be confirmed.""[1][2]
He was the only son of James Augustine Joyce and Ellen O'Connell and the husband of Mary Jane Murray.
Baptism
As it was known that John was misnamed "James" in his baptismal record, this is most likely his baptismal record:[3][4][5].[6][7][8]
Baptismal of John Joyce, son of James Augustine and Ellen Connell
Sources
↑ John Stanislaus Joyce: The Voluminous Life and Genius of James Joyce's Father. By JOHN WYSE JACKSON and PETER COSTELLO. St. Martin's Press. C) 1997 John Wyse Jackson and Peter Costello All rights reserved. ISBN: 0-312-18599-5 . Accessed on New York Times on the Web 20 January 2017.
↑ "JOHN STANISLAUS JOYCE (1849-1931): b. 4 July 1849, and intended as James but misnamed in the baptismal register; ed. St Colman’s, Fermoy, March 1859-Feb. 1860, under direction of Dr. Thomas Croke, later Archb. of Cashel " From: James Joyce: Genealogical Appendix on ricorso dot net. Accessed 20 January 2017.
↑ Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915 for James Joyce. Cork and Ross. St Finbarr´s (South), Cork city .1835 - 1856, serving Christ Church, Christchurch, South, South , Cork, St. Finbarr's South, Cork, St. Finbarr's Sth, Cork, St. John of Jerusalem, St. Nicholas.
↑ Name: James Joyce
Baptism Age: 0
Event Type: Baptism
Birth Date: 1849
Baptism Date: 6 Jul 1849
Baptism Place: St Finbarr's (South), Cork city, Cork, Ireland
Parish Variants: Christ Church, Christchurch, South, South , Cork, St. Finbarr's South, Cork, St. Finbarr's Sth, Cork, St. John of Jerusalem, St. Nicholas
Diocese: Cork and Ross
Father: ? Augustine Joyce
Mother: Ellen Connell
↑ Baptismal Published under the National Library of Ireland's Terms of Use of Material made available on registers.nli.ie.National Library
Joyce Descendants from Seán Mór Seoighe. WikiPedia.Original source from John Stanislaus Joyce – The Voluminous Life and Genius of James Joyce's Father, by John Wyse Jackson and Peter Costello, St. Martin's Press, London, 1998.. Includes a graph
On this day…4 July By the James Joyce Center. Excerpt from Jackson, John Wyse, with Peter Costello: John Stanislaus Joyce – The Voluminous Life and Genius of James Joyce’s Father, London: Fourth Estate, 1997. Accessed 20 January 2017.
Joyce, John Stanislaus By Peter Costello. Dictionary of Irish Biography. Original sources: The collected letters of James Joyce (1956–66); John Wyse Jackson and Peter Costello, John Stanislaus Joyce (1997) . Accessed 20 Jan 2017.
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