Submitted by Cynthia Drayer
Roy is the biological father of Jorene Mary (Minor) Myre - his name is listed on her birth certificate. Although she always thought she was adopted, a legal adoption never took place. DNA matches with her daughter, Cynthia Drayer, have connected this family with the Sieferts, Gretsingers, Harwood, and Minor families.
Roy died of a heart attack after complications to a leg being amputated due to diabetes. His father, Harry Carl Siefert, also died of diabetes.
Roy had two wives. He had 3 children with his first wife (one died) and 4 children with his 2nd wife. He also had a child with Miriam Jeffries Minor. He was an organ player at a church in New Orleans, Louisana. After the death of his first wife, he had two young children and decided to hire a governess for them from his church. Her name was Miriam Jeffries Minor. Miriam left New Oreleans to Cincinnati, Ohio and gave birth to their child, Jorene Mary Minor.
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Roy is 29 degrees from Herbert Adair, 26 degrees from Richard Adams, 23 degrees from Mel Blanc, 29 degrees from Dick Bruna, 23 degrees from Bunny DeBarge, 35 degrees from Peter Dinklage, 23 degrees from Sam Edwards, 22 degrees from Ginnifer Goodwin, 22 degrees from Marty Krofft, 18 degrees from Junius Matthews, 17 degrees from Rachel Mellon and 22 degrees from Harold Warstler on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.