Born in South Africa
Ancestors 
Daughter of Riby William Smith
and Catherine Mary (Boast) Smith
Wife of
James Richard Groom
— married
16 Apr 1936 in Dalton, Natal, South Africa
[children unknown]
Died
at age 91
in Verulam, Natal, South Africa
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Oct 2018
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Biography
Joyce was born in 1907. She was the daughter of Riby William Smith and Catherine Mary Boast.
She married James Groom on 16 April 1936 in Dalton, Natal, South Africa.[1]
They had three children.
Her husband Jimmy passed away in 1965 at the age of about 63.
She passed away in 1999 at the age of 91.
Burial
Verulam Cemetery, Verulam, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Sources
- ↑ "South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDZM-NRR : accessed 1 November 2015), James Richard Groom and Joyce Bird Rily Smith, 16 Apr 1936; citing Dalton, Natal, South Africa; 00990; National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria; 1,938,559.
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