The Family of

Joseph Theophilus Joyal

- Son of Nelson

Joseph Theophilus Joyal was born on January 24, 1895 in Berkshire, Franklin Co., Vermont. He was the first born child of Nelson Levi Joyal and Selina Henault Joyal. Joseph grew up in Bakersfield, Vt.

His lineage is: 9Joseph, 8Nelson, 7Duffield, 6Jean Baptiste, 5Michel (Fils), 4Michel (Pere), 3Joseph Lafreniere, 2Jacques Jouiel, 1Etienne Jouiel.

School photo, circa 1905, Bakersfield, Vt. (?)

Children of Nelson & Selina Joyal in the photo are:

Levi, Amelia, Joseph, George & Jerry

On September 11, 1920 Joseph married Eva May Clough. (Eva was a teacher [Whittier Hill School] before they married. She attended Randolph Normal School in Randolph, Vt., and Albany Business College, in Albany, N.Y.)

Wedding Photo

Joseph T. Joyal & Eva May Clough

September 11, 1920, Bakersfield, Vt.

Left to Right: Merrit P. Donoghue, Amelia Joyal Donoghue, Eva May Clough, Joseph Joyal

(Possibly Joseph's youngest sister Florence is at the far right.)

Left; Joseph T. Joyal date/place unknown- Right; Eva Clough Joyal,

at her graduation from Randolph, Vt. Normal School (as a teacher)

Joseph and Eva were married for nearly seven years before their first child, Margaret Elizabeth, was born on April 4, 1927. In her diary, on April 3, 1927, Eva writes:

"Had a good dinner. Letter from Aunt Kate. I walked over hospital grounds."

On April 4, 1927 she writes in her diary:

"Daua. Margaret Elizabeth Joyal was born at 5:10 A.M. Margaret Elizabeth weighed 8 lb. 3 oz. Mr. Benway called in A.M. & Mrs. Fox & Mrs. Benway in evening."

Unusual for the time, Eva had her baby in a hospital, not at home.

Margaret Elizabeth Joyal - 1927

Three years later, on April 17th, 1930, twin daughters were born to Joseph and Eva. Eva writes in her diary:

"Twin girls were born to me at 10 min. to 6 and 10 min. to 7. K. 5 lb. 4 oz. E. 6 lbs. 2 oz. at Fanny Allen Hospital." (Katherine Louise and Elizabeth Lucille.)

Left - Katherine Louise, Right - Elizabeth Lucille - 1930, six months old

On September 21, 1931 a son, Lyman Nelson Joyal was born to Eva and Joseph. He was the only child born at home. The five year diary ends before his birth, so Eva does not note it. The diary only says, "My suspicians have been confirmed." (That she was expecting another child.) These four children completed their family.

Lyman Nelson Joyal - 1931 - 1992

Joseph worked as a farmer mostly, although he also worked in a logging camp for a short time. At one point he operated a shoe shop, in one room of his house, where he repaired shoes, harnesses etc.

On September 21, 1941 (on Lyman's tenth birthday,) Eva died, after a long battle with leukemia. Margaret was fourteen years old, Katherine and Elizabeth were eleven. Joseph was left with the four young children to care for, at the end of the great depression.

Somehow, he managed. He had a little help, caring for the house and children, from several good neighbors. They were; Mary Barnett, Mabel Rogers and Marcia Simpson.

In 1947, after my father was killed, my mother, (Margaret) and I lived with "Grampa Joyal". My memories of him are sweet and precious. He was a good, hard-working, independent man. He had a wonderful sense of humor. I loved him and I miss him.He left eighteen living grandchildren. Most have very wonderful, loving memories of him. He was a good man.

"Grampa" - Joseph Joyal with his grand daughter, Joanne Marie Brown

at her graduation from Fanny Allen Nursing School - July 1968

On November 10, 1976, Joseph T. Joyal died, in the Central Vermont Hospital, in Berlin, Vt. I was there that evening, and as I left to have dinner, I said to him, "I'll be back later Grampa." He said, "I'll be here." But, he didn't quite make it. He left this world just as I was walking back down the hall to his hospital room. Joseph and Eva Joyal are buried in the Durant Cemetery in Cabot, Vermont.

Links

Pauline Joyal Corron Page

Margaret Elizabeth Joyal - dau. of Joseph

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