Fredia Javins, 1932-2011

Frances Goodwin sent us this funeral notice from 4/2011:

Fredia Javins Stalder Christian, 78, of Millfield, passed from this life April 11, 2011 at her home after losing her battle with a short illness.
She is survived by her husband, James Robert Christian; two daughters, Sandra Frazier and Barbara Collins both of Amesville; three grandchildren- Charlotte John of Marietta, Lester Snodgrass, Jr. of Dayton and Elizabeth McPherson of Amesville; six great grandchildren- Joshua (Alisha) Tyler of Newport, Jason Tyler of Waterford, Kelly (Kyle) Griffins of Coolville, and Michael McPherson, Cheyanne McPherson & Christopher McPherson all of Stewart; five great, great grandchildren- Abigail Snodgrass (age 11), Zachary Snodgrass (age 9), Hayden Wood (age 6), Kalyn Tyler (age 5) and Payton Tyler (age 2); a brother, Carl Javins of Kansas City, Kansas; sisters in law and brothers in law- Gary Christian of Columbus, Jackie (George) Devault of Columbus, Joyce (Craig) White of Nelsonville, Tim (Marilyn) Christian, Janice Ruch of McComb and Lisa Christian of Chauncey.
Fredia was born April 24, 1932 in Ashford, WV, the daughter of the late Ira Javins and Norma Samson Javins. She lived in Ashford, WV until 1984.
Besides her parents, several brothers and sisters preceded her on her journey including: Edith Javins of Charleston, WV, Crinthia Loftis of Hershaw, WV, James Javins of Ashford, WV, Dillford Javins of Ashford, WV, Roscoe Javins of Ashford, WV, Genevieve Smith of Ashford, WV, Clifford Javins of Montgomery, WV, Chester Javins of Ashford, WV, Everett Javins of Ashford, WV, and Alford Javins of Racine, WV; also a brother in law, Roger Christian of Chauncey...
She will be laid to rest at The Plains Cemetery, Johnson Rd., The Plains, Ohio.

Edith Javins Photo

Frances writes:

Hi, I'm Frances Hubbard Goodwin, granddaughter of Edith Brookie Javins, born Peytona, June 14, 1912. Edith was the daughter of Ira Javins and Norma Sansom.  So excited to see other Javins cousins.  Would love to communicate with my other cousins.

Post for November 22

Today is the anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination so I'd like to share some lyrics of a song about it written by Odella Javins Byrd. Unfortunately I only remember a verse and a half. It's sung to the tune of "Philadelphia Lawyer" and starts out with "It was in Dallas, Texas. A place we all know well."

Here's the verse that has stayed in my mind for 40-something years:

"The car slowed down to round a curve
There was a rifle shot.
The bullet hit the president
In a very fatal spot."

Sorry I don't know the rest.

~ Linda

Resource: Sorted By Name

Here's a source that may be useful for researching your family: Sorted by Name. I found some folks named Javens here and also some Javinses, who continue on the next page and so forth. West Virginia members of the Javins family are well represented.

Charles H. Javins, Merchant

I don't know Charles H. Javins, but here's his market in 1926.  It was at Washington's old Center Market, and is identified here as a seafood stand, but I think I see chickens as well as fish.

Link: C.H. Javins 1926 at Shorpy Historical Images.

Postscript: I did a search for Charles and found that "John F. Javins and Francis H. Javins, copartners, trading under the name of Charles H. Javins & Son, Washington, D. C." were charged with adulteration of oysters in 1917.

~ Linda

Welcome to Javins - Javens Comments!

The Javins Family History Guestbook has gotten crowded again, and frankly, I'm tired of adding messages in old-fashioned code. So I'm creating this blog version to make it easier and faster. I've used Blogger before and found it a great way to post on the web, having posted 3000 times (!) to my Squirrel Ridge blog.

There are two ways to add your comments. One is to click on a Comments link. The other is to write to LJavins (at) AOL.

Don't be shy, send in your Javins connection story. And thanks for visiting!

Linda

From Ralph Javins

Good morning, Linda Walcroft;

Well, I think that I am finally slowing down enough to try to write something that will not offend too many people when I say something about my part of the Javins Family. I have learned that there are some who will be miffed that I have said anything at all, but that is their problem now. In the past, they seemed to have a great difficulty in dealing with the truth, but that cannot be altered to suit their tastes, as much as they would like it to be.

At this point I do not know how long or detailed it will be. Only that it has begun. In looking at the information provided by others, I am sure that it will fit. At least I am able to provide corroboration of some of the information provided by others.

On the opening page of your web site, you mention that you have heard from one man in New Zealand. That is my Number One Son, Mark Alastair Javins, who has been living there since 1972, now with his mother Helene, his wife Vivienne, and their two sons, Grayson, and Mitchell. I think I can safely provide more information about them than I can about my family members who are here in the United States. I can say that just by my very existence, I will manage to offend some.

And, there are some things that I am still considering. Some of the information already provided is just calling for a rebuttal. I promise that I will be kind in my commentary if I give it. And, with you now having all of the proposed additional comments sent to you at your e-mail address, it is obvious that you could still exercise an editorial red pencil.

Enjoy;

Ralph William Javins II

(Note 1) Latte Land, Washington n7kga@arrl.net 503-936-8068


Appended Note 1: first son of Paul Vincent Javins, and named after Paul's father