Pennsylvania Javens Family Question

Melanie Lund writes:

I came across your guestbook and blog in my search to find some information on my maternal grandmother. Her name was Elizabeth Virginia Javens and she was born on 1/1/1937 in Beaver Falls, PA. She passed away on 10/20/2007 in Maryland. To my knowledge her parents relinquished her custody to the state and she was in foster care for a time. She married William Taylor Hyatt in Prince George's County, Maryland on 4/12/1958. They had 3 children (the eldest of which was a stillborn) in the 60's. They divorced somewhere between 1982 and 1985, but I think she kept the name Hyatt. Unfortunately that is where the trail runs dry for me. My mother did not know her maternal grandparents due to the circumstances of my grandmother's childhood. Do you possibly have any information on her?

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

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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.

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