Ancestry of Scott Joplin

compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner


The following material on the immediate ancestry of Scott Joplin should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.





William Addams Reitwiesner

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Ancestry of Scott Joplin
1 Scott Joplin, b. ... [near Linden], East Texas, ... [shortly before Jan. 1868], d. Manhattan State Hospital, New York, N. Y., 1 April 1917, bur. St. Michael's Cemetery, Astoria, Queens, N. Y.
PARENTS
2 Giles/Jiles Joplin, b. ... , N. C., ... [ca. 1842], d. ... [living 1880]
m.
3 Florence Givins, b. ... , Ky., ... Jan. 1839, d. ... [living 1900]
GRANDPARENTS
4 ... Joplin, b. ... , d. ...
m.
5 ... , b. ... , d. ...
6 ... Givins, b. ... , d. ...
m.
7 ... , b. ... , d. ...
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EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS







1910 New York, New York Co., Manhattan, ED 152, sheet 7B, line 77
128 W 29th St, establishment of Edmund Duvall, Hotel Manager:

Joplin Scott     Lodger   M Mul 40 W    TX NC KY     Musician    ....

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1900 Missouri, Pettus Co., Sedalia, ED 111, sheet 7A, line 8
Home of Susan Hawkin

Joplin Scott    Lodger   B M Oct 1872 27 S    TX NC KY    Musician

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1900 Arkansas, Miller Co., Texarkana, ED 121, sheet 1B, line 78

Joplin Florence    H   B F Jan 1839 61 D     14 6    KY GA GA     Servant
       Osil        D   B F Oct 1873 26 S             TX KY NC     Servant
       Myrtle      D   B F Feb 1882 18 S             AR KY NC     Servant
   (three roomers)

The birth locations do not make sense, but that is what is on the schedule.

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1880 Texas, River Co, Texarkana, ED 2, Page 29, line 24

Joplin Giles      B M 38             Common Laborer                 NC NC NC
       Florence   B F 39        W    Wash + Iron                    KY KY KY
       Monroe     B M 19        S    Porter in Store                TX NC KY
       Scott      B M 12        S    Going to School                TX do do
       Robt       B M 11        S      do       do                  TX do do
       Rose       B F 10        D                       Measles     TX do do
       William    B M  4        S                       Measles     TX do do
       John       B M    3/12   S                       Measles     TX do do

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1870 Texas, Davis Co., Precinct No. 1, Linden PO, page 14, line 35

Joplin Jiles       28 M B    Work out farm   ----  -----      NC
       Florence    29 F B                                     KY
       Morris       7 M B                                     TX
       Scott        2 M B                                     TX
       Robert       1 M B                                     TX

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