An Abbreviated Timeline
02 May 1921
Birth, St. Louis, MO
Source: Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO; Birth Index, 1920-1999
1930 Age 8
Residence: 4624 Virginia Avenue, St. Louis, MO
Source: 1930 US Census, enumerated 03 April 1930
1935 Age 13
Residence: 3164 Portis Avenue, St. Louis, MO
Source: 1940 US Census, enumerated 19 April 1940
1939 Age 18
Graduation from Southwest High School, St. Louis, MO
Source: 1939 Southwest High School Yearbook
16 February 1940 Age 18
Death of Mother, Frances Diamond (Hardie) Murray
Source: Missouri Death Certificate for Frances Diamond (Hardie) Murray
1940 Age 18
Employment: “new worker”
Residence: 3164 Portis Avenue, St. Louis, MO
Source: 1940 US Census, enumerated 19 April 1940
25 September 1943 Age 22
Attended marriage of brother, Edward Murray
Location: Watertown, NY
Source: Family
7 May 1949 Age 28
Attendant at marriage of sister, Anne Murray
Address: 3164 Portis Avenue, St. Louis, MO
Source: Family
December 1950 Age 29
Employment: Billing Dep’t Manager, Wm. H. Stanley & Co.
Office: 5069 Delmar Ave, St. Louis, MO
Showroom: 5143 Delmar Ave, St. Louis, MO
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 03 Dec 1950, Page 129
1952 Age 31
Employment: Clerk, Wm. H. Stanley & Co.
Residence: 3164 Portis Avenue, St. Louis, MO
Source: 1952 St. Louis City Directory
Fall 1952 Age 31
Entered St. Vincent’s Maternity Hospital
Address: 3210 East 23rd Street, Kansas City, MO
Sources: Family; 1953 Kansas City Directory, listing for Hospital & Home
Spring 1953 Age 31/32
Birth of son who was placed for adoption in St. Anthony’s Home for Infants
Address: 3210 East 23rd Street, Kansas City, MO
Source: Family
1953 Age 32
Employment: Clerk, Barnes Manufacturing
Residence: Country Club Plaza Apartments, 4541 Main, Apartment 14, Kansas City, MO
Source: 1953 Kansas City Directory, listing for Joan Murray
1955 Age 34
Employment: Office Worker
Residence: Country Club Plaza Apartments, 4541 Main, Apartment 14, Kansas City, MO
Source: 1955 Kansas City Directory, listing for Joan Murray
1957 Age 36
Employment: Clerk, Wilson Trunk Co Inc.
Residence: Country Club Plaza Apartments, 4541 Main, Apartment 14, Kansas City, MO
Source: 1957 Kansas City Directory, listing for Joan Murray
Joan continued to reside & work in Kansas City. She attended family events until her death in 1976.
23 May 1976 Age 55
Death in Kansas City, MO
Source: Obituary, The Kansas City Star, 24 May 1976, p. 15
