Dorothy Bonita Joplin

Dorothy Bonita (East) Joplin was the mother of singer and cultural icon Janis Joplin.

• BIRTH: 15 Feb 1913 Camargo, Dewey County, Oklahoma, USA
• DEATH: 13 Dec 1998 (aged 85) Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
• BURIAL: Mountain View Cemetery Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA

Parents

• Cecil Walter East 1889–1962
• Laura Mildred Hanson East 1890–1958

Spouse

• Seth Ward Joplin 1910–1987 (m. 1935)

Siblings

• Gerald Wayne East 1917–1997
• Barbara Jean East Irvin 1919–1986
• Mildred Irene East Krohn 1923–2010

Children

• Janis Joplin 1943–1970

Sources

• Ancestry.com. Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. < link > Accessed 12 September 2024.
  • Name: Janis Lyn Joplin; Gender: Female; Birth Date: 19 Jan 1943; Birth Place: Jefferson, Texas, USA; Father: Seth Ward Joplin; Mother: Dorothy Bonita East; Roll number: 1943_0006.
• Ancestry.com. Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. < link > Accessed 12 September 2024.
  • Name: S W Joplin Jr; Gender: Male; License Date: 20 Oct 1936; License Place: Jefferson, Texas, USA; Marriage Date: 24 Oct 1936; Marriage Place: Jefferson, Texas, USA; Spouse: Dorothy East; Document Number: 22203.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18412166/dorothy-bonita-joplin (accessed 04/12/2015)
• Joplin, Laura, Love, Janis, New York: HarperCollins Publishers (2005)
• Wikipedia, "Janis Joplin", (accessed 04/12/2015)
• United States Federal Census - Year: 1920; Census Place: Marshall, Clay, Nebraska; Roll: T625_984; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 44
• United States Federal Census - Year: 1930; Census Place: Amarillo, Randall, Texas; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0005; FHL microfilm: 2342119
• United States Federal Census - Year: 1940; Census, TX, Jefferson County, 1940, Port Arthur, E.D. 123-76, Sheet 28B, Image 56 of 62
• Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965: Jefferson County Clerk's Office; Jefferson, Texas; Jefferson County, Texas, Marriage Records
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/East-959 (revision of 14 December 2020)