Jane Radcliffe Joy Photograph
Jane Radcliffe Joy
Other Name:
Jane Ellen Radcliffe
Gender:
Female
Born:
1811
Died:
1901
Home Town:
Buffalo, NY
Marriage(s):
Walter Joy (January 22, 1833)
Biographical Notes:
Jane Radcliffe Joy was one of five children to attend the Litchfield Female Academy. Born in 1811, her parents were Jerry and Arianda Webster Radcliffe of Buffalo, New York. From 1826-1828 Jane received a formal education at Sarah Pierce's Female Academy in Litchfield, Connecticut like her siblings. Five yeras later Jane married Walter Joy, a businessman from Fabius, New York, on January 22, 1833. During their marriage the couple had three children. Jane passed away in 1901.
Education
Years at LFA:
1826-1828
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Delia Radcliffe Kipp
Sister
LFA (1829-1831) - James Radcliffe
Brother
LFA (1823-1824) - Walter Joy
Husband - Julia Radcliffe Cowing
Sister
LFA (1832) - Belinda Radcliffe Hollister
Sister
LFA (1829) - Jerry Radcliffe
Father - Arianda Webster Radcliffe
Mother
Related Objects and Documents
In the Ledger:
The Citation of Attendance provides primary source documentation of the student’s attendance at the Litchfield Female Academy and/or the Litchfield Law School. If a citation is absent, the student is thought to have attended but currently lacks primary source confirmation. Records for the schools were sporadic, especially in the formative years of both institutions. If instructors kept comprehensive records for the Litchfield Female Academy or the Litchfield Law School, they do not survive. Researchers and staff have identified students through letters, diaries, family histories and genealogies, and town histories as well as catalogues of students printed in various years. Art and needlework have provided further identification of Female Academy Students, and Litchfield County Bar records document a number of Law School students. The history of both schools and the identification of the students who attended them owe credit to the early 20th century research and documentation efforts of Emily Noyes Vanderpoel and Samuel Fisher, and the late 20th century research and documentation efforts of Lynne Templeton Brickley and the Litchfield Historical Society staff.
CITATION OF ATTENDANCE:
1826 Litchfield Female Academy Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
1827 Litchfield Female Academy Summer Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1927).
1828 Litchfield Female Academy Summer Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
1827 Litchfield Female Academy Summer Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1927).
1828 Litchfield Female Academy Summer Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
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