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Joyce <I>Smart</I> Fante

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Joyce Smart Fante

Birth
Placer County, California, USA
Death
7 Jun 2005 (aged 91)
Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
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Poet, editor. Raised in Roseville, California, the daughter of Placer County pioneers, Joseph and Louise Smart. Her father was born in the small gold-mining Sierra Nevada town of Dutch Flat (his father Daniel Smart coming to California in 1851 during the Gold Rush). Joyce attended Stanford University and later married well-known writer John Fante. She was a resident of Mailbu for over 50 years; she passed away at the age of 91.

In the 1930 U.S. Census (Roseville, CA), the household is:

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Joseph H Smart Head M 65 California
Louise Smart Wife F 57 California
Justine E Smart Daughter F 19 California
Joyce H Smart Daughter F 16 California
John H R*Nckel Brother-in-law M 63 California
Poet, editor. Raised in Roseville, California, the daughter of Placer County pioneers, Joseph and Louise Smart. Her father was born in the small gold-mining Sierra Nevada town of Dutch Flat (his father Daniel Smart coming to California in 1851 during the Gold Rush). Joyce attended Stanford University and later married well-known writer John Fante. She was a resident of Mailbu for over 50 years; she passed away at the age of 91.

In the 1930 U.S. Census (Roseville, CA), the household is:

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Joseph H Smart Head M 65 California
Louise Smart Wife F 57 California
Justine E Smart Daughter F 19 California
Joyce H Smart Daughter F 16 California
John H R*Nckel Brother-in-law M 63 California


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