Joseph Ganaway

b. 8 June 1890, d. 21 January 1945
  • Joseph Ganaway was born on 8 June 1890 in Sugarland, Fort Bend County, Texas.
  • He married Jessie L. Barnes, daughter of Perry Barnes and Ida Duncan.
  • Joseph Ganaway registered for the draft on 6 June 1917 in Polk County, Texas, while living with his wife and three children in New Willard, employed there by Texas Long Leaf Lumber Company.
  • He was employed as a wheelroller in a machine shop, according to the 1920 census.
  • Joseph Ganaway and Jessie L. Barnes appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at 732 West 22nd Street. Other members of the household included James V. Ganaway, Lafayette L. Ganaway, Carl Cleophus Ganaway and Ida Barnes.
  • He was employed by a car wheel factory, according to the 1930 census.
  • Joseph Ganaway and Jessie L. Barnes appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Houston, Harris County, Louisiana, at 732 West 22nd Street. Other members of the household included Lafayette L. Ganaway, Mitchell Mason, Lou Ivory Barnes and Ida Duncan. Ida also in enumerated nearby in the household of her grandson Timothy Barnes.
  • He was employed by a car wheel manufactory, according to the 1940 census.
  • At the time of his death Joseph Ganaway was living in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at 732 West 22nd.
  • Joseph Ganaway died on 21 January 1945 at age 54 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at Jefferson Davis Hospital . His death was officially witnessed by Jessie L. Barnes.
  • His wife Jessie L. Barnes became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at Golden Gate Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 12 May 2013

Family: Jessie L. Barnes b. 18 June 1891, d. 8 September 1981