Ancestry of
Janis Joplin

Singer and Songwriter

Dorothy Bonita East

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• • Mother of Janis Joplin — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 3 
  • Father:
  • Cecil East 
  • Mother:
  • Laura M. Hanson   
  • Birth Date:
  • 15 Feb 1913 
  • Birth Location:
  • Iowa 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 13 Dec 1998 
  • Death Location:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Montain View Cemetery, Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Seeb Ward "Seth" Joplin
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 Oct 1936 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  Janis Lyn Joplin (Ahnentafel No:1 )

• Sources for Dorothy Bonita East

  • ¹ Federal Census, TX, Jefferson County, 1940, Port Arthur, E.D. 123-76, Sheet 28B, Image 56 of 62.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/12/2015).
  • ³ Joplin, Laura, Love, Janis, New York: HarperCollins Publishers (2005), 27.
  • ⁴ Wikipedia, "Janis Joplin", (accessed 04/12/2015).