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c.1827 Born in Leeds, son of Edward Joy and his wife Ruth
1855 Had his own 40 stop organ. Asked his brother, David, to design a means of providing motive power for an organ to make it as available as a piano.[1]
1891 Seed crusher and oil merchant, living in Beverley, with Jane Joy 72[2]
1896 Died in Harrogate[3]
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