Brief Life History of Vada
When Vada Maynard was born on 11 December 1886, in Silver Point, Putnam, Tennessee, United States, her father, Monroe Savage Maynard, was 35 and her mother, Sarah I Smith, was 36. She married George Edward Lafever Sr. on 11 September 1904. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 8 April 1916, at the age of 29, and was buried in Cherry Hill, DeKalb, Tennessee, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (10)
- Vada Lafever in household of Geog E Lafever, "United States Census, 1910"
- Vadie Maynard, "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950"
- Vada Maynard LaFever, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1880–1911 Male
1886–1916 Female
Children (4)
1906–1938 Female
1907–1943 Male
1909–1948 Female
1911–1997 Male
Parents and Siblings
1851–1921 Male
1850–1898 Female
Siblings (7)
1872–1908 Female
1874–1953 Female
1879–1959 Male
1881–1979 Female
1884–1953 Female
+2 More Children
World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 4
1890 · Woman's Suffrage
Age 4
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 10
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin) and French: from the Middle English and Old French personal name Mainard (from ancient Germanic Maganhard, Meginard, from magin- ‘power, might’ + hard- ‘brave, hardy’). Compare Mainard .
Altered form of French Ménard (see Menard ), a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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