Vivian Bernice Diggle

Female26 July 1895–9 October 1968

Brief Life History of Vivian Bernice

When Vivian Bernice Diggle was born on 26 July 1895, in Woodbine, Harrison, Iowa, United States, her father, Samuel C Diggle, was 30 and her mother, Laura Bertha Blackman, was 21. She married John Barclay Naugle I on 12 May 1921, in Jackson, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in San Francisco, California, United States in 1930 and Shorewood, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States in 1940. She died on 9 October 1968, in Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 73.

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Family Time Line

John Barclay Naugle I
1894–1959
Vivian Bernice Diggle
1895–1968
Marriage: 12 May 1921
John Barclay Naugle II
1922–1979

Sources (14)

  • Vivian D Naugle in household of John B Naugle, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Vivian Bernice Diggle, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
  • Vivian B Deggele, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    12 May 1921Jackson, Missouri, United States
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 1

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

    Age 11

    A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.

    1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

    Age 21

    Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

    Name Meaning

    English (Lancashire): habitational name from Diggle in Saddleworth, Yorkshire, probably meaning ‘ditch hill’ from Old English dīc ‘ditch’ + hyll ‘hill’.

    English: from the Middle English personal names Dikel, Digel, pet forms of Dick .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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