Brief Life History of Iona E.
When Iona E. Viles was born in 1866, in Iowa, United States, her father, Jotham Sewall Viles, was 39 and her mother, Sarah Diana Frost, was 32. She married Paul Bonaparte Houghton on 4 January 1887, in Vinton, Benton, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Anderson, Madison, Indiana, United States in 1920 and Denver, Colorado, United States in 1930. She died on 17 September 1942, in Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Wheat Ridge, Jefferson, Colorado, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (16)
- Nina Herschey in household of Jacob Herschey, "United States Census, 1920"
- Nina I Hershey in household of Jacob T Hershey, "United States Census, 1910"
- Ina Viles in entry for Marcus Houghton, "South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births 1843-1914 and Marriages 1950-2014"
Spouse and Children
1865–1927 Male
1866–1942 Female
Children (2)
1892–1969 Male
1894–1948 Male
Parents and Siblings
1827–1890 Male
1834–1879 Female
Siblings (2)
1864–1936 Female
1866–1942 Female
World Events (8)
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
Age 0
1867 · Denver Becomes a temporary capital
Age 1
1886
Age 20
Name Meaning
English: variant of Vials, a variant of Vial , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. See Vile .
Catalan: plural form of Vila .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Story Highlight
The following family story was told by Paul Wayne Houghton and his siblings. Iona Viles took her sons, Marcus Houghton and Albert Merl Houghton to the train station. There she got on the train with …
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