Soma Velma Vincent

Brief Life History of Soma Velma

When Soma Velma Vincent was born on 19 October 1899, in DeSoto, Dallas, Texas, United States, her father, Thomas Franklin Vincent, was 20 and her mother, Izora May Hamrick, was 19. She had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Lynn Alvin Chowning. She lived in Justice Precinct 6, Dallas, Texas, United States for about 10 years and Justice Precinct 2, Kaufman, Texas, United States in 1930. She died on 7 April 1983, in Crandall, Kaufman, Texas, United States, at the age of 83.

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Family Time Line

Lynn Alvin Chowning
1898–1962
Soma Velma Vincent
1899–1983
Thomas Ferman Chowning
1919–1973
Guinlyn Chowning
1927–2022

Sources (11)

  • Delma Chowning in household of Lynn A Chowning, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Sona Vincent, "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1936"
  • Velma Vincent Chowning, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"

World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered

"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

English, French, West Indian (mainly Haiti), and Spanish: from the personal name Vincent, Latin Vincentius, a derivative of vincens, genitive vincentis, present participle of vincere ‘to conquer’. The name was borne by a 3rd-century Spanish martyr widely venerated in the Middle Ages and by a 5th-century monk and writer of Lérins, as well as various other early Christian saints.

Irish: the English surname (see 1 above) has been established in the south of Ireland since the 17th century, and has also been adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Mac Dhuibhinse ‘son of the dark man of the island’.

History: The surname Vincent of French origin (see 1 above) is listed in the register of Huguenot ancestors recognized by the Huguenot Society of America and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina.

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

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