Brief Life History of Viola Ellen
When Viola Ellen McKinney was born on 14 January 1912, in Lander, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States, her father, Edward Coffin McKinney, was 45 and her mother, Lenora Sarah Gaylor, was 40. She married Allen George Russell Sr. in 1932. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Election District 8, Fremont, Wyoming, United States in 1920 and Covina, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930. She died on 24 January 1954, in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in Magnolia Memorial Park, Garden Grove, Orange, California, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (8)
- Viola Ellen Hawkins, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Viola McKinney in household of Ed McKinney, "United States Census, 1920"
- Viola Russell in entry for William Frederick Hawkins, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
Spouse and Children
1900–1987 Male
1912–1954 Female
Children (1)
1931–2013 Female
Parents and Siblings
1866–1930 Male
1871–1947 Female
Siblings (7)
1894–1897 Male
1894–1974 Male
1897–1972 Male
1899–1911 Female
1900–1982 Male
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World Events (8)
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
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1920
Age 8
1927
Age 15
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cionaodha or Mac Cionaoith ‘son of ç’, an early Gaelic personal name popular from the ninth century and possibly derived from Pictish.
Irish (northern): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Coinnigh ‘son of Coinneach’, an Old Irish personal name, borne by a Christian saint and Anglicized in Ireland as Canice, which was treated in Scotland as equivalent to Kenneth . This surname was usually Anglicized in Scotland as McKenzie , but is otherwise hard to distinguish from sense 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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