Lucy Ellen Via

Brief Life History of Lucy Ellen

When Lucy Ellen Via was born on 9 October 1843, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Overton Via, was 38 and her mother, Martha Tarver, was 36. She married William Gunderson Myers on 25 October 1866, in Hickman, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Magisterial District 3 Buggs, Hickman, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Bugg, Hickman, Kentucky, United States in 1920. She died on 13 February 1924, in Wingo, Graves, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Hickman, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Gunderson Myers
1840–1912
Lucy Ellen Via
1843–1924
Marriage: 25 October 1866
Thomas Overton Myers
1869–1951
Joseph M Myers
1871–1946
Eugenia Bell Myers
1874–1941
Emer G Myers
1876–
James W Myers
1878–
Luther Buchanan Myers
1880–1960
Ella May Myers
1882–1972
Bernet Myers
1884–
Mary M. Myers
1888–

Sources (19)

  • Lucy Myers in household of Wm G Myers, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Lucy E. Via, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Lucy Ellen Via, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1854

Historical Boundaries 1854: Graves, Kentucky, United States

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

Altered form of French Viar 1 or perhaps of some other similar (like-sounding) French surname, such as Vier 3 and Viat, a cognate of Viet 2. Alternatively, a Frenchified form of an unidentified German surname. Compare Viar 2, Viars , Vier 2, and Vire .

Italian (southern): from a short form of a personal name or surname ending with -via, for example Bellavia .

Italian (southern): from a variant of Bia, a personal name of Greek origin, a calque of Latin Vita ‘life’.

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

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