Brief Life History of Vivian
When Vivian Chivers was born in May 1879, in Lafayette, Mississippi, United States, her father, Daniel Madison Chivers, was 24 and her mother, Margaret Carter, was 20. She married John H Durham on 19 October 1902, in Faulkner, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Conway, Faulkner, Arkansas, United States in 1930 and New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1940. She died on 28 June 1970, in Lafayette, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Conway, Faulkner, Arkansas, United States.
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- Vivian Durham, "United States Census, 1930"
- Vivian Chivers, "Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944"
- Vivian Chivers Durham, "Find A Grave Index"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1883 · The Mosaic Templar is Founded
The Mosaic Templar is an African American fraternal organization founded in Little Rock. it was founded by former slaves, John Edward Bush and Chester W. Keatts. It was part of a movement that was going on at the time, where everyone was forming fraternities and sororities. The main departments for this one where endowment, monument, analysis, uniform, rank, recapitulation, records, and a juvenile division.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): variant of Cheever .
History: This Norman name has been in southeast Leinster, Ireland, since the 12th century. Thomas Chivers (c. 1627–64) bought land in Surry County, VA, in 1659.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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