Brief Life History of Viola Elizabeth
When Viola Elizabeth Lee was born in 1885, in Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, United States, her father, Lewis Napoleon Bonaparte Lee, was 31 and her mother, Catherine A. Musick, was 25. She married Silsba Welch Scovel in Cottonwood, Shasta, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Adair, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Anderson, Shasta, California, United States in 1910. She died on 25 May 1917, in Cottonwood, Shasta, California, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Cottonwood, Shasta, California, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Viola L Lee in household of Lewis Lee, "United States Census, 1900"
- Viola Scovill in household of Selaby Scovill, "United States Census, 1910"
- Lee in entry for Floyd S Scovel, "California, Birth Index, 1905-1995"
Spouse and Children
1870–1959 Male
1885–1917 Female
Children (3)
1906–1953 Male
1907–1907 Female
1908–1993 Male
Parents and Siblings
1854–1947 Male
1860– Female
Siblings (3)
1879–1947 Male
1883–1957 Female
1885–1917 Female
World Events (8)
1886
Age 1
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Age 6
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 11
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Chinese Young, Sang, Jae, Jong, Jung, Sung, Yong, Kyung, Seung, Dong, Kwang, Myung.
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land, Middle English lee, lea, from Old English lēa, dative case (used after a preposition) of lēah, which originally meant ‘wood or glade’.
English: habitational name from any of the many places in England named with Old English lēah ‘wood, glade’, including Lee in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, and Shropshire, and Lea in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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