Helen Vivien Wade

Brief Life History of Helen Vivien

When Helen Vivien Wade was born on 30 August 1904, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, her father, Henry Edwin Wade, was 30 and her mother, Ruby Lynn Dealy, was 31. She married Arthur William Doney on 24 July 1926, in Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930 and Monrovia Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. She died on 22 December 1988, in Fullerton, Orange, California, United States, at the age of 84.

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Family Time Line

Arthur William Doney
1904–1959
Helen Vivien Wade
1904–1988
Marriage: 24 July 1926
Arthur William Doney Jr
1928–2004
Alice Lynn Doney
1929–2018
Vivienne Joyce Doney
1932–2011

Sources (16)

  • Vivien W Doney in household of Arthur W Doney, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Vivien Wade, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
  • Vivienne Wade Doney, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"

World Events (8)

1905 · Construction of the Praetorian Building

Texas completed the construction of the Praetorian Building (Stone Plane Tower) in 1909. It was the first skyscraper in Texas and the Southwestern United States. The building had 15 stories and was 190 ft tall.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Wade (Old English Wada or, via Norman French, from ancient Germanic Wado, of unclear origin but possibly related to Old English wadan ‘to go’).

English: topographic name from Middle English wade ‘ford’ (Old English (ge)wæd ‘ford, especially a tidal crossing’) for someone who lived by a ford, or a habitational name from a place so called, such as Wade Hall in North Cove (Suffolk).

Irish: shortened and altered from Mac Uaid, see McQuaid .

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

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