Vivian Marie Bennett

Brief Life History of Vivian Marie

When Vivian Marie Bennett was born on 1 September 1905, in Idaho, United States, her father, James Vernon Baker, was 35 and her mother, Sophia J Shelley, was 32. She lived in Cottonwood, Idaho, Idaho, United States in 1920. She died on 18 November 1957, in Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Vernon Baker
1870–1953
Sophia J Shelley
1873–1949
Floyd Vernon Baker
1898–1961
Vivian Marie Bennett
1905–1957

Sources (5)

  • Vivian Baker in household of James Baker, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Vivian Marie Bennett, "Idaho Births and Christenings, 1856-1965"
  • Vivian Bennett, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

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.

1906 · Licencing Butchers

A law that makes it a crime to misbrand meat being sold as food, and ensures that the meat is slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

Name Meaning

English: from the medieval personal name Benedict , from Latin Benedictus ‘blessed’. In the 12th century the Latin form of the name is found in England alongside versions derived from the Old French form Beneit, Benoit, which was common among the Normans. The surname has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.

German: from a short form of the personal name Bernhard .

Altered form of French Benet or Bennet or of some other similar (like-sounding) French surname. Altered ending reflects the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t.

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

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