Documentation for Alexander Vining - Alice Edwards


Research Opportunity

Research is needed to determine the mother of Alexander Vining. In 1855, Alexander was living in a household with presumed father James Washington Vining, James’s mother (Hannah (Husted) Vining), and a Polly Brown. James Vining’s obituary mentions only three daughters as offspring, and none of James’s brothers seems to have had a son named Alexander.




Census Data

  1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930
Alexander Vining 17 25 ? living in separate household 56 65 dead
Alice (Edwards) Vining 23 ? 43 54 63 ?
    Minnie E. Vining 1 m. ? 21
[see note below]		 dead
    James M. Vining ? 13 22 [living? in separate househol]


1870 Athens, Greene County, New York - dwelling 371, family 465:




1880 Athens, Greene County, New York - dwelling 135, family 169:



1900 Athens, Greene County, New York - dwelling 125, family 159. By 1900, Minnie Vining was married, to Charles Garrison, and she, Charles, and daughter Ethel C. were living in the household of her mother.




1910 Athens, Greene County, New York - dwelling 340, family 381. According to the 1910 census, James M. Vining had been married for three years by 1910, but no mention is made of his wife. Also, following the death of Minnie (Vining) Garrison, her daughter (Ethel) was reported as having the surname Vining. Research is needed to determine if she (Ethel) was adopted by her grandparents.



1920 Athens, Greene County, New York - dwelling 16, family 16:






Death Data

Monument for Alexander Vining, Alice (Edwards) Vining, daughter Minnie and son-in-law, in Athens Rural Cemetery, Athens, Greene County, New York (from Find A Grave):