Documentation for Daniel Vining - (1) Elizabeth Ann Field, (2) Lydia Whelpdale


Thank you to Judi Vining for her contributions to this page.


Daniel Vining (with snare drum near right end of line) was a member of the Weymouth Militia Band. (from Baston [Massachusetts] Herald, 5 July 1906, page 4)





Census Data

  1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930
Daniel Vining ? 28 42 ? 60 71 dead
Elizabeth Ann (Field) Vining ? 34 44 ? dead
Lydia (Whelpdale) Vining 35 50 ?
    Elmer Howard Vining ? 11 22 married (and living in separate household?)
    Robert Edward Vining 8 18 [see note below]


1870 Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts - dwelling 736, family 863:



1880 Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts - dwelling 75, family 90. Also living in this household in 1880 was Ezekiel Williams (boarder, 20 y., b. MA).



1900 Cohasset, Norfolk County, Massachusetts - dwelling 369, family 413:



1910 Cohasset, Norfolk County, Massachusetts - dwelling 342, family 379. Also living in this household in 1910 was Robert [F.?] Brunton (8 y., b. MA).



1920 Berwick, York County, Maine - dwelling 138, family 160. In 1920, both Lydia (widowed and a "laborer" in a woolen mill) and son Robert (single and a "sailor" in the U.S. Navy) were boarding in the household of Frank Edgar and May Stone.



1930 - By 1930, Robert Edward Vining had been married 1 y. to Lydia E. [...] (21 y., b. Illinois), and they were living in Baltimore (ward 12), Baltimore County, Maryland.




Death Data

Death record for Elizabeth Ann (Field) Vining:



Gravestones for Daniel Vining and Lydia (Whelpdale) Vining, in North Weymouth Cemetery, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (from Find A Grave):





Research Opportunity

In the 1860 census, Daniel was reported to be living in the household of his parents. In the 1870 census, he was reported to be married and have an 11-year-old son (Elmer, thought to have been born on 13 February 1858). If Elmer was 11 years old in 1870, where were he and his mother in 1860?




Robert Edward Vining . . .
 received special mention at the tenth annual graduation exercises (10 June 1937) of the University of Baltimore (Maryland).


His educational achievements were:


Obituary for Robert Edward Vining (from The New York Times):