Reuben William Vining, a watch maker, immigrated into the United States in 1853 and became a naturalized citizen.
Census Data
| | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 |
| Reuben William Vining | 35 | 49 | 58 | ? | 77 | dead |
| Mary Elizabeth (Bowes) Vining | 31 | 46 | 50 | ? | dead | |
| Olivia Annie Vining | 9 | 20 | married and living in separate houshold | | | |
| Mary “Mollie” Vining | 5 | 15 | married and living in separate household | | | |
| Elizabeth Louise “Lizzie” Vining | 5 | 15 | 20 | ? | 44 [see note below] | |
| William Lincoln Vining | | 9 | [married?] and living in separate household | | | |
| Nelly Vining | | 3 | [living? in separate household] | | | |
1860 New Orleans (ward 1), Orleans Parish, Louisiana - dwelling 1899, family 2274. Also living in this household in 1860 was Catherine Blaney (16 y., b. Ireland).:
1870 New Orleans (ward 10), Orleans Parish, Louisiana - dwelling 632, family 627:
1880 Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas - dwelling [?], family 11:
1900 San Jacinto Street, Austin (ward 8), Travis County, Texas - dwelling 3, family 3. In 1900, Reuben William Vining’s widowed daughter Elizabeth Louise (Vining) Walker and her daughter Hannah Walker were living in the same household.:
Death Data
Monument side and close-up of monument side for Mary Elizabeth (Bowes) Vining, in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas (from Find A Grave):