Documentation - Ammi Vining

Birth Data

The town of Durham, Androscoggin County, Maine, has photocopied its vital record books, and those photocopies are available for public viewing. Unfortunately, much of the photocopied material is very difficult to impossible to read. Below is the page (greatly enlarged) recording the family of Ammi Vining and Susanna "Susan" Gerrish. The information on this page was entered by what appears to be three individuals. The earliest (and lightest) entries were made on 27 February 1865 by James Strout Jr., the town clerk, and recorded events that occurred from only a few to more than 50 years earlier.

Census Data

	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Ammi Vining	M 30–39	40	53	dead
Susanna "Susan" (Gerrish) Vining	F 20–29	35	49	59	69	?
Mary V. Vining	F 5–9	16	26	36	dead
Benjamin Franklin Vining	M under 5	14	24	not living in this household	married and living in separate household
Matilda G. Vining	F under 5	11	20	not living in this household	?	?
Laura P. Vining	F under 5	11	20	not living in this household	?	?
Israel H. Vining		dead
Israetta P. Vining			8	18	28	dead
Emma E. Vining			4	dead

1840 Durham, Cumberland County [Durham is now in Androscoggin County], Maine. The age of each member of this family in 1840 matches the expected age category in the 1840 census report.:

1850 Durham, Cumberland County [Durham is now in Androscoggin County], Maine - dwelling 4, family 5:

1860 Durham, Androscoggin County, Maine - dwelling 315, family 329:

1870 Durham, Androscoggin County, Maine - dwelling 261, family 271. Also living in this household in 1870 was John Carney (14, b. Maine).:

1880 Durham, Androscoggin County, Maine - dwelling 283, family 307:

Death Data

Below are two images (a distant view and a close-up) of the gravestone of Ammi Vining and Susanna "Susan" (Gerrish) Vining. This stone is in the Vining Cemetery in Durham, Androscoggin County, Maine.