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Documentation for Orpha M. Vining - David Frayer

Family Data

1880 US Federal Census - David Frayer (age 4) in the household of his parents William and Laura Frayer, Lexington, Greene County, NY:

Marriage Data

Marriage of David Frayer and Orpha M. Vining, 23 September 1901, Meredith, NY (NY State Marriage Index, cert. 17874):

Census Data

  190019101915192019251930
David Frayer 34 (head)38 (head)dead
Orpha M. Vining 20 (servant)30 (wife)35 (wife)39 (mother, widowed)45 (servant)50 (servant)
    Russell Dale Vining 3 (nephew)13 (nephew)23 (head)
    Cora Frayer ?10 (daughter)
    Charles Vining father-in-law70 (father-in-law)
1900 Orpha as servant with son Russell (the head's nephew) in an unidentified Vining household.:
1910 Frayer household, with Russell labeled "nephew" of David and recorded under the surname Frayer.:
1915 Meredith, NY. Charles Vining (Orpha's father) was living with the family.:
1920 Orpha widowed and using her maiden name Vining, living with adult son Russell as head of household.:
1925 Orpha working as servant in the Oscar Fuller household.:
1930 Orpha as servant in the Mary L. Forsyth household, Albany Avenue. Marital status recorded as "single" (conflicting with the 1920 census's "widowed").:

Military Data

1918 WWI draft registration card for Russell Vining (Orpha's son). Names Orpha as next of kin; no father listed:

Death Data

NY State Death Index, 1952 - died 1 February 1952 in Oneonta, NY (certificate #11370). Index records middle initial as "V" (census records consistently show "M."):
Gravestone in Ashland, Greene County, NY (from Find A Grave). Inscribed simply "ORPHA VINING 1880-1952" — buried under maiden name:

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