Welcome to the “L” list, Vining families whose father’s (or single-parent mother’s) first name begins with the letter L. Family units are arranged alphabetically by the first name of the father (or single-parent mother). Links are provided to enable you to move up and down each lineage. To follow a line back in time (ancestors), click on the underlined portion of “(son of …)” or “(dau. of …)” beneath the name of the person you want to trace back. To follow a line forward in time (descendants), click on the name of the person whose offspring you want to see. A plus sign (+) following a name means that that person had one or more children, but that family group has not been added to this web page. To view documentation, including census data, click on the link “documentation and notes” at the bottom of a family.
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A little work by each of us will save a lot of work for all of us. Thank you to L. Scott Vining for his contributions to this page.
b. 22 January 1829 Bennington Township, Morrow County, Ohio
m. Phebe Rinehart
(dau. of Lewis S. Rinehart and Elizabeth Noffsinger)
b. 18 October 1832 Rich Hill, Knox County, Ohio
d. 28 May 1894
d. 7 February 1894 Fargo, Ohio
children:
Manford Lewis Vining b. 10 January 1855 - d. 8 February 1855 - bur. Centerburg, Knox County, Ohio
Elmira Elizabeth Vining b. 27 January 1856 Ohio - m. John Murray - d. 13 March 1930 Delaware, Ohio
Ellis Orlando Vining b. 16 February 1858 Ohio - m. 4 September 1884 Morrow County, Ohio Lillie Morton - d. 12 January 189 Bennington Township, Ohio - bur. Fargo Methodist Episcopal Cemetery Marengo, Ohio
Elmer John Vining b. 3 April 1860 Ohio - m. 14 y. as of 1900 census Emma A. Steward - d. 25 September 1928 Marengo, Ohio - bur. Fargo Methodist Episcopal Cemetery Marengo, Ohio
Ida May Vining b. age 8 y. as of 1870 census Ohio
Sarah Viola Vining b. age 6 y. as of 1870 census Ohio
William Vining b. January 1866 Ohio - m. 24 June 1906 Orpha Mae Webster - d. 1941 - bur. Fargo Methodist Episcopal Cemetery Marengo, Ohio
Charlotte Marie Vining b. 29 June 1961 - m. (1) Wendell Charles Jorgensen, divorced 16 October 1992; (2) 14 November 2008 Dann Lee Stradling, divorced 14 October 2015
bur. Mound Grove Cemetery Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois
children:
Alan James Vining b. 24 July 1946 Joliet, Will County, Illinois - m. 14 February 1970 Chicago, Illinois - Glenna M. Davis - d. 26 May 2013 Westmont, DuPage County, Illinois - bur. Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Elwood, Illinois
d. 15 November 1977 Palmetto, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana
bur. Bayou Rouge Pentecostal Church Cemetery Palmetto, Louisiana
d. 5 June 1998 Krotz Springs, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana
bur. Bayou Rouge Pentecostal Church Cemetery Palmetto, Louisiana
children:
Betty Jane Vining b. 26 December 1932 Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana - m. […] Olivier - d. 26 March 1970 Franklin, Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana
Laverne Rae Vining b. 26 January 1933 Thibodeaux, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana - m. […] Pennison d. 2 April 1996 Ball, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
James Lawrence Vining b. 12 December 1937 Grove, Texas - m. [1?] Audree Lynn Fonteneau; [2?] 43 y. at death Roberta Robicheaux - d. 3 October 2020 Garden City, Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana
Gary Paul Vining b. 14 February 1944 Evadale, Texas - m. Anita Byrd - d. 2 May 2015 Spartanburg, South Carolina
Darlene Vining b. 8 October 1949 - d. 8 October 1949 Palmetto, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana
m. 18 February 1857 [B. Angeline (Hillyard) Vining m. (2) Lyman Monroe]
B. Angeline Hillyard
b. age 23 y. as of 1860 census Ohio
d. 9 March 1865
bur. Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
child:
George Melvin Vining b. 7 May 1861 Arlington, Michigan - Martha May Empson - d. 27 April 1928 Lawrence, Michigan - bur. Hill Cemetery Lawrence, Michigan
Aletha Vining bapt. 3 July 1808 Windsor, Massachusetts
Alden Dunbar Vining bapt. 14 October 1810 Windsor, Massachusetts
Susan Vining b. age 33 y. as of 1850 census Massachusetts - m. Henry Manchester
David A. Vining b. age 39 y. as of 1860 census Massachusetts - m. Clarissa [...]
Oliver Smith Vining b. age 49 y., 8 m. at death - m. 1850 Deerfield, Massachusetts Elizabeth Helen Muzzy - d. 14 June 1875 - bur. North Hatfield Cemetery North Hatfield, Massachusetts
John H. Vining b. age 35 y. as of 1860 census Massachusetts - m. Clarissa W. […] - d. 12 June 1864 District of Columbia, District of Columbia - bur. North Hatfield Cemetery North Hatfield, Massachusetts
Heman Vining
Mary Vining m. [...] Atkinson
Theron Vining b. age 22 y., 4 m. at death - d. 17 November 1853 - bur. North Hatfield Cemetery North Hatfield, Massachusetts
(dau. of Joseph Bishop Wheeler and Elizabeth Campbell)
b. 15 December 1828 Rowe, Massachusetts
d. 30 June 1873 Dalton, Massachusetts
bur. Main Street Cemetery Dalton, Massachusetts
d. 30 September 1857
bur. Main Street Cemetery Dalton, Massachusetts
children:
Sydney Wales Vining b. Cheshire, Massachusetts
Henry Vining b. 17 February 1846 West Hawley, Massachusetts
Warriner King Vining b. 9 July 1848 West Hawley, Massachusetts - m. (1) 21 September 1868 Emily Jane Harwood (d. 1891); (2) 9 September 1894 Plainfield, Massachusetts Rosie Belle Hubbard - d. 24 September 1913 Arlington, Vermont - bur. Bozrah Cemetery Hawley, Massachusetts
William Riley Vining b. 7 October 1850 West Hawley, Massachusetts - d. 10 November 1850 West Hawley, Massachusetts
Flora Anna Vining b. 5 May 1856 Dalton, Massachusetts - m. Charles Thomas Davis - d. 13 December 1945 Pittsfield, Massachusetts - bur. South View Cemetery North Adams, Massachusetts
b. 29 May 1903 [Chaffee or Walburg Township?], North Dakota
m. 28 December 1926 Moorhead, Minnesota
Marion O'Bleness
(dau. of John Erwin O'Bleness and Rose Ann Keyes)
b. 3 November 1900 Amenia, North Dakota
d. 19 February 1983 North Dakota
bur. Watson Cemetery Leonard, North Dakota
d. 7 May 1993 Walburg Township, North Dakota
bur. Watson Cemetery Leonard, North Dakota
children:
William Myron L. Vining b. 2 September 1927 Fargo, North Dakota - m. 24 May 1952 Fargo, North Dakota Naomi Albina Greapp
John Keith Vining b. 30 August 1928 Fargo, North Dakota - m. 11 May 1954 Edmonton, Canada Eva Hromick - d. 13 December 2013 Leonard, North Dakota - bur. Watson Cemetery Leonard, North Dakota
Clifford Ray Vining b. 3 August 1929 Fargo, North Dakota - m. 21 June 1957 Durbin, North Dakota Dorleen Schimming - d. 20 April 2016 Fargo, North Dakota - bur. Godshen Moravian Cemetery
Leo Heath Vining Jr. b. 7 January 1920 Missouri - m. (1) 1941 Dorothy Helen Deschamps, divorced; (2) Josephine Primrose Gundry - d. 26 February 1980 - bur. Ivy Hill Cemetery Alexandria, Virginia
bur. Fairhaven Memorial Park Santa Ana, California
d. 16 June 1979 Orange, California
bur. Fairhaven Memorial Park Santa Ana, California
child:
Leo Warren Vining b. 22 April 1916 Los Angeles, California - m. (1) [...]; (1) 14 February 1949 Dorothy Reba Anderson - d. 9 September 1994 Houston, Texas
Danny Warren Vining b. 1 May 1950 California - d. 27 July 1961 Trucky, California - bur. Fairhaven Memorial Park Santa Ana, California
Reta Lynn Vining b. 12 June 1952 North Burbank California - m. 17 November 1970 Reno, Nevada Gary Duffy, divorced 17 November 1987 Klamath Falls, Oregon
Jackie Roy Vining b. 26 December 1953 - m. 13 September 1975 Eugene, Oregon Paula Leonard
Melodee Kay Vining b. 20 April 1956 - m. (1) Rogue River, Oregon Robert Badley; (2) Delbert Luft, divorced Grants Pass, Oregon
m. 7 September 1913 Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Ada Albena Walker
(dau. of T. M. Walker and Maggie […])
b. age 35 y. as of 1930 census North Carolina
children:
Leonard Edwin Vining Jr. b. age 15 y. as of 1930 census Virginia - m. Sara Virginia Drury - d. 27 September 1972 - bur. Forest Lawn Cemetery Norfolk, Virginia
Clarence Walker Vining b. 24 February 1916 Washington, District of Columbia - m. November 1941 Marjorie Dare Richardson - d. 27 February 2002 Dickson, Tennessee - bur. Union Cemetery Dickson, Tennessee
Gordon Geoffrey Vining b. August 1918 Washington, District of Columbia - m. Martha Yarbro - d. 16 April 1945 Tokyo, Japan
Winifred Lucille Vining b. 27 January 1920 Norfolk, Virginia
Richard Leroy Vining b. 31 March 1914 New York - m. Margery Nabinger - d. 5 November 1985 (last residence: Ouaquaga, New York) - bur. South Windsor Cemetery South Windsor, New York
Esther Louise Vining b. 28 October 1915 Occanum, New York - m. Carlton Bennett
Grace Virginia Vining b. 22 October 1917 South Windsor, New York - m. Church Hollow, New York Clayton Ives
Robert William Vining b. 23 July 1920 South Windsor, New York - m. Jean Rosemond Nabinger - d. March 1992
Ruth A. Vining b. 21 November 1928 - m. Lamar J. Campbell - d. before 4 December 2009
Alice M. Vining b. 9 August 1930 - m. Harland E. Merrill - d. before 4 December 2009
Donald L. Vining b. 1 September 1933 Bemidji, Minnesota - m. (1) Elizabeth Kraft, divorced; (2) 15 October 1975 Blanche Delvo - d. 4 December 2009 Green Valley, Arizona
(dau. of Solomon Isaac Winter and Charity F. Luce)
b. 8 August 1880 New Portland, Maine
d. 18 September 1954 Strong, Maine
bur. Village Cemetery Strong, Maine
d. 1956
bur. Village Cemetery Strong, Maine
child by Della J. McKenney:
Clyde V. Vining b. 1 July 1896 Strong, Maine - m. 18 August 1924 Bangor, Maine Dorothy Smith - d. 3 October 1937 Owls Head, Maine - bur. Achorn Cemetery Rockland, Maine
child by Ella Amelia Winter:
Christie Vining b. 21 March 1910 Strong, Maine - m. 28 November 1935 Reginald S. Pingree - d. 10 February 2004 Kingfield, Maine - bur. Village Cemetery Strong, Maine
bur. Higbee Cemetery Deerfield Township, Mecosta County, Michigan
child:
Monroe Marion Vining b. 22 December 1920 - m. Helen Parker, divorced - d. July 1986 (last residence: Umatilla, Florida)
adopted child:
Alice June Vining b. 22 June 1925 - m. Fred Nutkins
children:
Lester Raymond Vining Jr. b. 16 November 1925 Morley, Michigan - m. 16 October 1948 Stanwood, Michigan Audrey Jean Armstrong - d. 17 April 2013 Pagosa Springs, Colorado - cremated
Roger Earl Vining b. 10 September 1927 Big Rapids, Michigan - m. 27 August 1949 Dolores Arlene Croff - d. 26 September 2020 Lakeview, Michigan - bur. Higbee Cemetery Morley, Michigan
Frank Christensen Vining b. 20 August 1929 Michigan - m. 23 February 1957 Barbara Jean Olson - d. 22 February 1982 Big Rapids, Michigan - bur. Higbee Cemetery Deerfield Township, Mecosta County, Michigan
Porter Vining b. 4 May 1875 Southwick, Massachusetts - d. 12 May 1881
Orpha Vining b. 28 August 1878 Southwick, Massachusetts - m. […] Porter - d. 1930 - bur. Southwick Cemetery Southwick, Massachusetts
child b. 29 September 1880 Southwick, Massachusetts - d. 19 October 1880
Claude L. Vining b. 25 June 1882 Connecticut - m. 1 y. as of 1910 census Florence Marshall - d. September 1962 (last residence: Colorado) - bur. Crown Hill Cemetery Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Martha Eloise Vining b. 20 October 1887 Southwick, Massachusetts
Elva A. Vining b. 29 October 1891 Massachusetts - m. […] Long
Robert Eugene Vining b. 20 April 1939 Indiana - m. (1) Pat Ryan; (2) 18 July 1981 Nevada Priscella J. [...] - d. 15 February 1991 California - bur. Riverside National Cemetery Riverside, California
Jack Dewayne Vining b. 25 May 1942 Indiana - d. 31 July 2004 Lorain, Ohio - cremated
Linda Lou Vining b. 6 March 1944 Parker City, Indiana - m. Granville Caldwell - d. 18 August 2007 Douglasville, Georgia - bur. Lamar Memory Gardens Barnesville, Georgia
Billy Raymond Vining b. 1946 - d. 18 September 1961 Brooklyn, New York - bur. Beech Grove Cemetery Muncie, Indiana
Leo Earl Vining b. 6 April 1926 Ostrander, Delaware County, Ohio - m. (1) 1947 Alberta Jane Herriott, divorced 29 October 1970 Delaware County, Ohio; (2) 19 April 1974 Ohio - d. 6 June 1983 Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio
Lloyd Nelson Vining b. 23 May 1931 Allen Township, Ohio - m. Betty Lou Firman - d. 19 April 2010 Ostrander, Ohio - bur. Fairview Cemetery Ostrander, Ohio
Nancy Clare Vining b. 5 April 1933 - m. [...] Hawkins
William Leslie [“Pete”?] Vining b. 26 August 1934 New Dover, Ohio
Lon Vining
(son of [?])
m. Amanda [...]
child:
Isaiah Vining
London Vining
(son of [?])
b. age 45 y. as of 1870 census Alabama
m. Millie [...]
b. age 45 y. as of 1870 census Georgia
children:
Elizabeth Vining b. age 16 y. as of 1870 census Georgia
Margaret Vining b. age 15 y. as of 1870 census Georgia
Henry Vining b. age 15 y. as of 1870 census Texas
Ella Vining b. age 12 y. as of 1870 census Texas
Adeline Vining b. age 12 y. as of 1870 census Texas
Ann Vining b. age 10 y. as of 1870 census Texas
Susan Vining b. age 10 y. as of 1870 census Texas
Andrew Vining b. [August 1865 Texas ?] - m. [13 y. as of 1900 census Ellen […] ?]
Frank W. Vining b. 23 February 1860 Erie County, Ohio - m. Nellie E. […] - d. 25 [April or March?] 1937 Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio - bur. Elmwood Cemetery Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio
child by Rebecca G. “Nettie” Smith:
William W. Vining b. April 1868 Ohio - d. 23 April 1920 California
Louise Vining b. age 8 y. as of 1930 census Kansas
Alberta Lou Vining b. 12 June 1928 Aurora, Nebraska - m. Ronald Harding - d. 18 November 2015 Lone Tree, Iowa - bur. Lone Tree Cemetery Lone Tree, Iowa
Louis D. Vining Jr. b. age 7 y. as of 1940 census Illinois
(dau. of John Franklin Haines and Lillie Mae Miller)
b. 21 July 1918 Royersford, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
d. 9 February 1993 Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
bur. Fernwood Cemetery Royersford, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
d. 26 May 1966
bur. Fernwood Cemetery Royersford, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
children:
Barry L. Vining b. 5 January 1940 Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - m. 11 March 1961 Spring City, Pennsylvania Carol Jean Haltemann - d. 2 March 1922 East Coventry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania - bur. Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery Spring City, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Louis Scott Vining - b. 19 November 1943 Pottstown, Pennsylvania - m. 18 December 1965 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Faith Ann Snyder
Samantha Vining b. age 22 y. as of 1850 census Ohio - d. before 1857
Francis Vining b. age 21 y. as of 1850 census Bennington Township, Morrow County, Ohio - d. 2 April 1864 Ohio - bur. Bloomfield Cemetery Bloomfield, Indiana
Marilla Vining b. 27 September 1831 Ohio - m. 21 December 1853 Ohio Benjamin F. Wood - d. 15 September 1898 Brooks, Michigan - bur. Newaygo Cemetery Newaygo, Michigan
Electa Vining b. age 16 y. as of 1850 census Ohio
Ansel Vining b. 10 June 1835 Morrow County, Ohio - m. 7 July 1867 Boone, Iowa Charlotte Cara Cornwell - d. 19 October 1902 Waitsburg, Washington - bur. Waitsburg Cemetery Waitsburg, Washington
Ausillus Orelas Vining b. age 10 y. as of 1850 census Morrow County, Ohio - 1867 Morengo, Ohio
Ardale E. Vining b. 28 October 1918 [South Dakota?] - m. Earleen M. […] - d. 10 February 1977 - bur. Memorial Park Cemetery Tulsa, Oklahoma
Donald Vining b. 16 February 1922 - m. 31 December 1944 Helen Louise Hunt - d. March 1984 (last residence: Independence, Kansas) - bur. Mount Hope Cemetery Independence, Kansas
Evelyn Vining m. [...] Goatly
Milford Claire Vining b. 9 July 1927 - m. 3 June 1949 Billie Inez Morgan - d. 27 May 1993 (last residence: Ponca City, Oklahoma) - bur. Memorial Lawn Cemetery Arkansas City, Kansas
