Vining Families with Documentation
(updated 17 March 2008)

Welcome to the "O" list, Vining families whose father's (or single-parent mother's) first name begins with the letter O. 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. For census information, click on "census data for this family" at the end of a family's entry. To view documentation (other than census records) for a particular individual, click on "documentation" to the right of a parent's name or to the right of a child's data. If a child eventually had offspring, the link to the documentation for that child will be found to the right of his/her name when a parent.

Please note: I appreciate very much the corrections and additions that many people are contributing to this genealogy. However, the real value in this project is the documentation that, unfortunately, is rarely contributed. Please, if you have images of gravestones, census records, or, for deceased persons, birth, marriage, and death certificates, submit them, and I will post them for the benefit of all. Thanks.

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A little work by each of us will save a lot of work for all of us.



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O. Israel Fifield Vining
   (son of Benjamin Vining Jr. and Sarah "Sally" Ring)
   b. 11 July 1816   ME
   m. 1 October 1844
         Elvira S. Thomas
            b. age 51 y. as of 1870 census   ME

children:
   Susan Thomas Vining   b. 20 June 1845   -   m. 27 December 1869   Edward E. Sawyer
   Ezra Bonney Vining   b. 18 February 1852   ME   -   m. 3 September 1881   Alice Gould Page
   David Vining   b. 12 November 1853   -   d. 10 October 1857   -   bur. Vining Hill Cemetery   Avon, ME

   1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 census data for this family

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Olen Marshall Vining
   (son of Francis "Frank" Vining and Harriet Joiner)
   b. 15 December 1878   MS
   m. Ella Edwards

child:
   Olen Marshall Vining Jr.   b. 22 April 1920   McComb, MS   -   m. Alice Elinor Hickman   -   d. 17 February 2003   Velva, ND

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Olen Marshall Vining Jr.
   (son of Olen Marshall Vining and Ella Edwards)
   b. 22 April 1920   McComb, MS
   m. Alice Elinor Hickman
            (dau. of Ira Smith Hickman and Maude McDonald)
            b. 17 September 1922   Bushnell, NE
            d. 12 April 1993   Minot, ND
   d. 17 February 2003   Velva, ND

child:
   son +    m. [...] Dawson

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Oliver Vining
   (son of Abijah Vining and Abbey Steele)
   b. September 1838   NY
   m. 15 April 1870   IL
         Mary R. Burchim
            b. December 1847   IL
            d. between the 1900 and 1910 censuses

children:
   Gertrude Vining   b. age 10 y. as of 1880 census   -   m. [...] Robbins   -   d. 8 January 1943
   Church Abijah Vining   b. 2 January 1872   IL   -   m. [25 January 1896 or 15 January 1890?]   Edith Rachel Case   -   d. 20 September 1942
   child
   Alice M. Vining   b. November 1881   IL   -   m. [...] Rantz   -   d. 20 December 1939
   [Abbey or Abbye?] P. Vining   b. March 1886   IL   -   m. John Nesbitt
   Burchim Vining   b. 16 December 1891   IL   -   m. Lyla Kloxin   -   d. 5 November 1954

   1880, 1900, and 1910 census data for this family

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Oliver Vining   (documentation)
   (son of John I. Vining and Frances "Fannie" Carver)
   b. 1 July 1893
   m. Arloe Wall   (documentation)
            b. 7 March 1896
            d. 30 January 1978
                  bur. City Cemetery   Waycross, GA
   d. d. 6 October 1968   (last residence: Waycross, GA)
         bur. City Cemetery   Waycross, GA

children:
   John Vining
   James Vining   b. age 89 y. at death   -   d. 19 May 2005   -   bur. City Cemetery   Waycross, GA
   Carleen Vining
   Louise Vining
   Valerie Vining   d. ca. 1997
   Erma Vining
   Oliver Vining Jr.   b. 1 June 1925   -   m. Ruth L. Vaughn   -   d. 3 April 1999   (last residence: Axson, GA)   -   bur. Stokesville Baptist Church Cemetery   Axson, GA
   Lois Vining
   Leland Vining

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Oliver Vining Jr.   (documentation)
   (son of Oliver Vining and Arloe Wall)
   b. 1 June 1925
   m. Ruth L. Vaughn   (documentation)
            b. 12 May 1928
            d. 24 July 1997   (last residence: Axson, GA)
                  bur. Stokesville Baptist Church Cemetery   Axson, GA
   d. 3 April 1999   (last residence: Axson, GA)
         bur. Stokesville Baptist Church Cemetery   Axson, GA

children:
   Beverly Ann Vining   b. 9 September 1947   -   m. (1) [...] Adams; (2) Terry Wheaton
   Kenny Mac Vining   b. 22 June 1952
   Anita Valerie Vining   b. 16 July 1959   -   m. [...] Rozar
   Michael Anthony Vining   b. 24 December 1960

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Oliver Smith Vining
   (son of Leavitt Vining and Ophronia Swift)
   b. 1825
   m. 1850
         Elizabeth Helen Muzzy
            b. 1832
            d. 1903
                  bur. North Hatfield Cemetery   North Hatfield, MA
   d. 1875
         bur. North Hatfield Cemetery   North Hatfield, MA

children:
   Ella Triphena Maria Vining   b. 1851   -   m. Richard K. Abbott
   Martha Vining   b. age 1 y., 4 m. at death
   Charles William Vining   b. age 11 y. at death   -   d. 5 March 1870
   Joseph Allen Vining   b. 1 November 1861   North Hatfield, MA   -   m. 7 April 1882   Adaline Jane Baker   -   d. 5 April 1923
   Martha E. "Mattie" Vining   b. 1867   -   m. 19 October 1886   Charles A. Bardwell

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Orpha Vining
   (dau. of Charles Vining and Lucy A. Hoover)
   b. 13 February 1880
   m. (1) [...]
         (2) Dave Frayer
   d. 1 February 1952

child by ?:
   Russell Dale Vining  b. 28 August 1896   -   m. Flossie Leah Turk   -   d. [23 August 1962 or December 1972?]

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Oscar David Vining
   (son of Oscar Horace Vining and Martha Harrison Chapman)
   b. 27 December 1885   Lake City, MN
   m. Emma E. Raddetz
   d. April 1969   St. Paul, MN

children:
   Howard Herman Vining   b. 23 March 1909   MN   -   m. 20 June 1936   Fern Alexander   -   d. 23 February 1984   (last residence: St. Paul, MN)   -   bur. Riverview Cemetery   St. Paul, MN
   Margery E. Vining   b. 13 March 1914   MN   -   m. Russell Robinson
   Albert "Perk" Vining   b. 12 August 1915   MN   -   m. Eileen Ledger   -   d. April 1971   (last residence: St. Paul, MN)
   Ora Vining   b. 23 October 1920   MN   -   m. Chester Swanson

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Oscar [Francis or J.?] Vining
   (son of Francis Henry Vining and Alice [Lenora or Lenore?] Hawkins)
   b. 9 January 1912   OK
   m. 7 August 1936
         Alta Herren
   d. February 1976   (last residence: Caney, KS)

children:
   Norma Jean Vining   b. 13 October 1939   -   m. 14 June 1963   Leroy Birnbrook
   Alta Arlene Vining   b. 16 June 1945

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Oscar Horace Vining
   (son of David H. Vining and Rocksy Susan Edwards)
   b. 27 February 1847   Palmyra, PA
   m. Martha Harrison Chapman
   d. 19 November 1885
         bur. Vining Cemetery   Florence, MN

children:
   Horace Webster Vining   b. 1875   MN   -   m. Veronica Lucas   -   d. Minneapolis, MN
   Libby Roxanne Vining   b. 1876   -   m. David Stewart
   Jessie Addil Vining   b. 2 September 1877   -   m. (1) Harry K. Aurandt;   (2) Winfield Chapman   -   d. 1958   St. Paul, MN
   Edath M. Vining   b. 9 February 1879   -   d. 18 January 1883   -   bur. Vining Cemetery   Florence, MN
   James O. Vining   b. 12 August 1880   -   m. Bessie Morehouse
   Clara Maude "Daisy" Vining   b. 1 October 1881   -   m. Carl Adams
   Harrison Vining   b. 22 March 1883   Florence, MN   -   m. Marie Horejs   -   d. 1910   St. Paul, MN
   Charles Vining   b. 21 July 1884   -   m. Meta Schultz   -   d. St. Paul, MN
   Oscar David Vining   b. 27 December 1885   Lake City, MN   -   m. Emma E. Raddetz   -   d. April 1969   St. Paul, MN

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Osmyn Vining
   (son of Rodolphus C. Vining and Martha R. Mason)
   b. 14 September 1852   MA
   m. 6 August 1870
         Caroline "Carrie" Dyer
            b. 1850   MA
            d. 1925
   d. 29 August 1922   Kalamazoo, MI
         bur. Cummington, MA

children:
   Mary Hortense Vining   b. 2 June 1871   Plainfield, MA   -   d. 10 October 1877   Cummington, MA
   Ralph Spellman Vining   b. age 1 y. as of 1880 census   MA
   Osmyn Carl Vining   b. 10 October 1886   Holyoke, MA   -   m. 3 y. as of 1910 census   Aurore A. "Ora" La Palm   -   d. 17 July 1958   Kalamazoo, MI

   1880 census data for this family

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Osmyn Arsene Vining
   (son of Osmyn Carl Vining and Aurore A. "Ora" La Palm)
   b. 2 May 1909
   m. (1) Bonnabelle Baker
               divorced
         (2) Josephine Weeks
   d. 24 November 1989   (last residence: Englewood, FL)

child by Bonnabelle Baker:
   Arsene Earl Vining   m. (1) Jane Hanes,   divorced;   (2) Donna [...]

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Osmyn Carl Vining
   (son of Osmyn Vining and Caroline "Carrie" Dyer)
   b. 10 October 1886   Holyoke, MA
   m. 3 y. as of 1910 census
         Aurore A. "Ora" La Palm
            b. age 22 y. as of 1910 census   Canada
   d. 17 July 1958   Kalamazoo, MI

children:
   Anna Marie Vining   b. September 1907   -   d. September 1907
   Osmyn Arsene Vining   b. 2 May 1909   MI   -   m. (1) Bonnabelle Baker,   divorced;   (2) Josephine Weeks   -   d. 24 November 1989   (last residence: Englewood, FL)
   Ralph Spellman Vining   b. 2 November 1911   -   m. Lura Baker   -   d. February 1987   (last residence: Valrico, FL)
   Carl Horace Vining   b. 16 June 1915   -   m. 23 May 1936   Ethamarie Wiley
   Kamita Earl Vining   b. 25 May 1918   -   m. (1) Elizabeth Volenski,   divorced;   (2) Mable Dailey
   Yvonne Jeanne "Bonnie" Vining   b. 1 March 1924   -   m. Robert Haven

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Otis Smith Vining   (documentation)
   (son of Samuel Vining and Mary "Polly" Smith)
   b. 18 November 1830   Durham, ME
   m. int. 3 October 1852   Lisbon, ME
         Minerva A. Stover   (documentation)
            (dau. of Simeon Stover and Louis[e] Hinckl[e]y)
            b. November 1830   Harpswell Center, ME
            d. 17 December 1906   Lisbon, ME
                  bur. Hillside Cemetery   Lisbon, ME
   d. 19 April 1889   Lisbon, ME
         bur. Hillside Cemetery   Lisbon, ME

children:   (family record from Durham, Maine, town records)
   Melvina S. Vining   b. 4 September 1853   Durham, ME   -   d. 13 July 1855   -   bur. Hillside Cemetery   Lisbon, ME   (documentation)
   Charles Otis Vining   b. 15 February 1855   Durham, ME   -   m. 1 April 1893   Pittsfield, ME   Edith S. Collamore   -   d. 18 August 1915   Harpswell, ME   -   bur. Lisbon, ME
   George Thomas Vining   b. 2 December 1856   Durham, ME   -   m. 12 May 1878   Harriet T. Foster   -   13 January 1896   Jay, ME   -   bur. Jay Hill
   Harriet Jane Vining   b. 24 December 1858   Durham, ME   -   m. 17 January 1877   Lisbon, ME   Charles H. Koepka   (documentation)
   Minerva Ann Vining   b. 15 March 1861   Durham, ME
   Martha Plummer Vining   b. 17 February 1863   Durham, ME   -   m. 6 November 1881   Lisbon, ME   Benjamin F. Thorn   (documentation)
   Clara Helen Vining   b. 20 June 1865   ME   -   m. 17 September 1885   Lisbon, ME   Charles C. Chandler   (documentation)
   Frederick Elmer Vining   b. 27 January 1868   Durham, ME   -   m. 1 June 1889   Lisbon, ME   Louise Conant McKenney   -   d. 12 February 1934   Deferiet, NY   -   bur. Hillside Cemetery   Lisbon, ME
   Edwin Wilson Vining   b. 18 December 1871   -   d. 13 July 1872   -   bur. Hillside Cemetery   Lisbon, ME   (documentation)

   1860 and 1880 census data for this family

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Owen Vining   (documentation)
   (son of Abraham Vining and [Elinor or Elanora?] [...])
   b. 30 July 1807   GA
   m. ca. 1843   GA
         Edith Ann Ivey   (documentation)
               b. age 34 y. as of 1860 census   GA
               d. 1887   GA
                     bur. Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery   Axson, GA
   d. [1885 or 1887?]   GA
         bur. Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery   Axson, GA

children:
   James Vining   b. 3 November 1845   GA   -   m. 14 May 1866   GA   Sarah Brooker   -   d. 26 August 1922   GA   -   bur. Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery   Axson, GA
   Thomas Vining   b. age 12 y. as of 1860 census   -   d. age 21 y. at death
   Rodia Vining   b. age 22 y. as of 1870 census   GA
   Ellen Vining   b. 22 June 1850   GA   -   d. 1918   GA   -   bur. Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery   Axson, GA
   Bana (Bainley, Bench) Vining   b. August 1852   GA   -   m. (1) 19 April 1874   Martha Jane Crosby; (2) 9 y. as of 1900 census   Frances J. [...]
   Mary Vining   b. 1861   -   m. 11 January 1886   GA   John L. Soloman   -   d. 1939   -   bur. Union Hill Church Cemetery   Axson, GA
   Vincent Vining   b. 2 May 1863   GA   -   m. [1883 or 1884?]   Malinda Abigail May   -   d. 15 July 1899   GA   -   bur. Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery   Axson, GA
   John I. Vining   b. 17 August 1866   -   m. 1892   GA   Frances "Fannie" Carver   -   d. 20 March 1895   -   bur. Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery   Axson, GA

   1880 census data for this family

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Owen Frank Vining   (documentation)
   (son of Ellen Vining and Hezekiah Ponder Williams)
   b. 11 September 1878   Axson, GA
   m. 13 January 1907   GA
         Pearl Woodard   (documentation)
            (dau. of Henry Woodard and Kizzie Corbitt)
            b. 20 March 1892   Homerville, GA
            d. 5 March 1941   Douglas, GA
                  bur. Franklin Baptist Church Cemetery   Douglas, GA
   d. 10 January 1955   Douglas, GA
         bur. Franklin Baptist Church Cemetery   Douglas, GA

children:
   Frank Allison Vining   b. 20 September 1907   Coffe, GA   -   d. 26 November 1909   GA   -   bur. Live Oak Baptist Church Cemetery   GA
   Walter Laffette Vining   b. 4 May 1909   Willacoochee, GA   -   m. 6 September 1930   Pearson, GA   Lela Spivey   -   d. 25 October 1967   Adel, GA   -   bur. Tanner Baptist Church Cemetery   Douglas, GA
   Earl Vining   b. 12 March 1911   GA   -   m. 11 September 1943   GA   Eva Wilkerson   -   d. 4 March 1974   GA   -   bur. Wesley Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery   GA
   Leon Vining   b. 26 October 1912   GA   -   m. (1) Gladys Grantham;   (2) Dorothy Little   -   d. 8 July 1996   Ambrose, GA   -   bur. Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery   Ambrose, GA
   Woodard Vining   b. 6 September 1915   GA   -   m. 24 December 1938   GA   Evelyn Tanner   -   d. 8 September 1991   Fort Pierce, FL   -   bur. Fort Pierce, FL
   Mary Kizzie Vining   b. 14 July 1917   GA   -   m. 21 December 1935   Douglas, GA   David James Harper   -   d. 21 August 2007   Douglas, GA   -   bur. Satilla Memorial Gardens
   Margaret Pearl Vining   b. 18 August 1919   GA   -   m. (1) 24 December 1936   Mose Ezekiel Herring;   (2) Red Howard   -   d. 5 October 1996   Douglas, GA   (documentation)
   Mae Ellen Vining   b. 15 April 1921   GA   -   m. 20 October 1938   Gerald Chester Sanders
   Maysie Vining   b. 18 April 1923   GA   -   m. 3 May 1939   GA   Roscoe Leavens
   Sue Nell Vining   b. 26 October 1928   GA   -   m. (1) ca. 1946   Larry Varella;   (2) ca. 1949   GA   Owen Green Vining Jr.
   George Washington "Sonny" Vining   b. 30 July 1930   GA   -   m. 2 January 1952   Robbie Nell Wheeles

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Owen Green Vining
   (son of Vincent Vining and Malinda Abigail May)
   m. Mary Eula Riner

child:
   Owen Green Vining Jr.   b. 25 October 1925   GA   -   m. ca. 1949   Sue Nell Vining   -   d. 12 February 1988   (last residence: Willacochee, GA)

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Owen Green Vining Jr.
   (son of Owen Green Vining and Mary Eula Riner)
   b. 25 October 1925   GA
   m. ca. 1949
         Sue Nell Vining
            (dau. of Owen Frank Vining and Pearl Woodard)
            b. 26 October 1928   GA
   d. 12 February 1988   (last residence: Willacoochee, GA)

children:
   Linda Sue Vining
   Rodney Dale Vining
   Owen Green Vining III
   Roger Vining
   Carolyn Vining
   Mary Vining
   Christine Vining
   Gail Vining
   Anthony Lynn Vining
   Jeff Vining

adopted child:
   Kevin Crews [Vining]

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