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Travis, Virginia Pearl

Travis, Virginia Pearl

Female 1924 - 2010  (85 years)


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  • Name Travis, Virginia Pearl 
    Birth 17 Sep 1924  Wenona, Marshall County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Reference Number TRAV.V001 
    Death 4 May 2010  Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Mound Grove Cemetery, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Headstone, Vest, Virginia Travis
    Headstone, Vest, Virginia Travis
    Person ID I38441  Carl Wayne Gray Research | Travis - Jones

    Noah Travis and Hannah N. Jones Descendants
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2021 

    Father Travis, Thomas Hugh,   b. 4 Mar 1889, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1967, Fairbury, Livingston County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Striegel, Pearl Marie,   b. 14 May 1898, Saint Anne, Kankakee County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1956, Bradley, Kankakee County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage Y  [2
    Family ID F11259  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Vest, James Monroe,   b. 22 Aug 1919, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1988, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Family ID F15430  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Jan 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 17 Sep 1924 - Wenona, Marshall County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 4 May 2010 - Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Mound Grove Cemetery, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • During WWII she worked at a munitions factory. It was there that she was introduced by a co-worker to her future husband James M. Vest. They were married in Salina, KS on June 25, 1944. After the war they built their own home and later owned a neighborhood grocery store. During all of this time they managed to have four children. In June 1957 they packed up the four kids in a 1951 Oldsmobile and drove to Mesa. After the kids were all on their own Virginia and James moved to their retirement home in Dreamland Villa in Mesa. Virginia was able to spend many happy years in that community with many close friends. She has spent the last few years of her life as a happy resident of Carestone Assisted Living in Tempe.

  • Sources 
    1. [S12523] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Vest, Virginia Travis, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53581815), none. (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S231] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, Enumeration District 3, Page 1B, (http://search.ancestry.com/content/viewer.aspx?dbid=6061&iid=4300174_00609&noredir=true&sid=&gskw=) (Reliability: 2).