Violet Viola (Lewis) Hughes (1897 - 1939)

Born 23 Jul 1897 in Kennebec, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Gordon Wellington Hughes — married 7 Jun 1915 in Flinton, Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada

Died 1 Apr 1939 at age 41 in Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States

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Biography

Violet Viola Lewis was born on the 23rd of July, 1897 in Kennebec, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada. She was the daughter of John Lewis and Harriet Woodcock.^[1]

Violet married Gordon Wellington Hughes on the 7th of June, 1915 in Flinton, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada.^[2]

They had the following children;

• Harry Ernest Hughes b. 1916 d. 28 Dec 1917
• Carmon Hughes b. 1916

Violet died on the 1st of April 1939 in Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FM88-GJ3 : 10 August 2017), Violet Viola Lewis, 23 Jul 1897; citing Birth, Kennebec, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,906,132.
2. ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2784-5XT : 12 March 2018), Gordon Wellington Hughes and Voilet Viola Lewis, 07 Jun 1915; citing registration , Flinton, Lennox And Addington, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,056,772.
3. ↑ "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z41F-5B6Z : 7 July 2020), Viola Hughes, 1 Apr 1939; citing Death, Minnesota State Department of Health, St. Paul.

• "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH27-N1V : 16 December 2019), Violet V. Lewis in household of John Lewis, Addington, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 15, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
• "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVB8-YT2P : 16 March 2018), Voilet Lewis in entry for John C Lewis, 1911; citing Census, Frontenac Sub-Districts 1-54, Ontario, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,697.
• "1921 Census of Canada", Source: Library and Archives Canada, online database, Surname: Hughs, Violet, Age: 23, Marital Status: Married, Relationship: Daughter (error, should be wife), Ethnic Origin: French, Province: Ontario, District Name: Lennox and Addington, District Number: 99, Sub-District Name: Kaladar (Township or Village), Northbrook (Village), Flinton (Village), Sub-District Number: 3, Family Number: 55, Page Number: 6, Line Number: 29, Reference: RG31, Statistics Canada, Item Number: 2343853, https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1921/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=2343853
• "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKW3-HRC : 26 March 2020), Gordon W. Hughes in entry for Harry Ernest Hughes, 28 Dec 1917; citing Ontario, Canada, yr 1917 cn 19228, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,686.