Viola Minnick was born in St Lawrence County, New York to Jacob and Hannah (Sawyer) Minnick. They lived in Pitcairn. By about age 8, the family had moved to Pensaukee, Oconto, Wisconsin. Here she married George H. Laughlin (b 1861 in Canada) on Christmas day, 1886 at age 20. They had seven children; George F (1887), Frances (1889), Adaline (1891; died at age 2 months), Pearl Adaline ("Addie," 1892), Bernard A (1896), Ulric (1897), and David (1910). George died in 1927. Viola lived until age 72, dying in Oconto. She's buried in a family plot with her mother, father, brother Byron and husband George.
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"United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNH4-6MW : accessed 21 Jun 2014), Jacob F Minnick, Pensaukee, Oconto, Wisconsin, United States; citing sheet 296B, NARA microfilm publication T9.
"United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMKY-CBY : accessed 21 Jun 2014), George Laughlin, Oconto Falls town, Oconto, Wisconsin, United States; citing sheet 6A, family 107, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241808.
"Wisconsin, State Census, 1905," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MM3P-DP7 : accessed 21 Jun 2014), George Laughlin, Oconto Falls village, Oconto, Wisconsin; citing p. 391, line 9, State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1020979.
"United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MP2Q-9DK : accessed 21 Jun 2014), George Laughlin, Oconto Falls, Oconto, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 110, sheet 6A, family 123, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1375742.
"United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFK7-LKD : accessed 21 Jun 2014), George Laughlin, Oconto Falls, Oconto, Wisconsin, United States; citing sheet 11A, family 203, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1822007.
"United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X9S4-QLX : accessed 21 Jun 2014), Viola Laughlin, Oconto Falls, Oconto, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0029, sheet 3B, family 60, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 2602.
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