Veda Victoria (Ross) Hender (1927 - 2002)

Born 8 Nov 1927 in Roscoe, Nolan County, Texas, USA

Ancestors

Died 29 May 2002 at age 74 in Maitland, Orange County, Florida, USA

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Biography

Veda Victoria Ross was born November 8, 1927. She was the daughter of Charles Adolphus Ross and Veda Cordelia Lipham.

When performing with her sisters as "The Ross Sisters", she occasionally would use the name " Eva Vicki Ross" and "Maggie".

She married ventriloquist Robert Lamouret in 1950 in Paris. He appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show with his act. They had two daughters, as well. He died March 17, 1959.

After her husband's death in 1959, Veda Vicki Lamouret married Robert Sherman Hender. They divorced in 1973.

She died in Maitland, Florida on May 29, 2002

Research Notes

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https://rare.us/people/what-happened-to-the-famous-ross-sisters/

Sources

• "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH86-NVP : accessed 22 April 2016), Veda Victoria Ross, 08 Nov 1927; citing Roscoe, Nolan, Texas, United States, certificate 79367, Bureau of Vital Statistics. State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,240,602.

• "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8QG-ZFC : 5 December 2014), Veda Victoria Ross, 08 Nov 1927; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HJ1G-W3Z : accessed 18 April 2022), Victoria Ross in household of Charles H Ross, Precinct 4, Scurry, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 2A, line 46, family 28, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2389; FHL microfilm 2,342,123.

• "Brasil, Cartões de Imigração, 1900-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1SX-RYY : 4 March 2021), Veda Victoria Ross, Immigration; citing 1946, Arquivo Nacional, Rio de Janeiro (National Archives, Rio de Janeiro).

• Find A Grave: Memorial #203841813