Virginia (Vieg) Carpenter

Ancestors

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Biography

Virginia was the oldest of three daughters of Albert and Dorothy Gray Vieg.^[1][2]

Virginia was working as a telephone company operator when she was 20 years old.^[3] She married Bruce Carpenter when she was 21.^[4] She was a teacher in the Kalamazoo Public Schools for 21 years, retiring in 1984. She was a member of League of Women Voters, Interfaith Strategy for Advocacy & Action in the Community, Kalamazoo County Democratic Party, Public Citizen and Habitat for Humanity^[5]

Virginia died at age 88.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XQ1G-JT8 : accessed 4 February 2015), Virginia J Vieg in household of Albert V Vieg, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0066, sheet 1B, family 18, line 62, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1017; FHL microfilm 2,340,752.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4P3-NZ9 : 15 May 2020), Virginia J Vieg in household of Albert A Vieg, Area B, Pontiac, Pontiac City, Oakland, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 63-95, sheet 4B, line 68, family 92, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1801.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867–1952. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics.
5. ↑ Virginia Carpenter Obituary