According to the original family tree Viola was born on January 14th, however, no year was recorded.
Information Needed
The only other piece of information I have on Viola was that she apparently died in 1971. This leaves many unanswered questions:
Who were her parents?
When was she married to her husband?
Why is there no indication she is buried in Riverside Cemetery with her husband?
Did she have children?
Sources
↑ Ancestry.com. New York State, Birth Index, 1881-1942 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018. Original data: New York State Birth Index, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY. Name: Speed; Gender: Female; Birth Date: 14 January 1912; Birth Place: Rochester, New York, USA; Certificate Number: 2561. (https://www.ancestry.ca/discoveryui-content/view/1722607:61667 Accessed 9 July 2023.)
↑ 2.02.1 "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFQY-84S : 10 March 2021), Harley W Wood and Viola M Speed, 17 Mar 1934; citing Marriage, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF79-QFC : 10 March 2021), Harley W. Wood and Eula J. Giffin, 16 Feb 1943; citing Marriage, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
↑ Ancestry.com. New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Original data: New York State Marriage Index, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY. Name: Viola M Wood; Marriage Date: 11 April 1953; Marriage Place: Rochester, New York, USA; Certificate Number: 13384; Records Sharing Certificate Number (Name): Louis L Giffin, Viola M Wood, Viola M Speed. (https://www.ancestry.ca/discoveryui-content/view/1107041:61632 Accessed 9 July 2023.)
"New York State Census, 1925," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS4F-WWQ : 8 November 2014), Viola Speed, Rochester Ward 08, A.D. 03, E.D. 05, Monroe, New York, United States; records extracted by Ancestry and images digitized by FamilySearch; citing p. 19, line 43, New York State Archives, Albany.
Giffin, Eveline Bertha. The Descendants of William Giffin & Thomasine Eyre, Bell's Crossing, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada: 1990.
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Wood-14429 and Speed-1921 appear to represent the same person because: Viola's last name at birth was Speed. She was born on 14 January 1912, and married Harley Wood in 1934. The marriage index with her marriage to Louis Giffin in 1953 has the names Viola Speed and Viola Wood indexed for the same certificate.