Lena Vivian Doney

1911 -

• Name	Lena Vivian Doney
  Birth	11 May 1911	Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Female
  Marriage Bride	17 Jan 1931	New York, USA
  	Witness Role: Principal: [F155] ...of William Simpson REID and Lena Vivian DONEY Witness Role: Bride: [I1593] Lena Vivian DONEY Witness Role: Groom: [I3555] William Simpson REID
  Note	Vivian graduated from Indiana State Teacher's College, now IndianaState University, located in Indiana, Pa. She lived in John SuttonHall, Room 416 N. The dorm faced the main campus. The N denoted annex.As you face the front of the Building, 416 N was to the far fight. Herfirst roomate was Famie Finn, who later married Ken Yost. Her secondroomate was Ann Rodkey, who married Lee Confer. We visited John SuttonHall in 1989. It is still a beautiful building with a lovelyauditorium and ballroom. Room 416 is now used as an office. WhenVivian went to College, she asked as she got out of the car whatshould I major in? Her Mother said Music- and that is what she did.She was an elementary music teacher, a gym teacher and a high schoolEnglish teacher. Vivian remembers that her family subscribed to theNew Yorker Magazine, a Philadelphia newspaper-The North American(once had a picture of Santa Claus in it that Viv cut out), TheSaturday Evening Post, The Ladies' Home Journal and McCall's(had paperdolls in them sometimes). On Christmas Eve Viv went with her motherand father and brothers to church. When they came home the tree wasall decorated with real candles and their presents were underneath it.Santa came while they were in church. (Grandma and Grandpa Frantz hadto decorate in a hurry.) Viv had both Diptheria and Scarlet Fever. Shewas quarrantined for both while they lived in the boarding house. Hermother was quarrantined with her. She would take care of Viv all dayand do the work in the boarding house at night. No one else got it.When Viv had Diptheria at Christmas she remembers they carried herdownstairs to see her presents. She said she got everything that year(Did they think she was going to die?). She got a doll dresser with anoval mirror, (she thinks Grandpa Frantz gave it to her), a child'sdesk with pigeonholes and a slant top closure, a little cedar chestand a doll. On Christmas Eve Uncle Jake came dressed as Santa Clausand they were all scared of him. He usually arrived after they hadopened their presents. Viv's nickname was 'Toots'.
  Name	Lena Vivian Reid
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Gerson Doney, Sr.,   b. Dec 1815, USA d. 26 Jan 1891, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age ~ 75 years)  (Great Grandfather)  Magdaline Hartman  (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID	I1593	Hillbillies & Vikings
  Last Modified	31 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	John Calvin Doney,   b. 30 May 1875, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA d. 18 Feb 1954, Punxsutawney, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Caroline Frantz,   b. 2 Oct 1879   d. 30 Aug 1948, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	4 Jul 1899	Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  	Witness Role: Bride: [I1868] Caroline FRANTZ Witness Role: Groom: [I1589] John Calvin DONEY
  Family ID	F244	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Simpson Reid,   b. 7 Sep 1909, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA d. 24 Aug 1993, Ohio, USA (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	17 Jan 1931	New York, USA
  	Witness Role: Bride: [I1593] Lena Vivian DONEY Witness Role: Groom: [I3555] William Simpson REID
  Children	+ 1. Living   2. Living + 3. Living
  Family ID	F155	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2022

  
  

• Reference

  Carl Jón Denbow. "Lena Vivian Doney". Hillbillies & Vikings. https://jonandjohn.org/getperson.php?personID=I1593&tree=tree1 (accessed April 28, 2025).