Her birth name was V'Ona Marie Gilbert. V'Ona Gilbert's namesake is V'Ona (Guthrie) Charlton, wife of Howard C. Charlton. V'Ona Charlton was the sister-in-law of Alexander D. and Ida (Comstock) Charlton who raised LaVelle Young ["V"'s mother] after her mother, Lizzie (Comstock) Young died in 1904. "V" changed her name to V'Ona Young Gilbert.Source is page 411 of The Gilbert Family - Descendants of Thomas Gilbert, 1582 (?)-1659, Brainard, H. S. Gilbert and Torrey. New Haven, Connecticut 1953.
Her birth name was V'Ona Marie Gilbert. V'Ona Gilbert's namesake is V'Ona (Guthrie) Charlton, wife of Howard C. Charlton. V'Ona Charlton was the sister-in-law of Alexander D. and Ida (Comstock) Charlton who raised LaVelle Young ["V"'s mother] after her mother, Lizzie (Comstock) Young died in 1904. "V" changed her name to V'Ona Young Gilbert.Source is page 411 of The Gilbert Family - Descendants of Thomas Gilbert, 1582 (?)-1659, Brainard, H. S. Gilbert and Torrey. New Haven, Connecticut 1953.
