Vivia V. (Valentine?) Conine was born September 14, 1880, in Lima Township, Licking County, Ohio, the daughter of Richard and Mary Elizabeth Valentine Conine. She was apparently married 3 times and bore no children. The first marriage took place May 9, 1906, in Etna, Licking County, to Ernest R. McClay, who passed away less than a year later. Vivia then remained husband-less another 18 years before marrying William F. Earye, a native of New Jersey, in 1924 in Ohio. He passed away in 1943, and in 1947, she married Robert Logan Ellis, in Osceola County, Florida, where they lived the remainder of their lives. Vivia passed away February 21, 1963, in her 83rd year of her life, and was buried in Mt. Peace Cemetery, St. Cloud, Osceola County, Florida.


Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962:

Name: Viva Conine
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 14 Sep 1880
Birthplace: Lima Tp., Licking, Ohio
Race: White
Father's Name: Richard Conine
Mother's Name: Mary E. Valentine
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C04076-5
System Origin: Ohio-EASy
Source Film Number: 384320
Reference Number: v 1 p 116


Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958:

Groom's Name: E. R. Mcclay
Groom's Birth Date: 1876
Groom's Birthplace: Jersey, Ohio
Groom's Age: 30
Bride's Name: Vivia V. Conine
Bride's Birth Date: 1881
Bride's Birthplace: Pataskala, Ohio
Bride's Age: 25
Marriage Date: 09 May 1906
Marriage Place: Etna, Licking, Ohio
Groom's Father's Name: James Mcclay
Groom's Mother's Name: Viola A. Rolison
Bride's Father's Name: Richard Conine
Bride's Mother's Name: Mary E. Valentine
Groom's Marital Status: Single
Bride's Marital Status: Single
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02304-6
System Origin: Ohio-EASy
Source Film Number: 384305
Reference Number: v 9 p 585 cn 1170


Wedding announcement for Vivia V. Conine and Ernest R. McClay from the Newark Daily Advocate of Friday, May 18, 1906:

"McCLAY--CONINE. Mr. Ernest McClay of Jersey, and Miss Viva Conine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Conine, near Pataskala, were married by Rev. Thomas M. Leselle, of Etna, at the latter's home on Wednesday evening, and are now keeping house at Jersey, where the groom has an interest in the business of T. A. Dickerson & Company. The many friends of the young people were surprised owing to the suddenness of the affair, but will wish them all kinds of happiness. ---Pataskala Standard."


Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 :

Name: Vivia V. Ellis
Death Date: Feb 1963
County of Death: Osceola
State of Death: Florida
Race: White
Gender: Female