In 1905 Vivian was one of 13 charter members of the Sacajawea Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution Chapter in Olympia, WA. She was the first Corresponding Secretary and later Sacajawea Chapter Regent 1918-1919.
Her husband Thomas practiced law in North Carolina before moving to Yakima, WA. President Cleveland appointed him as a receiver of public money. In 1897 he became an Assistant Attorney General in Olympia for two years and continued his career as a private Olympia area attorney, identified as a “highly esteemed lawyer” in American Blue Book, Western Washington, 1922. He practiced in the same firm as Frank Christensen. She and her husband built a home in the South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood in Olympia at 317 E 17th in 1904 and, circa 1925, a second home at 321 17th Ave SE. The second house is called Vance House and is in English Revival style which she owned until 1951. Thomas died in 1928 and Gertrude survived him until 1961 when she died at the age of 94 in an Elma, WA nursing home.
Vivian was a descendant (great-granddaughter) of Revolutionary War Commodore Thomas Truxton and Mary Van Drieull, his wife. Thomas Truxton (1755-1822), commanded many privateers and made valuable captures. He was born on Long Island; died in Philadelphia. Her father, at age 16, enlisted in Major William J Clarke’s company during the Mexican War and afterward graduated with high honors from West Point where he became a Professor of Engineering. She was the granddaughter of George Beale and Emily Truxton, his wife. Her father-in-law was Zebulon Baird Vance, a Confederate military officer in the Civil War, the 37th and 43rd governor of North Carolina, congressman, and US senator.
Her husband Thomas practiced law in North Carolina before moving to Yakima, WA. President Cleveland appointed him as a receiver of public money. In 1897 he became an Assistant Attorney General in Olympia for two years and continued his career as a private Olympia area attorney, identified as a “highly esteemed lawyer” in American Blue Book, Western Washington, 1922. He practiced in the same firm as Frank Christensen. She and her husband built a home in the South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood in Olympia at 317 E 17th in 1904 and, circa 1925, a second home at 321 17th Ave SE. The second house is called Vance House and is in English Revival style which she owned until 1951. Thomas died in 1928 and Gertrude survived him until 1961 when she died at the age of 94 in an Elma, WA nursing home.
Vivian was a descendant (great-granddaughter) of Revolutionary War Commodore Thomas Truxton and Mary Van Drieull, his wife. Thomas Truxton (1755-1822), commanded many privateers and made valuable captures. He was born on Long Island; died in Philadelphia. Her father, at age 16, enlisted in Major William J Clarke’s company during the Mexican War and afterward graduated with high honors from West Point where he became a Professor of Engineering. She was the granddaughter of George Beale and Emily Truxton, his wife. Her father-in-law was Zebulon Baird Vance, a Confederate military officer in the Civil War, the 37th and 43rd governor of North Carolina, congressman, and US senator.
In 1905 Vivian was one of 13 charter members of the Sacajawea Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution Chapter in Olympia, WA. She was the first Corresponding Secretary and later Sacajawea Chapter Regent 1918-1919.
Her husband Thomas practiced law in North Carolina before moving to Yakima, WA. President Cleveland appointed him as a receiver of public money. In 1897 he became an Assistant Attorney General in Olympia for two years and continued his career as a private Olympia area attorney, identified as a “highly esteemed lawyer” in American Blue Book, Western Washington, 1922. He practiced in the same firm as Frank Christensen. She and her husband built a home in the South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood in Olympia at 317 E 17th in 1904 and, circa 1925, a second home at 321 17th Ave SE. The second house is called Vance House and is in English Revival style which she owned until 1951. Thomas died in 1928 and Gertrude survived him until 1961 when she died at the age of 94 in an Elma, WA nursing home.
Vivian was a descendant (great-granddaughter) of Revolutionary War Commodore Thomas Truxton and Mary Van Drieull, his wife. Thomas Truxton (1755-1822), commanded many privateers and made valuable captures. He was born on Long Island; died in Philadelphia. Her father, at age 16, enlisted in Major William J Clarke’s company during the Mexican War and afterward graduated with high honors from West Point where he became a Professor of Engineering. She was the granddaughter of George Beale and Emily Truxton, his wife. Her father-in-law was Zebulon Baird Vance, a Confederate military officer in the Civil War, the 37th and 43rd governor of North Carolina, congressman, and US senator.
Her husband Thomas practiced law in North Carolina before moving to Yakima, WA. President Cleveland appointed him as a receiver of public money. In 1897 he became an Assistant Attorney General in Olympia for two years and continued his career as a private Olympia area attorney, identified as a “highly esteemed lawyer” in American Blue Book, Western Washington, 1922. He practiced in the same firm as Frank Christensen. She and her husband built a home in the South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood in Olympia at 317 E 17th in 1904 and, circa 1925, a second home at 321 17th Ave SE. The second house is called Vance House and is in English Revival style which she owned until 1951. Thomas died in 1928 and Gertrude survived him until 1961 when she died at the age of 94 in an Elma, WA nursing home.
Vivian was a descendant (great-granddaughter) of Revolutionary War Commodore Thomas Truxton and Mary Van Drieull, his wife. Thomas Truxton (1755-1822), commanded many privateers and made valuable captures. He was born on Long Island; died in Philadelphia. Her father, at age 16, enlisted in Major William J Clarke’s company during the Mexican War and afterward graduated with high honors from West Point where he became a Professor of Engineering. She was the granddaughter of George Beale and Emily Truxton, his wife. Her father-in-law was Zebulon Baird Vance, a Confederate military officer in the Civil War, the 37th and 43rd governor of North Carolina, congressman, and US senator.
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