Actress.
Virginia Hammond was born Louise Shumate, daughter of Thomas Jackson Shumate (1841-1893) and Emma Josephine Hammond (1852-1904). She changed her name because of her acting and movie career. Virginia married Earl Edward Grady in 1911 and divorced him in 1917. Virginia stated she was born in Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia but research of the family show them living in Oskalossa, Iowa at the time of her birth. Again, her stage craft may account for the misrepresentation as she wanted to appear younger than she was.
Virginia is consistent in the month and day of her birth. All records show she was born August 20. But the year of birth changes according to different documents. The mausoleum marker shows 1892 as her birth year. Her Social Security application card shows 1890 as her birth year. She is listed as age 47 and the card was signed in January, 1938. The IBDB (Internet Broadway Database) archive is the official database for Broadway theatre information and list birth year as 1893. The ship "Columbus", arriving in New York on July 22, 1939, lists Virginia as age 48 which makes the birth year 1890. In a Chicago Tribune newspaper article (Mar. 21, 1909), her age is 20, which means she was born in 1889.
Birth name and date are found at the William Penn University Library alumnae list.
Virginia Hammond was born Louise Shumate, daughter of Thomas Jackson Shumate (1841-1893) and Emma Josephine Hammond (1852-1904). She changed her name because of her acting and movie career. Virginia married Earl Edward Grady in 1911 and divorced him in 1917. Virginia stated she was born in Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia but research of the family show them living in Oskalossa, Iowa at the time of her birth. Again, her stage craft may account for the misrepresentation as she wanted to appear younger than she was.
Virginia is consistent in the month and day of her birth. All records show she was born August 20. But the year of birth changes according to different documents. The mausoleum marker shows 1892 as her birth year. Her Social Security application card shows 1890 as her birth year. She is listed as age 47 and the card was signed in January, 1938. The IBDB (Internet Broadway Database) archive is the official database for Broadway theatre information and list birth year as 1893. The ship "Columbus", arriving in New York on July 22, 1939, lists Virginia as age 48 which makes the birth year 1890. In a Chicago Tribune newspaper article (Mar. 21, 1909), her age is 20, which means she was born in 1889.
Birth name and date are found at the William Penn University Library alumnae list.
Actress.
Virginia Hammond was born Louise Shumate, daughter of Thomas Jackson Shumate (1841-1893) and Emma Josephine Hammond (1852-1904). She changed her name because of her acting and movie career. Virginia married Earl Edward Grady in 1911 and divorced him in 1917. Virginia stated she was born in Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia but research of the family show them living in Oskalossa, Iowa at the time of her birth. Again, her stage craft may account for the misrepresentation as she wanted to appear younger than she was.
Virginia is consistent in the month and day of her birth. All records show she was born August 20. But the year of birth changes according to different documents. The mausoleum marker shows 1892 as her birth year. Her Social Security application card shows 1890 as her birth year. She is listed as age 47 and the card was signed in January, 1938. The IBDB (Internet Broadway Database) archive is the official database for Broadway theatre information and list birth year as 1893. The ship "Columbus", arriving in New York on July 22, 1939, lists Virginia as age 48 which makes the birth year 1890. In a Chicago Tribune newspaper article (Mar. 21, 1909), her age is 20, which means she was born in 1889.
Birth name and date are found at the William Penn University Library alumnae list.
Virginia Hammond was born Louise Shumate, daughter of Thomas Jackson Shumate (1841-1893) and Emma Josephine Hammond (1852-1904). She changed her name because of her acting and movie career. Virginia married Earl Edward Grady in 1911 and divorced him in 1917. Virginia stated she was born in Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia but research of the family show them living in Oskalossa, Iowa at the time of her birth. Again, her stage craft may account for the misrepresentation as she wanted to appear younger than she was.
Virginia is consistent in the month and day of her birth. All records show she was born August 20. But the year of birth changes according to different documents. The mausoleum marker shows 1892 as her birth year. Her Social Security application card shows 1890 as her birth year. She is listed as age 47 and the card was signed in January, 1938. The IBDB (Internet Broadway Database) archive is the official database for Broadway theatre information and list birth year as 1893. The ship "Columbus", arriving in New York on July 22, 1939, lists Virginia as age 48 which makes the birth year 1890. In a Chicago Tribune newspaper article (Mar. 21, 1909), her age is 20, which means she was born in 1889.
Birth name and date are found at the William Penn University Library alumnae list.
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