Edward VIAN

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1930, Living with mother and step-father in Great Falls, Cascade Co., Montana
• Census: 1940, Living with mother and step-father in Great Falls, Cascade Co., Montana

Notes:

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Additional information provided by Diane L. Webb

Edward's name should be Edward Andrews but he used his step-father's name of Vian through out his life.
He was born in State of Washington and on 1930 Federal Census in Cascade, Mt. it says born Washington father born England and mother born England. It has S-son marked in column and name of Jonathan Vian in household of Verne E. Vian in Cascade, MT. 1940 Census he uses Edward as a first name.
Verne E. Vian was born in North Dakota but that was where his family lived in 1920 Census of Ward Co., ND., and not England.

Spokesman-Review, Saturday, March 31, 1945 p.1
Spokane, WA.
SOLDIER DROWNS IN SPOKANE RIVER
In the construction of a battle practice bridge over the Spokane river a Geiger field soldier lost his life by drowning yesterday. He was Pvt. Edward Vian of Great Falls, Montana.
At 2:30 p.m. a group of aviation engineers was training on the steel cable span over the river when a center cable slipped and tilted the bridge. Pvt. Vian lost his balance and fell into the river.
The bridge is 150 feet from the Riverside park caretaker's house, and R. S. Lawrence, park superintendent, saw the accident. Caught in the rapids, the soldier tried to swim, but the current was to strong and he was carried down the river, Lawrence said.
His body drifted about 600 yeards before reaching the rapids, where it disappeared. His two instructors, Lt. Richard Owens and Pvt. Jack Wilson, took a boat to try to rescue him, but the current upset the boat and they were pulled ashore.
Three hundred men were searching last night along the banks two miles below the Seven-mile bridge for the body.


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Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1895, Living with mother in Gordon, Todd Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1900, Living with parents in Twp. 159, Ward Co., North Dakota
• Census: 1910, Living with father and step-mother in Greenbush, Ward Co., North Dakota
• Census: 1920, Living in Burlington, Ward Co., North Dakota
• Census: 1930, Living in Great Falls, Gascade Co., Montana
• Census: 1940, Living in Great Falls, Gascade Co., Montana

Verne married Christian HAYES on 23 Jan 1929 in Great Falls, Cascade Co., Montana. Christian was born on 8 Sep 1902 in Frizington, Copeland Borough, Combia, England; died on 23 Dec 1978 in Great Falls, Cascade Co., Montana; was buried in Highland Cemetery, Great Falls, Cascade Co., Montana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Jonathan hayes and Johanna Goldsworthy
• Census: 1930, Living with husband in Great Falls, Cascade Co., Montana
• Census: 1940, Living with husband in Great Falls, Cascade Co., Montana

Notes:

Name:
Christian Hayes was the daughter of Jonathan and Johanna Goldsworthy Hayes. She married 3 times: 1/h Ernest Campbell Harris January 21, 1917 Great Falls, Cascade Co., Montana (annulled because she claimed to be 19 when only
14 years old); 2/h W. H. Andrews, February 10, 1922 Great Falls, Cascade Co., Montana; 3/h Verne Edward Vian 23 Jan 1929 Great Falls, Cascade Co., Montana.
She had two children by W. H. Andrews: Edward and Joanna Andrews. These children took the 3rd husbands name as Vian.
Christian Hayes, Harris, Andrews and Verne E. Vian had son Richard Vian b. 1933 Montana.

Her father was Jonathan Hayes a widower on 1940 Federal Census in Great Falls, Cascade Co., Montana. The Vian family living with him in Great Falls, Cascade Co., Montana.

Maintained by: Diane L. Teague Webb
Originally Created by: Sarah Gruwell