Augusta MEIGHAN

Female 1863 - 1935  (71 years)


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  • Name Augusta MEIGHAN  [2
    • Augusta Meighan born Wisconsin. Parents Edward Meighan b. Germany and Mary Josephine Lynch Meighan born Wisconsin Her parents married 16 May 1861 in Wisconsin. Later moving to Lime Springs, Howard Co., Iowa. She married Frank Vian Jan 20, 1910 probably Ward Co., ND. Frank Vian was her 1st husband. Augusta Meighan Vian was his 3rd wife.
      Ray H. Vian, from below in obituary Augusta Vian was her step-son. Ray H. Vian was son from father Frank Vian 2nd wife Ida (Hanson) Schumacher.
      Frank, Augusta and family with his mother Adeline Ayers Vian living 1910 Greenbush Twp., 159 Range 87 Ward Co., ND.

      OBITUARY
      Kenmare News
      Thursday April 25, 1935

      Augusta Meighan was born in the state of Wisconsin, December 8, 1863. While yet a child her folks moved to Lime Spring, Iowa. When grown to young womanhood Miss Meighn went to Minneapolis to live. Later she took a homestead north of Blaisdel, North Dakota (Mountrail Co.).
      Her husband passed on before her in 1926. Since that time her step-son Ray Vian has been extremely devoted to his stepmother. In 1933 they moved to Kenmare.
      Mrs. Vian has not been in good health for the past several years suffering from high blood pressure and about six weeks ago she entered the hospital following a stroke and where she remained until the last when at 7:15 Monday morning, April 15, she slipped out of this life at the age of seventy-one years, five months and seven days.
      She leaves to mourn her passing her step-children Ray of Kenmare, Vern of Great Falls, Montana, Mrs. Tedwell Rogne of Brook Park, Minnesota. One brother Walter and sister Dolly of Lime Spring Iowa, one brother Will of Woodland, California and two nieces.
      Sincere sympathy is extended the bereaved ones.

      Card of Thanks (same date and newspaper of above)
      We hereby wish to thank all our friends and neighbors, who so kindly assisted us in the sickness and death of loved mother and aunt also for the beautiful floweral offerings.
      Ray Vian
      Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Shields
      Ruth Meighan [1]
    Birth 8 Dec 1863  Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Census 1910  Living with husband in Greenbush, Ward Co., North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 1915  Living with husband in Greenbush, Ward Co., North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 1925  Living with husband in Sidonia, Mountrail Co., North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Death 15 Apr 1935  Kenmare, Ward Co., North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I91868  Main Tree
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2018 

    Family Frank VIAN,   b. 14 Oct 1856, Farmers Valley, Monroe Co., Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Aug 1926, Donnybrook, Ward County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 20 Jan 1910  [2
    Family ID F38361  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Living with husband in Greenbush, Ward Co., North Dakota Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1915 - Living with husband in Greenbush, Ward Co., North Dakota Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1925 - Living with husband in Sidonia, Mountrail Co., North Dakota Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S9829] Find A Grave: Obituary Notice for Augusta Meighan Vian.

    2. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    3. [S9854] 1910 Census Greenbush, Ward County, North Dakota.

    4. [S9855] 1915 Census Greenbush, Ward County, North Dakota.

    5. [S9856] 1925 Census Sidonia, Mountrail County, North Dakota.