Vivienne Maud HUNTINGTON

1902 - 1966  (64 years)

• Name	Vivienne Maud HUNTINGTON
  Birth	25 Apr 1902	New York, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	F1B2B39945C141E29FBD675066055D2417B2
  Death	30 May 1966	Folkestone, Kent   [1, 2]
  Notes	An article in The Lincoln Star (Lincoln Nebraska) of 11 April 1930: New York Heiress, Happy Over Marriage to British Newsboy, Sails to Canada Couple will make home in Toronto where Vivienne Huntington's husband hopes to get engineering post; nuptials had to be kept secret. LONDON, April 11 (AP) Happy, as the bride of a 21-year-old British newsboy, Vivienne Huntington, 27-year-old New York heiress will leave tomorrow with her husband, Alfred Cecil Durban, on the liner Montrose for Toronto, where they hope to make their home. Mrs Durban is the daughter of the late Charles Pratt Huntington architect of New York, and a cousin of Archer Milton Huntington, New York author. The groom, until his marriage March 13, earned his living selling newspapers outside Folkestone station. His father drives a butcher's cart. Their marriage and engagement were kept secret and revealed only with their arrangement to sail for the Dominion. The civil ceremony took place at the Folkestone registry office. There was no religious ceremony. Only three witnesses The registry office ceremony was witnessed by only three persons, a fellow newsboy of the groom, a railroad porter and the registrar. The bride's mother was in Switzerland at the time and neither she nor the groom's people knew of the wedding until after the two had been made man and wife. They went to Brighton on a short honeymoon after their wedding, and then returned to palatial Embrook Manor, Cheriton, where the bride and her mother have lived for eighteen months. The newlyweds made themselves at home there and have remained since. Likes Toronto port The bride told her own story of the wedding today, and said that she had cabled "Cousin Archer" in New York telling him of the marriage and hoping they would see him. She said she had money, although less than she expected, and that they would go to Toronto where her husband hoped to get a post in the engineering business. She said Durban used to deliver papers at the manor where they live. There were occasional chats at the door and later she began to admire him and could see that he was fond of her. Went out secretly "I had always said I would never marry a man beneath my station," she said, "but you see what love does. We walked out together very secretly many times, enjoying dodging people who were likely to recognize us. Then he told me he would like to marry me. "No other man in the world could have made me happier. He is most adorable, a perfect darling" Archer Milton Huntington, New York author, cousin of Vivienne Maud Huntington, is one of the richest men in the United States, this fortune being based on an inheritance of $30,000,000 from his mother, the widow of Collis P Huntington, California railroad builder. Vivienne is the daughter of Charles Pratt Huntington, noted New York architect, and his first wife, Maude M A Bayly of Camberley, England. Huntington was divorced from his first wife in 1913 and 11 days after the decree became effective married Eleanor Moretti, an actress. He was 48 years old when he died in 1919. King Alfonso of Spain created him a knight of the Order of Isobel in connection with his work with the Hispanic society of America, the museum for the Numismatic society, and the museum of the American Indian. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, ancestry.com, July 2015: DURBAN Vivienne Maude of 22 St. Francis Road Morehall Folkestone died 30 May 1966 at Buckland Hospital Dover Administration (with Will) London 2 September to Alfred Cecil Durban van driver. £3242. January 2019: email contact from Graham Conlon, Vivienne's great grandson. He is researching his family tree and found Vivienne on the Minter Exchange website.
  Person ID	I1652	Folkestone, Kent
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	Charles Pratt HUNTINGTON,   b. 22 Nov 1871, Logansport, Cass County, Indiana, USA d. 15 Oct 1919, Bronxville, Westchester County, New York, USA (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Maude Mary BAYLEY,   b. 19 Feb 1867, Mhow, Bengal, India d. 20 May 1952, Homeopathic Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	5 May 1894	American Church, Florence, Italy   [1]
  Marital status	Divorced
  Family ID	F562	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alfred Cecil DURBAN,   b. Sep 1908, Folkestone, Kent d. Jun 1967, Folkestone RD (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	13 Mar 1930	Folkestone, Kent   [3]
  Children	1. Alexander D J DURBAN   2. Richard E DURBAN   3. Theodora R E DURBAN   4. Marjorie P DURBAN
  Family ID	F563	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2015

  
  

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  [S218] Daniel David Pratt family tree at ancestry.com, July 2015. [S36] BMD index, aged 64, Q2 1966 Dover 5f/401. (Reliability: 3). [S36] BMD index, Q1 1930 Elham 2a/1968. (Reliability: 3).