Ancestry of
Tonya Harding

Olympic Figure Skater

Lavona Faye Brown

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• • Mother of Tonya Harding — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 3 
  • Father:
  • Vernon Leon Brown 
  • Mother:
  • Effie Pauline Bates   
  • Birth Date:
  • 1 Feb 1940 
  • Birth Location:
  • Walters, Cotton, Oklahoma 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Albert Gordon Harding
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Feb 1968 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Portland, Multnomah, Oregon 
  • Child:

  Tonya Maxene Harding (Ahnentafel No:1 )

• Additional marriages for Lavona Faye Brown

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  • Spouse:
  • James R. Golden
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Dec 1987
  • Marriage Location:
  • Vancouver, Clark, Washington

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  • Spouse:
  • Andrew B. Goodmiller
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1961
  • Marriage Location:
  • San Diego, San Diego Co., California

• Sources for Lavona Faye Brown

  • ¹ California Marriage Index, 1960-1985, Marriage record for Andrew B Goodmiller and Lavona F Brown.
  • ² Federal Census, OK, Cotton County, 1940, Walters, E.D. 17-15, Sheet 1A, Image 2 of 65.
  • ³ Oregon, U.S., State Marriages, 1906-1971, Marriage certificate for Albert Gordon Harding and Lavona Fay Goodmiller.
  • ⁴ The Belleville News-Democrat (Belleville, Illinois), 16 FEB 1994, p. 33, "Mother is hospitalized after fainting in New York".
  • ⁵ TruePeopleSearch, Record for Tonya Harding, (accessed 07/27/2024).
  • ⁶ Washington, U.S., Marriage Records, 1854-2013, Marriage certificate for James R Golden and LaVona F Harding.
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "Tonya Harding", (accessed 07/27/2024).

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