Prepared by Anne Broomall Wiegle from material
supplied by Helen Clark & Ethel Broomall Dougherty.

12. LYDIA JANE BROOMALL (NEHEMIAH 5 , NEHEMIAH 4 , DANIEL 3, JOHN 2, JOHN 1) was born on January 19, 1861 in Upper Chichester, Delaware Co. PA. She died May 29, 1934 in Syracuse, Onondaga Co. NY. She married ISAAC HAMBLETON VENN, son of CORNELIUS HENRY VENN and HANNAH HAMBLETON .

Lydia Jane Broomall Venn

Isaac Venn

Photos courtesy of Helen Clark

Children of LYDIA BROOMALL and ISAAC VENN are:

13. i. EDITH MARION VENN, b. July 30, 1884; d. October 19, 1984.
14. ii. VIOLA VIRTUE VENN, b. about 1886. Died September 7, 1924
15. iii. FARLA SYLVIAVENN, b. January 31, 1889; d June 10, 1963.
iv. ROLAND ADAIR VENN, buried March 29, 1892.

Viola Virtue Venn with her uncle John Talbot Broomall October 1905

Lydia Jane (Broomall) Venn Photos courtesy of Ethel Broomall Dougherty

13. EDITH MARION VENN (LYDIA JANE BROOMALL 6, NEHEMIAH 5, NEHEMIAH 4, DANIEL 3, JOHN 2, JOHN 1) was born July 30, 1884 in Yonkers, Westchester Co. NY and died October 19, 1984 in Doylestown, Bucks Co. PA. She married (1) HENRY SIDNEY MELLOR on June 10, 1908, son of HENRY SIDNEY MELLOR and EMILY SIGMAN. She married (2) EDMUND JOHN MOFFAT HERD on November 9, 1918, son of JOHN HERD and JANE SUTHERLAND.

Child of EDITH VENN and HENRY MELLOR:

i. HORACE SIDNEY MELLOR , born August 11, 1910 in Yonkers, NY. He died February 1972 in Raleigh NC. He married DOROTHY ALICE CHANDLER. Three sons.

EDITH VENN and EDMUND HERD had three more children, two boys and a girl, living.

14. VIOLA VIRTUE VENN (LYDIA JANE BROOMALL 6, NEHEMIAH 5, NEHEMIAH 4, DANIEL 3, JOHN 2, JOHN 1) was born about 1886 in Yonkers, NY. She died September 7, 1924. She married WILLIAM HERDINA in November, 1916.

Children of VIOLA VENN and WILLIAM HERDINA are:
i. DOROTHY GRACE HERDINA, died young.
ii. CAROL LOIS HERDINA, b. April 15, 1922; married JAMES BARCLAY. 1 son.

15. FARLA SYLVIA VENN (LYDIA JANE BROOMALL 6, NEHEMIAH 5, NEHEMIAH 4, DANIEL 3, JOHN 2, JOHN 1) was born January 31, 1889 in Yonkers, Westchester Co. NY and died June 10, 1963 in Onondaga, Onondaga Co. NY. She married FREDERICK PENNINGTON CLARK on April 28, 1918, son of NATHANIEL PENNINGTON and HATTIE DOOLITTLE.

Child of FARLA VENN and FREDERICK CLARK is:
i. ALLAN PENNINGTON CLARK, b. May 28, 1923 in Syracuse, Onondaga Co. NY; d. March 9, 1984 in Camillus, Onondaga Co. NY. He married HELEN ALICE SCHALLER on June 12, 1954, daughter of GEORGE PHILLIPS SCHALLER and MILDRED ESTHER PATTERSON. 3 sons.