Earl Tracy Vena was born on March 25, 1897, in Latty, Ohio, the son of Andrew Vena, who was born in Ohio in 1868, and Maude Edna “Minnie” Goings, who was born in Indiana in March 1869. The couple married on January 26, 1890, in Paulding, Ohio.
By 1900, the family was living in Center Township, Delaware County, Indiana, where Andrew worked as an iron worker. Andrew and Minnie were the parents of Russell A. (born 1890), Lola V. (1892), Ethel (1894), and Earl T. (1897).
By 1910, the family had returned to Paulding, where Andrew was employed as a teamster. Earl was living on Caroline Street in Paulding with his grandmother and several cousins…