VIRGINIA CATHERINE REYNAL (18861212)
Virginia Catherine Reynal was born in Forney, Texas on December 12, 1886, the first child and daughter of Thomas J. Reynal and Louise Werner Reynal. She was baptized at the St John Catholic Church at Terrell, Texas, date unknown. In her early years, she attended North Forney Public School (a private school) and later The Lewis Academy on Cedar Street in Forney. After the family moved to Terrell in 1900, she attended Terrell High School, under Prof. S.M.N. Marrs. She was a student of the piano, studying under Mrs. George Voiers of Forney. After the family's move to Talty in 1902, she most likely attended the St. Martin Academy, which was started that year, although she would have been sixteen years of age. She was married to Dennis Lawrence Layden on January 10, 1910 at St. Martin Catholic Church at Talty. Layden was the son of one of the pioneer settlers of "1ayden's" or the "Irish" Ridge, as the area was known. The Layden's built a home near the St. Martin Church around 1918, on the farm that was to be the home of Virginia Catherine Reynal Layden for the rest of her life. Affectionately known as "Virgie" to everyone, the Layden's were to have two children: Ellen Louise, born in 1919 and infant that died in 1929. The Layden's were prominent farmers and devout members of St. Martin Catholic Church their entire lives. Virginia Catherine Layden was to die in Terrell, Texas on November 4, 1965 at the age of 78 years. She was buried from St. Martin Church in the Oakland Cemetery in Terrell, Texas, next to her parents, Thomas J. and Louise Werner Reynal. After his wife's death, Dennis L. Layden sold his farm to his nephew, A.J. "Jay" Layden of Houston, Texas. He left the Talty area shortly, making his home with his daughter, Ellen, in North Little Rock, Arkansas. He died in 1975 in Arkansas and was returned to Talty to be buried from St. Martin Church in the Oakland Cemetery in Terrell. Jump up to parent
THE CHILDREN OF VIRGINIA CATHERINE REYNAL (18861212) AND DENNIS L. LAYDEN
(LA191906) ELLEN LOUISE LAYDEN, b. June 21, 1919 at Talty, Texas, m. Joel C. Terry on November 27, 1941 at Talty, Texas. d. November, 1978 at N. Little Rock, Ark., bu. N. Little Rock, Ark. Jump down to biography and offspring
(LA192908) INFANT LAYDEN, b. 1929 at Talty, Texas. d. August 18, 1929, place unknown, bu. Oakland Cemetery, Terrell, Texas.