1874 Birth:2644,1818 Birth year of 1874 estimated based on age (6 years) in 1880 census enumeration; birth place of Cass County, Michigan based on parents' marriage there in 1872 and residence there in 1880.

1880 U.S. Census:2644 Vera enumerated in the household of her parents James and Jane Cannady in Williamsville, Porter Township, Cass County, Michigan as a female, age 6, daughter, single, attended school within the year, born in Michigan, father born in New York, mother born in Canada. Siblings residing in the household were sister Elva, age 5, and step-brothers Edgar Elliott, age 16, and George Elliott, age 12, sons from Jane's previous marriage.