Mae Crawford ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

Mae was previously married to a man named Backus prior to her marriage with Gaylord T. Lightfoot.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She resided in Carlton Township, Barry, MI in 1908.
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Hastings, MI on 12 April 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 11A, District 8, Family 292, Roll 974
Hastings, Barry County, Michigan
705 North Broadway; home owned, $4000; Ward 1
Robert Dryer..Head..47..MI
Lenah Dryer..Wife..33..MI
Beverly J. Dryer..Daughter..5..MI
Janette Crawford..Grandmother..75..NY..Widowed
May Lightfoot..Mother..55..MI..Practical Nurse..1930 Hastin Widowed (?)

(May who should have been listed as "mother-in-law", was actually separated from her husband, Gaylord Lightfoot, and living with her married daughter, Lenah Backus, from her first marriage.)

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Mae married Gaylord Thomas Lightfoot, son of James Lightfoot and Mary Amanda Yoha, on 27 August 1908 in Hastings, MI.¹ (Gaylord Thomas Lightfoot was born on 13 March 1877 in Mansfield, OH,^{1 3 4} died on 19 July 1951 in Freeport, MI ^{5 6} and was buried after 19 July 1951 in Freeport, MI ⁶.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 27 August 1908, in Hastings, MI. ¹

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Gaylord T. Lightfoot
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 27 Aug 1908
Event Place: Hastings, Barry, Michigan
Gender: Male
Age: 31y
Birth Date: 1877
Birthplace: Ohio
Marriage Date: 27 Aug 1908
Marriage Place: Hastings, Barry, Michigan
Father's Name: James Lightfoot
Mother's Name: Mary A. Yoha
Spouse's Name: Mae Crawford Backus
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 33y
Spouse's Birth Date: 1875
Spouse's Birthplace: Michigan
Spouse's Father's Name: John Crawford
Spouse's Mother's Name: Nettie Cain
Source Reference: v 1 p 79 rn 123

Citing this Record
"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3V4-B3T : 9 November 2020), Gaylord T. Lightfoot and Mae Crawford Backus, 27 Aug 1908; citing Marriage, Hastings, Barry, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4209120.
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Mae Crawford was listed in the marriage register under both her maiden name of Crawford and her previously married name of Backus. Her marriage to Gaylord Lightfoot was her second marriage.
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Neither Gaylord or Mae are found in the 1910 or the 1920 US Census records. In the 1930 US Census both show up in separate households claiming that they were either single or widowed. Gaylord was a boarder with the Barnum household in Castleton, Michigan while Mae appears in the Dryer household in Castleton with her mother and her married daughter, Lenah.
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Gaylord and Mae must have broken up before 1927 because at that time, Gaylord moved into the Disabled Soldier's Home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he moved in and out at least twice. By 1930, he was boarding with another family back in Barry County, Michigan. Either Mae died or they were divorced by 1940 because Gaylord is found in the 1940 census married to Pearl May McGregor.
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