Bernie Fay Lightfoot ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of January 1896 and a birth location of Michigan.

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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Carlton Township, Barry, MI on 19 June 1900. ⁹

page 8A, District 36, Dwg 186, Family 191
Carlton Township, Barry County, Michigan
Barney Lightfoot...Son..Jan 1896..4..MI
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Irving Township, Barry County, MI on April 1910. ⁷

Page 3A, Family 70
Irving Township, Barry County, Michigan
Bernie F. Lightfoot...Son..14..MI
(Living with parents and paternal grandmother.)

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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Grand Rapids, MI on January 1920. ²

Sheet 21B, family 615, District 35
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
Bernie F. Lightfoot...Head..23..MI
(Living with wife and son.)
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• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Grand Rapids, MI on 22 April 1940. ³

Sheet 9B, Family 180, District 86-150, Roll 1901
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
1030 Grandville Avenue, rented $12
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Bernie Lightfoot...Head..44..MI..12th grade..Punch Press Operator..earned $750 in 1939
(Living with 2nd wife and widowed father.)
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• Bernie Fay Lightfoot registered for WW II Draft: 1942, Grand Rapids, MI.

⁶ Name: Bernie Fay Lightfoot
Event Type: Draft Registration
Event Date: 1942
Event Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 26 Nov 1895
Affiliate Publication Title: World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) for the State of Michigan
Affiliate ARC Identifier: 623283
GS Film number: 1670143
Digital Folder Number: 004673162
Image Number: 02057
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• He was buried after 4 July 1975 in the Freeport Cemetery in Freeport, MI.

Find A Grave Memorial #20340932
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Bernie married Minnie L. Clifford, daughter of Claud Clifford and Etta Connett, on 21 June 1916 in Centreville, MI.^{1 2 3} (Minnie L. Clifford was born on 9 October 1898 in Hastings, MI,^{1 2 5 10} died on 23 June 1925 ¹⁰ and was buried after 23 June 1925 in Freeport, MI ¹⁰.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 21 June 1916, in Centreville, MI. ¹

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Grand Rapids, MI on January 1920. ²

Sheet 21B, family 615, District 35
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
Bernie F. Lightfoot...Head..23..MI
Minnie L. Lightfoot...Wife..21..MI
Stewart L. Lightfoot...Son..2y8m..MI
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Bernie F. Lightfoot
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 21 Jun 1916
Event Place: Centreville, St. Joseph, Michigan, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 21y
Birth Date: 1895
Birthplace: Freeport, Mich.
Marriage Date: 21 Jun 1916
Marriage Place: Centreville, St Joseph, Michigan
Father's Name: Wm. K. Lightfoot
Mother's Name: Lida Johnson
Spouse's Name: Minnie Clifford
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 18y
Spouse's Birth Date: 1898
Spouse's Birthplace: Hastings, Mich.
Spouse's Father's Name: Claud Clifford
Spouse's Mother's Name: Etta Connett
Source Reference: v 4 p 182 rn 6746

Citing this Record
"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N353-8HW : 16 January 2021), Bernie F. Lightfoot and Minnie Clifford, 21 Jun 1916; citing Marriage, Centreville, St Joseph, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4209305.
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Bernie next married Florence L. Pierson, daughter of Albert Lewis Pierson and Caroline Betsey Whitney, on 18 March 1927 in Nelson Township, Kent, MI.⁴ (Florence L. Pierson was born on 27 September 1897 in Sand Lake, MI ³ and died on 15 September 1953 in Detroit, MI.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Grand Rapids, MI on 22 April 1940. ³

Sheet 9B, Family 180, District 86-150, Roll 1901
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
1030 Grandville Avenue, rented $12
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Bernie Lightfoot...Head..44..MI..12th grade..Punch Press Operator..earned $750 in 1939
Florence Lightfoot...Wife..42..MI..10th grade
Millard K. Lightfoot...Fath..64..OH..Widowed
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• They resided at 1030 Grandville Avenue SW in 1942 in Grand Rapids, MI.
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