William Henry McGregor
(1873-1940)
Katherine May Saddler
(1873-1943)
Pearl May McGregor
(1903-1982)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Gaylord Thomas Lightfoot

Pearl May McGregor 1 2

  • Born: 24 July 1903, Allegan County, MI 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Gaylord Thomas Lightfoot after 1930 1
  • Died: 9 May 1982, Hastings, MI at age 78 2
  • Buried: After 9 May 1982, Freeport, MI 2
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Freeport, MI on April 1940. 1

Sheet 3B, Family 75, District 8-14, Roll 1726
Freeport, Barry County, Michigan
home owned, value $1300
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Pearl M. Lightfoot...Wife..36..MI..12th grade..Postmaster
(Living with 2nd husband and son from 1st marriage.)
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• She was buried after 9 May 1982 in the Freeport Cemetery in Freeport, MI.

Find A Grave Memorial #20340938
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Pearl married Gaylord Thomas Lightfoot, son of James Lightfoot and Mary Amanda Yoha, after 1930.1 (Gaylord Thomas Lightfoot was born on 13 March 1877 in Mansfield, OH,3 4 5 died on 19 July 1951 in Freeport, MI 6 7 and was buried after 19 July 1951 in Freeport, MI 7.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Freeport, MI on April 1940. 8

Sheet 3B, Family 75, District 8-14, Roll 1726
Freeport, Barry County, Michigan
home owned, value $1300
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Gaylord T. Lightfoot...Head..58..OH..8th grade..Foreman, Lumber Company
Pearl M. Lightfoot...Wife..36..MI..12th grade..Postmaster
Carl G. Helming...SSon..13..MI..7th grade
Lillian Bleame...Lodgr..18..MI..12th grade..Clerk, Post Office
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bullet  Marriage Notes:

Gaylord T. Lightfoot married Pearl May McGregor sometime between 1930 and 1940. She was previously married to Gilbert George Helmling. Gaylord and Pearl had no children together, but Gaylord helped raise Pearl's 2nd son, Gilbert Carl Helmling, the son of Gilbert George Helmling and Pearl May McGregor. His name was changed to Daniel Carl Lightfoot when Gaylord adopted him.
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Sources


1 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Freeport, Barry County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 8-14, sheet 3B, household 75, Gaylord T. Lightfoot and Pearl May mcGregor; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 18 Mar 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 1726.

2 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 26 Oct 2013), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20340938.

3 "Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1680845 : accessed 19 August 2020), Lightfoot.

4 "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 16 January 2021), (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.

5 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Mifflin Township, Richland County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 209, p. 107D, dwelling 83, family 89, Mary Amanda Yoha; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Oct 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1061.

6 "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch.org (accessed 19 August 2020), Gaylord T Lightfoot, 19 Jul 1951; citing Freeport, Barry, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,175.

7 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 26 Oct 2013), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20340933.

8 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Freeport, Barry County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 8-14, sheet 3B, household 75, Gaylord T. Lightfoot and Pearl May McGregor; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 18 Mar 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 1726.


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