Viola L. Lightfoot ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}

  Death Notes:

Name: Viola L Zell
Name Note: Mrs.
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 10 Jun 1925
Event Place: Delaware, Delaware, Ohio
Address: 56 Spring St.
Sex: Female
Age: 64
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: colored
Occupation: Housekeeping
Birth Date: 26 Apr 1861
Birth Year (Estimated): 1861
Birthplace: Wayne Co., Ohio
Burial Date: 12 Jun 1925
Burial Place: Orrville, Wayne Co., O.
Father's Name: Lightfoot
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Name: Mary Mitchel
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Record Number: 205

Citing this Record
"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6SF-K8K : 15 August 2019), Viola L Zell, 10 Jun 1925; citing Delaware, Delaware, Ohio, reference fn 34205; FHL microfilm 1,992,673.

NOTE - The line which indicates race as colored is incorrect. The actual death certificate indicates white.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in East Union Township, Wayne, OH on 1 June 1870. ³

1870 US Census
Page 3, Family 20
East Union Township, Wayne County, Ohio
Viola Lightfoot..9..OH
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in East Union Township, Wayne, OH on 24 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 42B, Dwelling 401, Family 409, District 230, T9-1076
East Union Township, Wayne County, Ohio
Viola Lightfoot...Daughter..18..OH..Assists at Home
(Living with parents.)
.

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Orrville, OH on 13 June 1900. ⁵

1900 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 153, Family 259
Orrville, Wayne County, Ohio
South Main Street; house owned, no mortgage
Viola Lightfoot..Daughter..Apr 1861..39..OH
(Living with widowed mother.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Evansville, IN on 25 April 1910. ⁶

1910 US Census
Sheet 9A and 9B, District 98, Family 174, Roll 383
Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana
218 1/2 Oak Street; Home rented
Ella Lightfoot..Head..50..OH..Single..Dressmaker
Viola Lightfoot..Sis..48..OH..Single..Dressmaker
Benjamin F. Zell..Roomer..50..PA..Widowed

(Ella was head of household and was living with her sister, Viola, and Benjamin Zell, a widowed man whom Viola would marry.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States on 8 January 1920. ¹

1920 US Census
Sheet 5B, District 218, Family 139, Roll 1448
Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio
709 Nold Avenue; Home rented
Viola Zell..Wife..58..OH
(Living with husband and sister, Ella.)
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• Death Image: 10 June 1925, in Delaware, OH. ⁷

• She was buried on 12 June 1925 in the Orr Cemetery in Orrville, OH.

Plot: Sec OLD, Lot 41
Find a Grave Memorial 142428678
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Viola married Benjamin F. Zell, son of Johannes Zell and Catharine Ranck, on 5 August 1915 in Davidson County, TN.¹ (Benjamin F. Zell was born in April 1849 in Pennsylvania,^{1 6 10} died on 17 December 1922 in Columbus, Franklin County, OH ¹⁰ and was buried on 19 December 1922 in Orr Cemetery, Orrville, Wayne, Ohio, United States ¹⁰.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States on 8 January 1920. ¹

1920 US Census
Sheet 5B, District 218, Family 139, Roll 1448
Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio
709 Nold Avenue; Home rented
Benjiman Zell..Head..70..PA..Machinist
Viola Zell..Wife..58..OH
Ella Lightfoot..Sister-in-law..61..OH
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