Goldia A. Whitaker ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10}

   Cause of her death was Automobile accident.

  Birth Notes:

Name: Golda A. Whitaker
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 9 Feb 1879
Birthplace: Hamlin, Eaton, Michigan
Father's Name: G. W. Whitaker
Father's Birthplace: Mich.
Mother's Name: Nettie Whitaker
Mother's Birthplace: N.Y.
Record Number: 219
Reference ID: item 1 p 126 rn 398

Citing this Record
"Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ4N-G8W : 12 August 2019), Nettie Whitaker in entry for Golda A. Whitaker, 09 Feb 1879; citing item 1 p 126 rn 398, Hamlin, Eaton, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,320,569.
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  Death Notes:

Name: Goldia A Lightfoot
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 07 Sep 1940
Event Place: Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 60
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 29 Feb 1880
Birthplace: Eaton Rapids, Michigan
Birth Year (Estimated): 1880
Father's Name: George Whitaker
Mother's Name: Valnetta Armstrong

Citing this Record
"Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFQY-3RG : 13 March 2018), Valnetta Armstrong in entry for Goldia A Lightfoot, 07 Sep 1940; citing Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,057.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• Birth Image: 9 February 1879, in Hamlin Township, Eaton, MI. ⁸

• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Ely, NV on 15 April 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 82, Family 49, Roll 859
Ely, White Pine County, Nevada
773 Compton Street; Home rented
Married 3 years
Goldia Lightfoot..Wife..30..MI..1/1
(Living with husband and daughter.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 8 Mar 1882, then her age should have been 28 instead of 30.
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Argentine Township, Genesee, MI on February 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 1, Family 175, Roll 766
Argentine Township, Genesee County, Michigan
Home rented
A. B. Lightfoot..Self..46..MI..School Teacher
Golden Lightfoot..Wife..40..MI
(Living with husband, 4 daughters, and mother-in-law.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 8 Mar 1882, then her age should have been 37 instead of 40.
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Flint, MI on 15 April 1930. ⁴

1930 US Census
Sheet 23A, District 29, Family 568, Roll 985, Ward 2
Flint, Genesee County, Michigan
1207 Kearaley Street; Home owned, $5000
Goldia A. Lightfoot..Wife..49..MI..Teacher, Public School
(Living with husband, 5 children, and husband's niece.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 8 Mar 1882, then her age should have been 48 instead of 49.
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Flint, MI on 12 April 1940. ⁵

1940 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 85-118, Family 243, Roll 1895
Flint, Genesee County, Michigan
1207 East Kearsley Street; Home owned, $3500
Goldia A. Lightfoot..Wife..60..MI..5 years college..Teacher, Public school..earned $1795 in 1939
(Living with husband and daughter.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 8 Mar 1882, then her age should have been 58 instead of 60.
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• Death Image: 7 September 1940, in Pontiac, MI. ⁹

• Her obituary was published in the Unknown newspaper on 7 September 1940 in Pontiac, MI.

Mrs. A. B. Lightfoot, 60, of 1207 East Kearsley street, shown here with her husband, died today in Pontiac General hospital of injuries received in a head-on collision of automobiles near Pontiac Friday afternoon. Mr. Lightfoot, 67, who retired in May as principal of the Continuation school and schools' attendance director, is in the hospital with serious injuries. His condition was described as fair.
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• She was buried after 7 September 1940 in the Fairview Cemetery in Linden, MI.

PLOT: Wilcox addition
Find A Grave Memorial 94086270
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Goldia married Adelbert B. Lightfoot, son of Jacob B. Lightfoot and Nancy Ann Amos, on 25 August 1907 in Salt Lake City, UT.^{1 2 3 4 5} (Adelbert B. Lightfoot was born on 2 May 1873 in Big Rapids, MI,^{1 3 5 6 7 11 12 13 14 15 16} died on 2 October 1940 in Pontiac, MI ^{7 15 16} and was buried after 2 October 1940 in Fairview Cemetery, Linden, MI ¹⁶.). The cause of his death was Automobile Accident.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Ely, NV on 15 April 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 82, Family 49, Roll 859
Ely, White Pine County, Nevada
773 Compton Street; Home rented
Married 3 years
Adelbert Lightfoot..Head..37..MI..Lawyer
Goldia Lightfoot..Wife..30..MI..1/1
Georgia Lightfoot..Dau..1..MI
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Argentine Township, Genesee, MI on February 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 1, Family 175, Roll 766
Argentine Township, Genesee County, Michigan
Home rented
A. B. Lightfoot..Self..46..MI..School Teacher
Golden Lightfoot..Wife..40..MI
Georgia Lightfoot..Dau..10..MI
Hellen Lightfoot..Dau..9..MI
Goldia Lightfoot..Dau..7..MI
Florence Lightfoot..Dau..2y 3m..MI
Nancy Lightfoot..Mother..75..OH..Widowed
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Flint, MI on 15 April 1930. ⁴

1930 US Census
Sheet 23A, District 29, Family 568, Roll 985, Ward 2
Flint, Genesee County, Michigan
1207 Kearaley Street; Home owned, $5000
Delbert B. Lightfoot..Head..52..Head..MI..Teacher, Public School
Goldia A. Lightfoot..Wife..49..MI..Teacher, Public School
Georgia F. Lightfoot..Dau..20..MI..Teacher, Public School
Helen I. Lightfoot..Dau..18..MI..Teacher, Public School
Goldia D. Lightfoot..Dau..17..MI
Florence L. Lightfoot..Dau..12..MI
Virginia A. Lightfoot..Dau..9..MI
Irene M. Lightfoot..Niece..21..MI..Teacher, Public School
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• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Flint, MI on 12 April 1940. ¹⁷

1940 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 85-118, Family 243, Roll 1895
Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States
1207 East Kearsley Street; Home owned, $3500
Albert B. Lightfoot..Head..66..Michigan..5 years college..Director, Continuation School..earned $2800 in 1939
Goldia A. Lightfoot..Wife..60..Michigan..5 years college..Teacher, Public School..earned $1795 in 1939
Virginia A. Lightfoot..Daughter..19..Michigan..1 year college
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: A B Lightfoot
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 25 Aug 1907
Event Place: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Event Place (Original): Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Marital Status: Married
Birth Year (Estimated): 1873
Spouse's Name: Goldia Whitaker
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 27
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1880
Reference ID: 4772
Record Number: 56

Citing this Record
"Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8GS-D5C : 4 August 2017), A B Lightfoot and Goldia Whitaker, 1907.
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About 1913, Adelbert and his family moved from Michigan to White Pine County, Nevada where he set up a practice as an attorney. Another daughter, Alice Lee, was born there in 1914 but within 2 years she died in Salt Lake City in 1916. It appears that his wife, Goldia, returned to Michigan after the death of the daughter because in Sep 1918, Adelbert appeared on the World War I Draft Registration Card in White Pine County, Nevada but he gave his wife as his nearest relative and listed her address as Gaines, Genesee County, MI.

By 1920, Adelbert had closed up his legal practice in White Pine County, Nevada and re-joined his wife back in Genesee County, Michigan.
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Both Adelbert and Goldia were killed in the same automobile accident. Her injuries were so severe that she died within 9 hours of being admitted to Pontiac General Hospital. At the time, Adelbert's condition was described as "fair" but he remained hospitalized for another 30 days until he died on 2 Oct 1930.
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