Clarence Alfred Leggett ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  Death Notes:

Name: Clarence Leggett
Death Date: 23 May 1935
Death Place: Rockford, Winnebago, Ill.
Gender: Male
Age: 77
Birth Date: 11 Jan 1858
Birthplace: Cherry Valley, Ill.
Father: Albert Leggett
Father's Birth Place: Schue, NY
Mother: Eunice Barley
Mother's Birth Place: NY
Occupation: Teamster
Residence: Rockford, Winnebago, Ill.
Spouse: Addie M. Leggett
Burial Date: 25 May 1935
Burial Place: Rockford, Winnebago, Ill.
Cemetery: Cedar Bluff
Digital Folder Number: 4008381
Image Number: 1996
Film Number: 1754576
Volume/Page/Certificate Number: 21990

Source Citation
"Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQF8-ZDZ : accessed 18 July 2012), Clarence Leggett, 1935.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 1 January 1858 and a birth location of Cherry Valley, IL.

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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Rockford, IL on 9 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 19A, District 141, Dwelling 320, Family 416
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
224 - 12th Street; house rented
Married 16 years
Clarence A. Leggett..Head..Jan 1859..41..IL..Teamster

(Living with wife and 3 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Rockford, IL on 16 April 1910. ³

1910 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 16, Dwelling 34, Family 38
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
701 Seminary Street; house rented
Married 25 years
Clarence A. Leggett..Head..51..IL..Watchman, Factory

(Living with wife and 5 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Rockford, IL on 3 February 1920. ⁴

1920 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 216, Dwelling 132, Family 152
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
1718 - 14th Street; home owned with mortgage
Clarence A. Legett..Father(?)..61..IL..divorced..Night watchman, machine shop

(Living with ex-wife, wife's current husband, and his two children.)

NOTE - Although he was listed as "Father" on the census, he was not the father of Charles Noreen but rather the father of the two step-children that were living in the household. He was the ex-husband of Addie which had to be one of the most unusual living arrangements.
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• He was buried on 25 May 1935 in the Cedar Bluff Cemetery in Rockford, IL.

Plot: 17 014 01
Find A Grave Memorial #111788585
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• His obituary was published in the Morning Star on 25 May 1935 in Rockford, IL.

⁶ Clarence Leggett, 77, who died of a cerebral hemorrhage Thursday at 1718 14th street, following a week's illness will be buried following services this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the McAllister-Julian parlors. The Rev. H. M. Bannen will officiate and interment will take place in Cedar Bluff cemetery.

Mr. Lettett, a native of Cherry Valley, was born Jan. 1, 1858. He is survived by three children, Robert, Mrs. Marie Gambino and Mrs. Elvin Stonewall of Rockford.

(Source: Morning Star, Rockford, IL, 25 May 1935, pg. 5)
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Clarence married Adeline Marie Holmes, daughter of Charles Tarbell Holmes and Mary Josephine Packard, on 24 December 1884 in , Rock County, WI.^{1 2 3} The marriage ended in divorce. (Adeline Marie Holmes was born on 3 December 1869 in Cherry Valley, IL,^{7 8 9 10 11 12 13} died on 7 November 1943 in Rockford, IL ^{12 13} and was buried on 9 November 1943 in Rockford, IL ^{12 13}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Rockford, IL on 9 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 19A, District 141, Dwelling 320, Family 416
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
224 - 12th Street; house rented
Married 16 years
Clarence A. Leggett..Head..Jan 1859..41..IL..Teamster
Addie M. Leggett..Wife..Dec 1867..32..IL..7/3..Dressmaker
Clarence J. Leggett..Son..Jun 1885..14..IL..At School
Richard H. Leggett..Son..Apr 1889..11..IL..At School
Marguerite I. Leggett..Daughter..Jan 1893..7..IL..At School
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Rockford, IL on 16 April 1910. ³

1910 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 16, Dwelling 34, Family 38
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
701 Seminary Street; house rented
married 25 years
Clarence A. Leggett..Head..51..IL..Watchman, Factory
Addie M. Leggett..Wife..41..IL..8/6
Clarence J. Leggett..Son..25..IL..Teamster, Dray
Richard H. Leggett..Son..21..IL..Mechanic, Watch Factory
Robert A. Leggett..Son..9..IL..Student, Pub. School
Golden M. Leggett..Daughter..6..IL
Fern L. Leggett..Daughter..1..IL
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• Divorced: After 16 April 1910.

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Clarence A. Leggett
Spouse's Name: Addie M. Holmes
Event Date: 24 Dec 1884
Event Place: Rock, Wisconsin, United States
Father's Name: Alfred Leggett
Mother's Name: Eunice Bailey
Spouse's Father's Name: Charles Holmes
Spouse's Mother's Name: Packard

Citing this Record
"Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRR5-DYM : 11 February 2018), Clarence A. Leggett and Addie M. Holmes, 24 Dec 1884; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1,275,530.
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