Rosalie Stoops 1 3 4 5 6 7 8
- Born: 1882, Minnesota 4 8
- Marriage (1): Charles William Chandler about 1900
- Marriage (2): Charles Clay Lightfoot on 22 February 1916 in , Ramsey County, MN 1 2 3 4
- Died: 26 May 1963, , Eau Claire County, WI at age 81 7 8
- Buried: 29 May 1963, Forest Hill Cemetery, Eau Claire, WI 8
 Another name for Rosalie was Rose Bluestone.
General Notes:
The Eau Claire City Directories show Rosalie's name spelled in different ways, usually Rosalie, Rose, Rosalee or something similar.
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Rosalie Stoops was adopted and raised by her stepfather Sam Bluestone. Her true father was Thomas Stoops and he was buried in Veteran's Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
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According to Beverly Morgenstern, Rose has US Lineal Descent from May 20, 1886 Minnesota Mdewakanton Sioux Census.
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According to the death certificate for Anastasia Rose Chandler, the daughter of Rose and Charles Chandler, it lists Anastasia's mother's name as "Lillian Bluestone" instead of Rose Stoops or Rose Bluestone. Could it be that Rose's true name was something like "Lillian Rose Stoops"? Rose's mother was Mary Louise Robinson who was first married to Thomas Stoops when she had Anastasia and then to Samuel Bluestone. It sounds as if Rose was raised her entire childhood by her step-father, Samuel Bluestone and used that surname during her adult life just like her daughter Stacia used the name of her step-father, Charles Lightfoot, instead of her biological father, Charles Chandler.
Additionally, alternate forms of the birth certificate for Anastasia show her mother's name merely as Rose Bluestone instead of Lillian Bluestone.
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Birth Notes:
The actual birth date for Rosalie is yet unknown. Her 1920 census record suggested 1887; her 1930 census record suggested 1884; researcher Beverly Morgenstern provided a birth date of October 23, 1880; and her gravestone provided the year 1882. The 1940 census would seem to also confirm a year of 1882 in that her age was shown as 57.
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Death Notes:
Name: Rose Lightfoot
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 26 May 1963
Event Place:, , Wisconsin (Eau Claire)
Residence Place: , Wisconsin
Gender: Female
Age: 81
Certificate Number: 014816
Citing this Record
"Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8SY-TC6 : 12 December 2014), Rose Lightfoot, 26 May 1963; from "Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing certificate number 014816,, , Wisconsin, Wisconsin Department of Health, Madison.
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Noted events in her life were:
She has alternate birth date of 23 October 1880 and a birth location of Sleepy Eye, MN.
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She was baptized at the Saint Mary's Catholic Church on 26 October 1880 in Sleepy Eye, MN.
Sponsors were Hyacynth and Mary Coutouriιr. The actual year of 1880 is questionable.
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She has alternate birth date of 1885 and a birth location of Minnesota.
This birth year was referenced by her age of 45 on the 1930 US Census.
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She has alternate birth date of 1887 and a birth location of Minnesota.
This birth year was referenced by her age of 32 on the 1920 US Census.
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She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Eau Claire, WI on 7 January 1920. 6
1920 US Census
Sheet 4B, Family 86, District 129, Roll 1984, 8th Ward
Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
212 Wisconsin Street, house rented
Rosalee Lightfoot..Wife..32..MN..Housewife
(Living with 2nd husband and 3 children.)
NOTE - If her birth date was in 1882, then her age should have been 37 or 38 instead of 32.
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She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Eau Claire, WI on April 1930. 3
1930 US Census
Sheet 17B, District 0013, Household 465, Roll 2571
Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Rose E. Lightfoot..Wife..45
(Living with 2nd husband and 3 children.)
NOTE - If her birth date was in 1882, then her age should have been 48 or 47 instead of 45.
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She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Eau Claire, WI on 15 April 1940. 4
1940 US Census
Sheet 10A, District 18-15B, Family 211
Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
820 Water Street; rent $15
Roselee Lightfoot...Wife..57..MN..7th grade
(Living with 2nd husband and 3 children.)
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She was buried on 29 May 1963 in the Forest Hill Cemetery in Eau Claire, WI.
Both Charles and his wife, Rosalie, share a common flat marker of rose colored granite approximately four feet in width. The inscription reads "LIGHTFOOT, Rosalie, 1882-1963, Charles C. 1883-1946." The words "Mother" and "Father" appear below their names.
Find A Grave Memorial 42974909
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Rosalie married Charles William Chandler, son of John Schantler and Minnie Eppling, about 1900. The marriage ended in divorce. (Charles William Chandler was born on 24 October 1870 in Illinois and died on 5 October 1945 in Saint Paul, MN 10.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
They resided at 171 Minnetonka on 23 October 1914 in Saint Paul, MN.
from birth certificate for their daughter, Stacia Chandler.
Divorced: Bef 1916.
Rosalie next married Charles Clay Lightfoot, son of William Lightfoot and Loretta A. Linn, on 22 February 1916 in , Ramsey County, MN.1 2 3 4 (Charles Clay Lightfoot was born on 25 December 1884 in Cedar County, IA,4 6 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 died in 1946 in Eau Claire, WI 18 and was buried in 1946 in Forest Hill Cemetery, Eau Claire, WI 18.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
Marriage Image: 22 February 1916, in , Ramsey County, MN. 1
They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Eau Claire, WI on 7 January 1920. 6
1920 US Census
Sheet 4B, Family 86, District 129, Roll 1984, 8th Ward
Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
212 Wisconsin Street, house rented
Charles C. Lightfoot..Head..35..IA..Foreman, Gas Works
Rosalee Lightfoot..Wife..32..MN..Housewife
Statia Lightfoot..Dau..5..WI..Student
James S. Lightfoot..Son..2..WI
Andrew Lightfoot..Son..3 weeks..WI
Lillian Shantle..Othr..18..boarder..MN..Laborer
NOTE - Their youngest daughter, Hazel, was born metally retarded and is assumed to have been living in a special care facilty when the 1920 census was taken.
This census record shows two of Rose's daughters from her previous marriage to Charles Chandler, who were still living with her, Anastasia and Lillian. I highly suspect that the name of the boarder, Lillian Shantle, is actually Rose's daughter, Lillian Chandler. She should have been listed as "step-daughter" instead of "Other". The name of Anastasia was listed as "daughter" to Charles C. Lightfoot when actually she was a step-daughter. It is not clear why Anastasia would be listed with a Lightfoot surname while her sister, Lillian, would be listed with a Chandler or Shantle surname.
If two of Rose's children from her first marriage are living with her, what happened to the middle child, Adeline? Apparently she was still alive because later she married Dunaski. If Charles Chandler were still alive after the divorce from Rose, perhaps Adeline was living with him.
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They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Eau Claire, WI on April 1930. 3
1930 US Census
Sheet 17B, District 0013, Household 465, Roll 2571
Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Charles C. Lightfoot..Head..44..IA
Rose E. Lightfoot..Wife..45
Stacia Lightfoot..SDau..16
James S. Lightfoot..Son..13
Andrew Lightfoot..Son..10
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They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Eau Claire, WI on 15 April 1940. 4
1940 US Census
Sheet 10A, District 18-15B, Family 211
Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
820 Water Street; rent $15
Charles Lightfoot...Head..55..IA..8th grade
Roselee Lightfoot...Wife..57..MN..7th grade
Hazel Lightfoot...Dau..28..MN
James Lightfoot...Son..23..WI..10th grade
Andrew Lightfoot...Son..20..WI..10th grade..Laborer, Sewer Project
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Marriage Notes:
Following the divorce from Rosalie's first husband, she apparently used her maiden name of Stoops when she married Charles Lightfoot. At the time, she still had at least two of her children with her, Lillian and Stacia, who appear with them on the 1920 US Census. The marriage license shows Rose's half-sister, Emily F. Bluestone, as a witness.
Name: Charles C Lightfoot
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 22 Feb 1916
Event Place: Ramsey, Minnesota, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Roselee Stoops
Spouse's Gender: Female
Page: 542
Reference ID: Page 542
GS Film Number: 001314545
Digital Folder Number: 005193357
Image Number: 00076
Citing this Record:
"Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M5-C78G : accessed 13 March 2016), Charles C Lightfoot and Roselee Stoops, 1916.
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