Albert Lewis Pierson
(1864-1955)
Caroline Betsey Whitney
(1867-1936)
Florence L. Pierson
(1897-1953)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Bernie Fay Lightfoot

Florence L. Pierson 2

  • Born: 27 September 1897, Sand Lake, MI 2
  • Marriage (1): Bernie Fay Lightfoot on 18 March 1927 in Nelson Township, Kent, MI 1
  • Died: 15 September 1953, Detroit, MI at age 55
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Grand Rapids, MI on 22 April 1940. 2

Sheet 9B, Family 180, District 86-150, Roll 1901
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
1030 Grandville Avenue, rented $12
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Florence Lightfoot...Wife..42..MI..10th grade
(Living with husband and his father.)
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Florence married Bernie Fay Lightfoot, son of King Millard Lightfoot and Lyda Johnson, on 18 March 1927 in Nelson Township, Kent, MI.1 (Bernie Fay Lightfoot was born on 26 November 1895 in Freeport, MI,1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 died on 4 July 1975 in Freeport, MI 1 8 and was buried after 4 July 1975 in Freeport, MI 1.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Grand Rapids, MI on 22 April 1940. 2

Sheet 9B, Family 180, District 86-150, Roll 1901
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
1030 Grandville Avenue, rented $12
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Bernie Lightfoot...Head..44..MI..12th grade..Punch Press Operator..earned $750 in 1939
Florence Lightfoot...Wife..42..MI..10th grade
Millard K. Lightfoot...Fath..64..OH..Widowed
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• They resided at 1030 Grandville Avenue SW in 1942 in Grand Rapids, MI.
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Sources


1 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 25 Oct 2013), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20340932.

2 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 86-150, sheet 9B, household 180, Bernie Fay Lightfoot and Minnie L. Clifford; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 18 Mar 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 1901.

3 Karen Valenzuela, "Shearer, Rice, Jones, Zeek, Parks, Lightfoot," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=karensu : accessed 24 Jul 2010).

4 "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 16 January 2021), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N353-8HW : 2 April 2020), Bernie F. Lightfoot and Minnie Clifford, 21 Jun 1916; citing Marriage, Centreville, St Joseph, Michigan, Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4209305.

5 World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, microfilm publication M1939, M1936, and M1937 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1942), roll 1670143, Bernie Fay Lightfoot.

6 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Irving Township, Barry County, Michigan, sheet 3B, family 70, King Millard Lightfoot and Lyda Johnson; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 26 Oct 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624.

7 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 35, sheet 21B, family 615, Bernie Fay Lightfoot and Minnie L. Clifford; index and images (accessed 25 Oct 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625.

8 "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (accessed 25 Oct 2013), Name: Bernie Lightfoot; Event Date: July 1975.


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