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Jacob Lightfoot
(1834-1920)
Sarah Isabelle Cabe
(1834-1917)
Simeon B. Carter
(1857-1939)
Margaret A. Ramsey
(1864-1890)
John Wood Brandis
(1880-1955)
Dora M. Carter
(1880-1913)
Ethel May Lightfoot
(1905-1994)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Lee Chapman Greenwood

Ethel May Lightfoot 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 17 November 1905, Paradise, Arizona Territory 1 4
  • Marriage (1): Lee Chapman Greenwood on 7 December 1923 in Tombstone, AZ 1
  • Died: 24 January 1994, Los Angeles, CA at age 88 4
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bullet  General Notes:


Although her surname was Lightfoot, her father was actually John Wood Brandis who was raised using the name of John Wood Lightfoot.
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bullet  Death Notes:


Name: Ethel Mae Greenwood
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 24 Jan 1994
Event Place: Los Angeles, California, United States
Birth Date: 17 Nov 1905
Birthplace: Arizona
Gender: Female
Father's Name: Lightfoot
Mother's Name: Carter

Citing this Record
"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPSV-KJ3 : 26 November 2014), Lightfoot in entry for Ethel Mae Greenwood, 24 Jan 1994; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 1904 and a birth location of Arizona.

This birth year was referenced by her age of 6 on the 1910 US Census.
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Alma, New Mexico Territory on 4 May 1910. 2

1910 US Census
Sheet 10A, District 250, Dwelling 206, Family 206, Roll 918
Alma, Socorro County, New Mexico Territory
Home Rented
Ethel Lightfoot..Daughter..6..AZ
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 19 Nov 1905, then her age should have been 4 instead of 6.
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Tucson, AZ on 2 April 1930. 1

1930 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 55, Dwelling 16, Family 17, Roll 62
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
Home Rented, $25
Ethel Greenwood..Wife..24..AZ
(Living with husband and daughter.)

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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Los Angeles, CA on 18 April 1940. 3

1940 US Census
Sheet 11A, District 60-157, Family 281, Roll 399
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
6036 Romaine Avenue; Home Rented $42
Ethel Greenwood..Head..35..AZ..9th grade..Pastry Cook, Dept. Store..earned $1000 in 1939
Ora Greenwood..Daughter..15..AZ..9th grade

(Ethel was living with daughter. Her husband was still in Phoenix.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 17 Nov 1905, then her age should have been 34 instead of 35.
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• She was buried after 24 January 1994 in the Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, CA.

Find A Grave Memorial 117167728. 4


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Ethel married Lee Chapman Greenwood on 7 December 1923 in Tombstone, AZ.1 (Lee Chapman Greenwood was born on 30 November 1894 in Del Rio, Val Verde, Texas, United States and died on 13 April 1978 in Arizona.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Tucson, AZ on 2 April 1930. 1

1930 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 55, Dwelling 16, Family 17, Roll 62
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
Home Rented, $25
Lee C. Greenwood..Head..31..TX..Fireman, Southern ???
Ethel Greenwood..Wife..24..AZ
Ora Greenwood..Daughter..5..AZ
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bullet  Marriage Notes:


Although the 1940 US Census shows both Lee and Ethel as married, they were living apart at the time of the enumeration. Ethel and her daughter were living in Los Angeles while Lee remained back in Arizona living in Phoenix.
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Sources


1 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, enumeration district (ED) 55, sheet 8A, dwelling 16, family 17, Lee Chapman Greenwood and Ethel May Lightfoot; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 25 Jan 2019); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 62.

2 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Alma, Socorro County, New Mexico Territory, enumeration district (ED) 250, sheet 10A, dwelling 206, family 206, John Wood (Brandis) Lightfoot and Dora Carter; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 19 Dec 2018); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 918.

3 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, enumeration district (ED) 60-157, sheet 11A, household 281, Ethel May Lightfoot; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 25 Jan 2019); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 399.

4 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 21 December 2018), memorial page for Ethel Mae Lightfoot Greenwood (17 Nov 1905\endash 24 Jan 1994), Find A Grave Memorial no. 117167728, citing Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California, USA


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