Catharine Mackie

Alexander Mackie
(1826-1912)

Catharine Mortimer
(1832-1914)

Catharine Mackie
(1853-1945)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Lester Lightfoot

Catharine Mackie ¹ ² ³ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹ ¹²

Born: 23 February 1853, Scotland ² ³ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹ ¹²
Marriage (1): Lester Lightfoot on 31 December 1877 in Tipton, IA ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸
Died: 11 July 1945, West Liberty, IA at age 92 ⁹ ¹²
Buried: 13 July 1945, Pedee Cemetery, Springdale Township, Cedar, IA ⁹ ¹²

bullet Cause of her death was Arteriosclerosis.⁹

bullet General Notes:

1878: "The History of Cedar County, Iowa, 1878" references "Catharine Lightfoot" on page 646.
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bullet Death Notes:

Catherine was 92 years old when she died thirteen years after Lester. She apparently was staying with Mrs. Ann Smith in West Liberty, Iowa whose name was noted on her death certificate as "Informant's Name". The 1940 census indicates that Ann was Catharine's sister. The cause of death was listed as "arteriosclerosis", more recently called atherosclerosis, or simply hardening of the arteries.
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bullet Noted events in her life were:

• Occupation - Last: Retired Housewife. ⁹

• She immigrated in 1854.
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• She immigrated in 1855.
⁵ ⁷ On the 1910 and 1920 US Census records, she noted that she had immigrated to the US in 1855.
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• She was naturalized in 1877. ⁷ On her 1920 US Census, she indicated that she was naturalized in 1877.
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on 1 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 1, District 354, Dwelling 5, Family 5, Roll 0331
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Catharine Lightfoot..Wife..27..SCOT..Keeping House

(Living with husband and daughter, Rellie.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Manning, IA on 25 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 15B, District 51, Family 285
Manning, Carroll County, Iowa
House owned, with mortgage
Married 23 years
Catherine Lightfoot..Wife..Feb 1853..47..SCOT..Immig. 1854..2/0

(Living with husband.)
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• She appeared on the 1905 Iowa State Census in Warren Township, Carroll County, IA on 1905. ¹⁰

Name: Mrs. L Lightfoot
Titles and Terms: Mrs
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1905
Event Place: Carroll, Iowa, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 52
Marital Status: Married
Birth Year (Estimated): 1853
Birthplace: Scotland
Father's Birthplace: Scotland
Mother's Birthplace: Scotland
Card Number: 580
GS Film Number: 001430313
Digital Folder Number: 007486161
Image Number: 04730
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Sisseton Township, Roberts County, SD on 19 April 1910. ⁵

1910 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 374, Family 10, Roll 1487
Sisseton Township, Roberts County, South Dakota
Married 32 years
Farm owned, with mortgage
Catherine Lightfoot..Wife..57..Scotland..2/0..Immig 1855

(Living with husband.)
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• She appeared on the 1915 South Dakota State Census in Sisseton, SD in 1915. ⁶

1915 South Dakota State Census
Sisseton, Roberts County, South Dakota
Farm owned
6 yrs in SD
Married 1877
Catharine Lightfoot..62..SCOT..Presbyterian..Card 63

(Living with husband.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in West Liberty, IA on 10 January 1920. ⁷

1920 US Census
Sheet 11A, District 132, Family 328, Roll 504
West Liberty, Muscatine County, Iowa
808 Columbus; Home owned, no mortgage
Cathrine Lightfoot..Wife..66..SCOT..Immig. 1885..Naturalized 1879

(Living with husband.)
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in West Liberty, IA on 3 April 1930. ⁸

1930 US Census
Sheet 3A, Roll 671, District 0025, Dwelling 73, Family 73
West Liberty, Muscatine County, Iowa, United States
Home owned, $8000
Katherine Lightfoot..Wife..77..SCOT

(Living with husband.)
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in West Liberty, IA on 5 April 1940. ¹¹

1940 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 70-26, Family 92, Roll 1186
West Liberty, Muscatine County, Iowa
313 East Third Street; Home owned, $2500
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Ann S. Smith..Head..84..IA..Wd..8th grade
Catherine Lightfoot..Sister..87..SCOT..Wd..8th grade
Emma Roberts..Sister..70..IA..Wd..10th grade

This 1940 census is unique in that it shows the 3 elderly sisters all living together but their places of birth are different. The oldest, Catharine, at age 87 was born in Scotland. The next youngest was Ann, at age 84, who was born in Iowa as was the next youngest sister, Emma. This indicates that the parents immigrated into the United States sometime between 1853, the birth year for Catharine, and 1856, the birth year for Ann.

The 1900 census for the family indicated that they immigrated in 1854 which fits in with the birth locations of the sisters.
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• Death Image: 11 June 1945, in West Liberty, IA.

• She was buried on 13 July 1945 in the Pee Dee Cemetery in Springdale Township, Cedar County, IA.

Lester and his wife, Catharine, share one large rose colored polished granite vertical face monument about 48" wide and about 24" tall. It sits up on another flat granite stone. The inscription reads "LIGHTFOOT, Catharine, 1853-1945, Lester, 1853-1932".

Find A Grave Memorial #88694042
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Catharine married Lester Lightfoot, son of Daniel Lightfoot Sr and Susannah Arnsberger, on 31 December 1877 in Tipton, IA.¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ (Lester Lightfoot was born on 3 January 1853 in , Wayne County, OH,⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ¹⁴ ¹⁵ ¹⁶ ¹⁷ ¹⁸ died on 26 May 1932 in West Liberty, IA ¹⁹ and was buried on 28 May 1932 in Pedee Cemetery, Springdale Township, Cedar, IA ¹⁹.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 31 December 1877, in Tipton, IA. ¹

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on 1 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 1, District 354, Dwelling 5, Family 5, Roll 0331
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Lester Lightfoot...Head..26..IA..Farmer
Catharine Lightfoot..Wife..27..SCOT..Keeping House
Relia Lightfoot..Dau..1..IA
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Manning, IA on 25 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 15B, District 51, Family 285
Manning, Carroll County, Iowa
house owned, with mortgage
married 23 years
Lester Lightfoot..Head..July 1852..47..OH..Hotel Keeper
Catherine Lightfoot..Wife..Feb 1853..47..SCOT..Immig. 1854..2/0
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• They appeared on the 1905 Iowa State Census in Warren Township, Carroll County, IA on 1905. ⁴

1905 Iowa State Census
Name: L Lightfoot and Mrs. L. Lightfoot
Event Place: Carroll, Iowa, United States
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Sisseton Township, Roberts County, SD on 19 April 1910. ⁵

1910 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 374, Family 10, Roll 1487
Sisseton Township, Roberts County, South Dakota
Married 32 years
Farm owned, with mortgage
Lester Lightfoot..Head..57..Ohio..Farmer
Catherine Lightfoot..Wife..57..Scotland..2/0..Immig 1855
Albert Schenky..Servant..22..Germany
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• They appeared on the 1915 South Dakota State Census in Sisseton, SD in 1915. ⁶

1915 South Dakota State Census
Sisseton, Roberts County, South Dakota
farm owned
6 yrs in SD
married 1877
Lester Lightfoot..62..OH.Farmer..Presbyterian..Card 62
Catharine Lightfoot..62..SCOT..Presbyterian..Card 63
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in West Liberty, IA on 10 January 1920. ⁷

1920 US Census
Sheet 11A, District 132, Family 328, Roll 504
West Liberty, Muscatine County, Iowa
808 Columbus; Home owned, no mortgage
Lester Lightfoot..Head..66..OH
Cathrine Lightfoot..Wife..66..SCOT..Immig. 1885..Naturalized 1879
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in West Liberty, IA on 3 April 1930. ⁸

1930 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 0025, Dwelling 73, Family 73, Roll 671
West Liberty, Muscatine County, Iowa, United States
home owned, $8000
Lester Lightfoot..Head..76..OH
Katherine Lightfoot..Wife..77..SCOT
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bullet Marriage Notes:

Name: Lester Lightfoot
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 31 Dec 1877
Event Place: Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Kattie Mackie
Spouse's Gender: Female

Citing this Record
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJNS-RZ9 : 5 September 2017), Lester Lightfoot and Kattie Mackie, 31 Dec 1877, Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States; citing reference Vol. F P.266, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 986,806.
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Following the deaths of their two children in 1881, Lester and Catharine both were devastated by the loss. Lester gave up farming and they left Cedar County, Iowa to travel almost all the way across the state to settle into a small town named Manning, in Carroll County, Iowa. There they operated a boarding house for a number of years until 1909. They then moved on to Roberts County, South Dakota where they both operated a small farm for a number of years. By 1920 they were both back in neighboring Muscatine County, Iowa probably to be closer to Catharine's elderly parents who lived less than 30 miles away in West Branch, Cedar County, Iowa. Lester's parents had moved to Kansas and both of them had died by 1904. Many of his siblings had also moved to Kansas with the exception of William and Eunice Lightfoot who had married and were both living in Muscatine.

When Lester died in 1932, he was buried in the small rural cemetery, Pee Dee, near Springdale, where Catharine's parents were buried. When Catharine died in 1945, she also was buried in the Pee Dee cemetery.
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Leslie Lightfoot of Manning are visiting their father Mackeys and other relatives of this vicinity.

(Source: West Branch Times, 3 Jan 1895, Page 1)
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1 "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1805551 : accessed 6 Nov 2019), Lester Lightfoot and Kattie Mackie, 31 Dec 1877, Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States; citing reference Vol.F P.266, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 986,806.

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 354, p. 1, dwelling 5, family 5, Lester Lightfoot and Catharine Mackie; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 13 Mar 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0331.

3 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Warren Township, Carroll County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 51, p. 15B, dwelling 285, family 285, Lester Lightfoot and Catharine Mackie; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 12 Nov 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

4 1905 Iowa State Census, Carroll County, Iowa, Card 579, 580; Lester Lightfoot and Catharine Mackie; index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2126961 : accessed 17 Mar 2016).

5 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Sisseton Township, Roberts County, South Dakota, enumeration district (ED) 374, sheet 1B, family 10, Lester Lightfoot and Catharine Mackie; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 19 Jan 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 1487.

6 1915 State Census, South Dakota, population schedule, Sisseton, Roberts County, South Dakota, cards 62 and 63: Lester Lightfoot and Catharine Mackie; index and images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1476041 : accessed 12 Nov 2009); citing South Dakota State Historical Society records.

7 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, West Liberty, Muscatine County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 132, sheet 11A, family 328, Lester Lightfoot and Catharine Mackie; index and images (accessed 5 Feb 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 504.

8 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, West Liberty, Muscatine County, Iowa, United States, enumeration district (ED) 0025, sheet 3A, dwelling 73, family 73, Lester Lightfoot and Catharine Mackie; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 13 Mar 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 671.

10 1905 Iowa State Census, Warren Township, Carroll County, Iowa, Card 580 - Mrs. L. Lightfoot (Catharine Mackie); index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2126961).

11 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, West Liberty, Muscatine County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 70-26, sheet 4A, household 92, Catharine Mackie; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 17 Mar 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 1186.

12 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 19 Mar 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=88694042.

13 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Warren Township, Carroll County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 51, p. 15B, dwelling 285, family 285; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 12 Nov 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

14 Louise Jaeger (This information came from Yvonne Linn who obtained it from her aunt. The original named source is Louise Jaeger of Burlington, Iowa, a descendent of Thomas Jefferson Lightfoot. She seems to have done extensive research on the Lightfoot family and has more information on the "original" Daniel Lightfoot's wife's family, the Algar/Kennedys. She mentioned in her letter to Yvonne's aunt that she had received much of her information from a cousin, Donna Trapnell in San Diego, California.).

15 Personal knowledge of Brian L. Lightfoot, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE]; Includes all genealogy research papers done by Iris Geraldine Sharer during the 1960s and 1970s which incorported family history documents relating to the Lightfoot and Arnsberger families. Also includes all previous research done by Jack Drugan and siblings during the 1960s.

16 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa, p. 145-146, dwelling 984, family 1007, Daniel Lightfoot and Susannah Arnsberger; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 17 Dec 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653.

17 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa, p. 28, dwelling 210, family 211, Daniel Lightfoot and Susannah Arnsberger; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 08 Nov 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.

18 1905 Iowa State Census, Carroll County, Iowa, Card 579; Lester Lightfoot; index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2126961 : accessed 17 Mar 2016).

19 "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2531337 : accessed 6 Nov 2019), Lester Lightfoot, 26 May 1932, Liberty Township, Marshall, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #7054, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101797050.

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