Ceylon Cyrus Lightfoot ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

  Death Notes:

Age: 89
Name: Ceylon Lightfoot
Birth Date: 16 Jun 1885
State: Michigan
Last Place of Residence: East Lansing, Ingham, Michigan
Previous Residence Postal Code: 48823
Event Date: Mar 1974

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J21X-559 : 20 May 2014), Ceylon Lightfoot, Mar 1974; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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Name: Ceylon C Lightfoot
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 06 Mar 1974
Event Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan
Residence Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 16 06 85
Certificate Number: 15575

Citing this Record
"Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZTV-Y56 : 4 December 2014), Ceylon C Lightfoot, 06 Mar 1974; from "Michigan, Deaths, 1971-1996," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 1998); citing Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, death certificate number 15575, Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records, Lansing.
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  Burial Notes:

PLOT Sec 4
Find a Grave Memorial 95085932

  Noted events in his life were:

1. 1900 US Census, 13 June 1900, Mecosta Township, Mecosta, Michigan, United States. ⁸ 1900 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 106, Family 132
Mecosta Township, Mecosta County, Michigan
farm owned, with mortgage
Cyrus E. Lightfoot..Son..Jun 1885..14..MI..Farm Laborer

(Living with parents.)

2. 1910 US Census, 15 April 1910, Crescent Precinct, Whatcom, Washington, United States. ⁴ 1910 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 338, Family 9, Roll 1674
Crescent Precinct, Whatcom, Washington, United States
Shingle Mill Boarding Home
Oscar H. Jordahl..Head..30..Minnesota
William Wilson..41..England
Peter Christenson..30
Andrew Socha..31..Russia
Nick Framango..28..Austria
Dewey Lusier..34..Canada
Ceylon Lightfoot..24..Michigan..Laborer, Woods

(Ceylon was single and living in a boarding house.)

3. Military Service: SGT., Co. I, 136th Infantry, 15 July 1917 to 28 May 1918, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States.

4. 1940 US Census, 5 April 1940, East Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States. ² 1940 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 33-8, Family 63, Roll 1759
East Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States
110 Gilbert Avenue; Home owned, $7000
Czylon Lightfoot..Head..55..Michigan..4 years college..Asst. Chemist, Mich. State College..earned $1800 in 1939

(Living with wife.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 16 Jun 1885, then his age should have been 54 instead of 55.

5. Residence, 1961, East Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States.
His brother John's obituary in 1961 mentioned that "Ceylon" was from East Lansing, Michigan.

Ceylon married Goldie C. Haycock, daughter of John Robert Haycock and Mary Hellows, on 7 August 1933 in Steuben, Indiana, United States.^{1 2} (Goldie C. Haycock was born on 8 March 1882 in Williamston, Ingham, Michigan, United States,^{2 9} died on 21 May 1975 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States ⁹ and was buried after 21 May 1975 in Glendale Cemetery, Okemos, Ingham, Michigan, United States ⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Marriage Image, 7 August 1933, Steuben, Indiana, United States. ¹

2. 1940 US Census, 5 April 1940, East Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States. ² 1940 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 33-8, Family 63, Roll 1759
East Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States
110 Gilbert Avenue; Home owned, $7000
Czylon Lightfoot..Head..55..Michigan..4 years college..Asst. Chemist, Mich. State College..earned $1800 in 1939
Goldie Lightfoot..Wife..58..Michigan..12th grade

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Ceylon C Lightfoot
Event Type: Marriage Registration
Event Date: 07 Aug 1933
Event Place: Steuben, Indiana, United States
Residence Place: East Lansing, , Michigan
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 16 Jun 1885
Birthplace: , Mecosta, Michigan
Marriage License Date: 07 Aug 1933
Father's Name: Jacob Lightfoot
Mother's Name: Nancy Ames
Spouse's Name: Goldie C Wilson
Spouse's Residence Place: , Steuben, Indiana
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Number of Total Marriages: Once before
Spouse's Birth Date: 08 Mar 1883
Spouse's Birthplace: Holt, , Michigan
Spouse's Father's Name: John Robert Haycock
Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary Hellows
Officiator's Name: Milo Thompson
Page: 207

Citing this Record
"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3L8-LLC : 10 December 2017), Ceylon C Lightfoot and Goldie C Wilson, 07 Aug 1933; citing Steuben, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 005329135.
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