Lydia L. Lightfoot ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

  General Notes:

Previously, it was thought that Lydia's mother was Eliza Jane Spitzer, the second wife of Martin Lightfoot, but it is now believed that her mother was Barbara Caroline Spitzer, the sister to Eliza Jane and first wife of Martin Van Buren Lightfoot. In the 1900 US Census, Eliza Jane indicates that she had a total of 5 children and only 3 were still living. She lists three sons currently living with her which would have accounted for all of her living children and meaning that Lydia who was still living was not one of her children.

In addition, other census data indicates that the birth date of Lydia was about 1873. Her mother, Barbara Spitzer, did not die until April 1874 and her father, Martin, did not remarry until January of 1874. If those dates are correct, it would mean that Martin and Barbara were divorced and he soon remarried Barbara's sister, Eliza Jane Spitzer, just months before Barbara's death.
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  Noted events in her life were:

1. 1880 US Census, 21 June 1880, Union Township, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States. ⁷ Page 547D, Roll 0309
Union Township, Saint Joseph County, Indiana
Lydia Lightfoot...Daughter..7..IN
(Living with parents.)

2. 1900 US Census, 4 June 1900, South Bend, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States. ³ Sheet 5B, District 130, Household 105
South Bend, Saint Joseph County, Indiana, United States
521 South Michigan; Home rented
Years Married: 3
Lydia Cooney..Wife..Mar 1873..27..IN..0/0
(Living with husband.)

3. 1910 US Census, April 1910, South Bend, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States. ⁴ Sheet 3A, District 179, Household 62
South Bend, Saint Joseph County, Indiana, United States
Lydia Cooney..Wife..37..IN
(Living with husband and adopted daughter.)

4. 1920 US Census, January 1920, South Bend, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States. ⁵ Sheet 17A, District 268, Household 404
South Bend, Saint Joseph County, Indiana, United States
Lidia L. Cooney..Wife..47..IN
(Living with husband and adopted daughter.)

5. 1930 US Census, April 1930, South Bend, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States. ⁶ Sheet 18A, District 0045, Household 470
South Bend, Saint Joseph County, Indiana, United States
Lydia Cooney..Wife..57..IN
(Living with husband.)

6. 1940 US Census, 5 April 1940, South Bend, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States. ⁸ Sheet 4B, Roll 1135, District 97-65, Family 93
South Bend, Saint Joseph County, Indiana, United States
116 East Bowman Street; home owned, $4000
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Lydia Cooney..Head..67..IN..8th grade..Widowed..School Nurse, Public Schools..earned $900 in 1939
Marguerite Cooney..Daughter..35..12th grade..NY

(Lydia was widowed and living with adopted daughter.)

7. Cemetery: Cedar Grove Cemetery, 14 June 1954, Notre Dame, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States. ⁹ Find A Grave Memorial #106730219

Lydia married Frank L. Eldred, son of Nelson Eldred and Nancy, on 9 June 1891 in Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States.¹ (Frank L. Eldred was born in January 1865,¹⁰ died on 26 January 1894 ¹⁰ and was buried after 26 January 1894 in Lakeville, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States ¹⁰.)

Lydia next married Charles Jerome Cooney, son of Michael Cooney and Margaret Gillen, on 15 March 1897 in South Bend, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States.^{2 3 4 5 6} (Charles Jerome Cooney was born on 13 January 1862 in Lakeville, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States,^{3 4 5 6 11} died on 25 April 1939 in South Bend, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States ¹¹ and was buried on 28 April 1939 in Notre Dame, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States ¹¹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1900 US Census, 4 June 1900, South Bend, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States. ³ Sheet 5B, District 130, Household 105
South Bend, Saint Joseph County, Indiana, United States
521 South Michigan; Home rented
Years Married: 3
Jerome C. Cooney..Head..Jan 1862..38..IN..Saloon Keeper
Lydia Cooney..Wife..Mar 1873..27..IN..0/0

2. 1910 US Census, April 1910, South Bend, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States. ⁴ 1910 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 179, Household 62
South Bend, Saint Joseph County, Indiana, United States
417 South Michigan
C. J. Cooney..Head..48..IN
Lydia Cooney..Wife..37..IN
Margaret Cooney..Daughter..5..NY

3. 1920 US Census, January 1920, South Bend, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States. ⁵ Sheet 17A, District 268, Household 404
South Bend, Saint Joseph County, Indiana, United States
118 East Bowman Street
Chas J. Cooney..Head..57..IN
Lidia L. Cooney..Wife..47..IN
Margarette Cooney..Adopted daughter..15..NY

4. 1930 US Census, April 1930, South Bend, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States. ⁶ Sheet 18A, District 0045, Household 470
South Bend, Saint Joseph County, Indiana, United States
116 East Bowman Street
Charles J. Cooney..Head..68..IN
Lydia Cooney..Wife..57..IN
Jack L. Dodson..Lodger..31..OH
Hubert M. Jamison..Lodger..32..NE

  Marriage Notes:

City Directory - South Bend, Indiana
1901-02: Cooney C Jerome (Lydia L) wines & liquors 329 S Michigan res 535 S Michigan
1906: Cooney Charles Jerome (Lydia) Sample Room 329 S Mich phone H 2033 res 417 S Mich
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