William Lightfoot (1771-1843)

Esther Schmidt (1783-1835)

Cornelius Nilson Nelson (1778-1845)

Caroline Karie Padersdatter (1789-1846)

Levi Edward Lightfoot (1818-1900)

Susan Anne Corneliusdatter Nelson (1813-1865)

Caroline Lightfoot (1840-1926)

 

Family Links Caroline Lightfoot 1 2 3 4 5 Born: 30 November 1840, LaSalle County, IL 1 2 3 4 6 7 Died: 8 June 1926 at age 85 6 8    Another name for Caroline was "Caddie" Lightfoot.7   General Notes: Caroline, who was single, remained in and worked as a dress maker in LaSalle County, Illinois while her father, Levi, moved to Des Moines, Iowa. After her brother Charley's wife died in 1883, she went to live with him and care for his house and children. She finished out her years living with her widowed younger sister, Inger Eliza "Emma" Lightfoot when her husband died in New York in 1916. ------------------------------------   Noted events in her life were: • She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Ottawa, IL on 14 August 1850. 9 1850 US Census Page 193B, Family 230, Roll 115 Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois Caroline Lightfoot..9..IL (Living with parents.) . • She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Ottawa, IL on 21 July 1860. 10 1860 US Census Page 508, Roll 196, Dwelling 4562, Family 4518 Ottawa, La Salle County, Illinois Caroline Lightfoot..19..IL..Teacher Com. School (Living with parents.) . • She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Manlius, IL on 3 June 1880. 7 1880 US Census Page 364D, Roll 0223, District 71, Dwelling 73, Family 78 Manlius, LaSalle County, Illinois Caddie Lightfoot..39..IL..Dressmaker . • She appeared on the 1885 Iowa State Census: June 1885. 2 1885 Iowa State Census Page 724, Family 397 Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa 1908 Ripley Street Caroline Lightfoot..44..Des Moines, IA (Living with widowed brother, Charles, and his children.) . • She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Burlington, IA on 11 June 1900. 4 1900 US Census Sheet 18B, District 17, Family 398 Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, United States House rented Caroline Lightfoot..Aunt-in-law..Nov 1840..59..Illinois..Single (Living with niece, Sarah Lightfoot, and her family.) . • She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Pomfret, NY on 20 January 1920. 5 1920 US Census Sheet 7A, District 176, Family 156, Roll 1092 Pomfret, Chautauqua County, New York, United States Home owned, no mortgage Emma E. Spencer..Head..76..Illinois..widowed Caroline Lightfoot..Sister..78..Illinois (Caroline was living at the home of her widowed sister, Emma.) NOTE - If her birth date was 30 Nov 1840, then her age should have been 79 instead of 78. .

1 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, p. 193B, dwelling 230, family 230; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 19 Aug 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432.

2 1885 Iowa State Census, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, p. 724, dwelling 384, family 397, Charles Avon Lightfoot; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803643 : accessed 17 Oct 2013).

3 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Ottawa, La Salle County, Illinois, p. 508, family 4518, Levi Edward Lightfoot and Susan Anne Corneliusdatter Nelson; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 18 Oct 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653.

4 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, United States, enumeration district (ED) 17, sheet 18B, family 398, Charles Frederick Kneubuhl and Sarah Eliza Lightfoot; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 4 Jun 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

5 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Pomfret, Chautauqua County, New York, United States, enumeration district (ED) 176, sheet 7A, family 156, Inger Eliza Lightfoot and Caroline Lightfoot; index and images (accessed 18 Jul 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 1092.

6 Marjorie R. Tracy (E-mail messages concerning Levi Lightfoot and wife, Susan Anne Nilson. December 2002 and February 2003).

7 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Manlius, LaSalle County, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) 71, p. 364D, dwelling 73, family 78, Caroline Lightfoot; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 26 Jan 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0223.

8 Kirk D. Sykes, World Family Tree Vol. 051, Ed. 1, Tree #1106 (Genealogy.com, LLC, Release date: February 2000).

9 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, p. 193B, dwelling 230, family 230, Levi Edward Lightfoot and Susan Anne Corneliusdatter Nelson; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 19 Aug 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 115.

10 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Ottawa, La Salle County, Illinois, p. 508, dwelling 4562, family 4518, Levi Edward Lightfoot and Susan Anne Corneliusdatter Nelson; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 18 Oct 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 196.