Charles Avon Lightfoot ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14}

  General Notes:

It is interesting that at least one marriage record for his son, Charles Levi Lightfoot, who was married in 1899, that record list the son as Junior and his father as Senior. That could mean that the father's true name was Charles Levi Lightfoot, Sr. instead of Charles Avon Lightfoot.
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from Marjorie R. Tracy,

March 2003:
After Charles' wife died in 1883, his sister, Caroline, went to live with him and care for his house and children.

April 2003:
Now, on Charley Avon Lightfoot, there is a contradiction in data. The Slooper book indicates that he was born on 4 Mar 1853, which would match your source [on the birth date of 4 Mar 1853 submitted by Kirk D. Sykes on World Family Tree Vol. 051, Tree #1106] who MAY have gotten his information from the same book. However, Charley's sister's Bible (Inger Eliza "Emma Lide" Spencer) lists him as being born on 3 Mar 1856. So that 's why I went with the 1856 information...it was from the family Bible. That doesn't mean that there weren't errors in either the Bibles (if they were gotten years later and then filled in from memory), or from census takers. Both have been known to happen.

His birth date according to the age provided in the census records varied with almost every census.
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After his wife, Ida, died in 1883, Charles lived with his married daughter, Mary, for a number of years from before 1900 until her death in 1932. When his daughter, Mary, and her family moved to Denver, Colorado sometime between 1900 and 1910, the widowed Charles moved with them. When Mary and her family returned back to Burlington, Iowa by 1920, Charles once again moved back to Burlington but afterwards was living with his other married daughter, Sarah, and her family. The 1930 US Census shows that Charles had moved back with his married daughter, Mary, and was living with her family in Clinton, Iowa. After his daughter, Mary, died in 1932, the 1940 US Census shows Charles living by himself next door to Mary's daughter, Verna, and her family.
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There is a gravestone for "C. A. Lightfoot" in Oakland Cemetery, Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa. The gravestone shows a birth date of 3 Mar 1854 and a death date of 10 Sep 1944. While these are not the exact dates provided by researcher Marjorie R. Tracy, they are extremely close and probably provided to the monument maker by well-meaning relatives who did not know his true birth date.
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  Death Notes:

His death date comes from his death notice in The Quad City Times, Davenport Iowa, Monday, 11 Sep 1944 issue page 2.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 4 March 1853 and a birth location of Illinois.

This birth year was referenced by his age of 66 on the 1920 US Census.
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• He has alternate birth date of 3 March 1854 and a birth location of Illinois.

This birth year was referenced by his age of 76 on the 1930 US Census.
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• He has alternate birth date of 1855 and a birth location of Illinois.

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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Ottawa, IL on 21 July 1860. ¹⁵

1860 US Census
Page 508, Family 4518, Roll 196
Ottawa, La Salle County, Illinois
Charles Lightfoot..4..IL

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Earlville, IL on 27 June 1870. ⁶

1870 US Census
Page 41, Family 308
Earl, LaSalle County, Illinois
Charles Lightfoot..14..IL

(Living with father and step-mother.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Burlington, IA on 10 June 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Sheet 326A, Family 163, Roll 337
Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa
1303 7th Street
Charles A. Lightfoot..Head..25..IL..Works At Shingle Mill

(Living with wife and 3 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 4 Mar 1856, then his age should have been 24 instead of 25.
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• He appeared on the 1885 Iowa State Census in Burlington, IA on June 1885. ⁷

1885 Iowa State Census
Page 724, Dwelling 384, Family 397
Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa
1908 Ripley Street
Chas. Lightfoot..29..IL..Widowed..Teamster
Sarah Lightfoot..8..Des Moines, IA
Chas. Lightfoot..6..Des Moines, IA
Mary Lightfoot..4..Des Moines, IA
Caroline Lightfoot..44..Des Moines, IA
Eliza Forth..60..Des Moines, IA
Mary Forth..55..Des Moines, IA

NOTE - Caroline Lightfoot was the sister of Charles who moved in with him after his wife died in 1883 to help him run the house and raise his children. I am unsure of who were Eliza and Mary Forth. They may have been house servants or borders and unrelated to the Lightfoots.
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• He appeared on the 1895 Iowa State Census in Burlington, IA on May 1895. ⁸

1895 Iowa State Census
Page 830, Family 257
Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa
no religion
Chas Lightfoot..40..IL
Chas Lightfoot..18..Des Moines, IA
Sarah Lightfoot..16..Des Moines, IA
Marian Lightfoot..14..Des Moines, IA
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Flint River Township, Des Moines, IA on 30 June 1900. ⁹

1900 US Census
Sheet 23A and 23B, District 19, Family Number 465
Flint River Township, Des Moines County, Iowa
House rented
Charles Lightfoot..Father-in-law..46..Apr 1854..Nebraska(?)..Widowed..Truckster(?)

(Widowed and living with married daughter, Mary, and her husband.)
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Denver, CO on April 1910. ¹⁰

1910 US Census
Sheet 8B, District 149, Family 236
Denver, Denver County, Colorado
Charles Lightfoot..Father-in-law..55..IL..Widowed

(Widowed and living with married daughter, Mary, and her family.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 4 Mar 1856, then his age should have been 54 instead of 55.
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Burlington, IA on 8 January 1920. ¹¹

1920 US Census
Sheet 12A, District 16, Family 258, Roll 487
Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa
714 Louisa Street; Home rented
Charles Lightfoot..Father-in-law..66..IL..Widowed

(Widowed and living at the home of his married daughter, Sarah, and her family.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 4 Mar 1856, then his age should have been 63 instead of 66.
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• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Clinton, IA on 3 April 1930. ¹²

1930 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 18, Family 44, Roll 649
Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa
2422 Roosevelt; Home rented $25
Charles Lightfoot..Father-in-law..76..IL..Widowed..Contractor, Carpenter Work

(Living at the home of his married daughter, Mary, and her family.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 4 Mar 1856, then his age should have been 74 instead of 76.
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• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Clinton, IA on 20 April 1940. ¹³

1940 US Census
Sheet 61B, District 23-19A, Family 437, Roll 1150
Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa
214 16th Place; rent $8
Charles Lightfoot..Head..87..IA..Widowed..8th grade

NOTE - If his birth date was 4 Mar 1856, then his age should have been 84 instead of 87. His birth location should have been Illinois instead of Iowa. All other previous census records had indicated a birth location of Illinois.

NOTE - Charles was living next door to his married granddaughter, Verna May Guignon and her family.
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• He was buried after 10 September 1944 in the Oakland Cemetery in Clinton, IA.

Find A Grave Memorial 87174573
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Charles married Ida May Paine, daughter of Thomas Paine and Helen, on 8 November 1876 in Burlington, IA.^{1 2 3} (Ida May Paine was born on 1 May 1853 in New York,¹ died on 28 April 1883 in Burlington, IA ¹ and was buried after 18 April 1883 in Burlington, IA.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 8 November 1876, in Burlington, IA. ²

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Burlington, IA on 10 June 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Page 326A, Family 163, Roll 337
Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa
1303 7th Street
Charles A. Lightfoot..Head..25..IL..Works At Shingle Mill
Ida Lightfoot..Wife..25..NY..Keeping House
Belle Lightfoot..Dau..6..IA..At School
Charles L. Lightfoot..Son..3..IA
Sarah E. Lightfoot..Daughter..1..IA
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: C. A. Lightfoot
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 08 Nov 1876
Event Place: Des Moines County, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Birth Year (Estimated): 1855
Spouse's Name: Ida M. Hauscum
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 21
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1855
Reference ID: 287

Citing this Record
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJXG-NY7 : 5 September 2017), C. A. Lightfoot and Ida M. Hauscum, 08 Nov 1876, Des Moines County, Iowa, United States; citing reference 287, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,675,828.

NOTE - Obviously the marriage date of 8 Nov 1876 as submitted by Kirk D. Sykes on World Family Tree Vol. 051, Ed. 1, Tree #1106, (Genealogy.com, LLC, Release date: February 2000), CD-ROM is in conflict with the birth years (1874) of their first children as shown on the 1880 Census. Perhaps Belle was born out of wedlock, 3 years before their parents were married or perhaps her birth date is not correct.
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