Emma Eliza Lightfoot ^{2 3 4 5 6}

   Another name for Emma was Inger Eliza Lightfoot.^{1 7 8 9 10}

  General Notes:

If her given name was ever Inger, then she must have quickly adopted her preferential name of Emma and used that for the majority of her lift.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Ottawa, IL on 14 August 1850. ¹¹

1850 US Census
Page 193B, Family 230, Roll 115
Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois
Eliza Lightfoot..6..IL

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 25 Mar 1843, then her age should have been 7 instead of 6.
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Ottawa, IL on 21 July 1860. ¹²

1860 US Census
Page 508, Family 4518, Roll 196
Ottawa, La Salle County, Illinois
Eliza Lightfoot..17..IL..Teacher Com. School

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Elmira, NY on 11 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 464B, District 80, Family 437, Roll 817
Elmira, Chemung County, New York
1212 Hall(?) Street
Emma E. Spencer..Wife..37..IL..Keeping House

(Living with husband, 2 sons, and mother-in-law.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Elmira, NY on 14 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 24, Family 242
Elmira, Chemung County, New York, United States
Home owned, with mortgage
Married 37 years
Emma E. Spencer..Wife..Mar 1843..57..Illinois..2/2..Employer Knitting Mill

(Living with husband.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Elmira, NY on 15 April 1910. ⁴

1910 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 25, Family 2, Roll 931
Elmira, Chemung County, New York, United States
459 Roe Avenue; Home owned, no mortgage
Married 48 years
Emma E. Spencer..Wife..66..Illinois..2/1

(Living with husband.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 25 Mar 1843, then her age should have been 67 instead of 66.
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• 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

(Emma was living with her younger sister.)
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• She was buried after 16 May 1928 in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira, NY.

Find A Grave Memorial #167911543
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Emma married Burdette Spencer, son of Orlando Spencer and Lois Gray, on 10 April 1862 in Ottawa, IL.^{1 2 3 4} (Burdette Spencer was born on 12 September 1828 in Mohawk, NY,^{1 2 3 4 7 13} died on 21 November 1916 in Elmira, NY ^{1 7 13} and was buried after 21 November 1916 in Elmira, NY ^{7 13}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They have conflicting marriage information of 10 April 1862 and Elmira, NY. ⁷

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Elmira, NY on 11 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 464B, District 80, Dwelling 383, Family 437, Roll 817
Elmira, Chemung County, New York
1212 Hall(?) Street
Burdette Spencer..Head..51..NY..Reformatory Guard
Emma E. Spencer..Wife..37..IL..Keeping House
Burr Spencer..Son..12..NY..At School
Earnest Spencer..Son..6..IN
Lois Spencer..Mother..83..MA..Widowed
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Elmira, NY on 14 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 24, Family 242
Elmira, Chemung County, New York, United States
Home owned, with mortgage
Married 37 years
Burdette Spencer..Head..Sep 1828..72..New York..Keeper (Ref.)
Emma E. Spencer..Wife..Mar 1843..57..Illinois..2/2..Employer Knitting Mill
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Elmira, NY on 15 April 1910. ⁴

1910 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 25, Family 2, Roll 931
Elmira, Chemung County, New York, United States
459 Roe Avenue; Home owned, no mortgage
Married 48 years
Burdett Spencer..Head..81..New York..Turnkey N. Y. S. Reformatory
Emma E. Spencer..Wife..66..Illinois..2/1

NOTE - Married son Earnest and his family lived next door.
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  Marriage Notes:

E-mail from Marjorie R. Tracy:
Inger Eliza (Emma Lide) Lightfoot met Burdette Spencer when he was a soldier. He had gone to Illinois and had enlisted in 1861. They were married in Elmira, Chemung, New York on 10 Apr 1862 which is where they ultimately settled. After the Civil War, Burdette brought Emma to Elmira for about 4 years, where their first son, Burr Leland, was born in 1867. They moved to Logansport, Cass County, Indiana, which is where my husband's grandfather Earnest Lightfoot Spencer was born in 1874. After Burdette died in 1916, "Emma" moved to Lily Dale, New York to the Spiritualist colony there and lived out her life.

Burdette and Emma had two sons, one of whom, Burr Leland, died in a fall from a bridge construction site. Their other son, Earnest Lightfoot Spencer, was my husband's grandfather.

There is a strange coincidence in the names of her son, "Earnest Lightfoot Spencer", and a son of her brother, Edward Levi Lightfoot, whose son 's name was "Ernest Spencer Lightfoot". Now, according to the book "The Sloopers", Edward Levi Lightfoot married Minnie Belle Burget in 1877, and his son, Ernest Spencer Lightfoot, would have been born well down the line, as he was the 8th of 12 children. So, there is a good possibility that Edward either named his son directly after Earnest Spencer, or the Ernest might be from someone who both Emma and Edward appreciated and named their sons for; plus possibly giving his son the last name his sister now had.
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Name:Burdett Spencer
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 10 Apr 1862
Event Place: LaSalle, Illinois, United States
Sex: Male
Spouse's Name: Emma E Lightfoot
Spouse's Sex: Female

Citing this Record
"Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q288-DT4Y : 22 July 2021), Burdett Spencer and Emma E Lightfoot, 10 Apr 1862; citing LaSalle, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,710,810.
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