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Edward Levi Lightfoot
(1849-1917)
Minnie Belle Burchett
(1859-1939)
Henry Blanke
(Abt 1857-)
Margaret Roxlau
(Abt 1862-)
Frank Edward Lightfoot
(1882-1953)
Clara Elizabeth Blanke
(1885-1958)
Ernest Edward Lightfoot
(1908-1979)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Margaret Nelson

Ernest Edward Lightfoot 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 8 November 1908, Minnesota 1 3 4 5
  • Marriage (1): Margaret Nelson before 1940 1
  • Died: 6 February 1979, , Santa Clara County, CA at age 70 5
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Saint Ferdinand Township, Saint Louis County, MO on 25 April 1910. 3

1910 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 130, Dwelling 90, Household 97, Roll 809
Saint Ferdinand Township, Saint Louis County, Missouri
Jennings Station Road; Farm Rented
Ernest E. Lightfoot..Nephew..1..MN
(Living with mother at the home of his grand-uncle.)
.

• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Minneapolis, MN on January 1920. 4


Sheet 29B, Household 39, District 226
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Son..Ernest Lightfoot..11..MN
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Minneapolis, MN on 17 April 1940. 1


Sheet 15B, Family 330, Roll 1977, District 89-68
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
770 Dupont Avenue North; rented $23
Head..Ernest Lightfoot..31..MN..11th grade..Machinist Apprentice at Foundry..earned $1300 in 1939
(Living with wife and stepdaughter.)
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Ernest married Margaret Nelson before 1940.1 (Margaret Nelson was born in 1904 in Minnesota 1 and died after 1 April 1940.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Minneapolis, MN on 17 April 1940. 1


Sheet 15B, Family 330, Roll 1977, District 89-68
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
770 Dupont Avenue North; rented $23
Head..Ernest Lightfoot..31..MN..11th grade..Machinist Apprentice at Foundry..earned $1300 in 1939
Wife..Margaret Lightfoot..36..MN..12th grade..Hotel Chambermaid
Stepdaughter..Laura Ohlsen..13..MN
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Sources


1 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, enumeration district (ED) 89-68, sheet 15B, household 330, Ernest Edward Lightfoot and Margaret Nelson; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 15 Oct 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 1977.

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

3 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Saint Ferdinand Township, Saint Louis County, Missouri, enumeration district (ED) 130, sheet 7B, dwelling 90, family 97, Clara Elizabeth Blanke; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 15 Oct 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 809.

4 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, enumeration district (ED) 226, sheet 29B, family 39, Frank Edward Lightfoot and Clara Elizabeth Blanke; index and images (accessed 15 Oct 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625.

5 "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015582 : accessed 15 Oct 2013).


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