Ernest Spencer Lightfoot ^{1 2 3 4}

  General Notes:

from Marjorie Tracy:
There is a strange coincidence in the names of Inger Eliza Lightfoot's son "Earnest Lightfoot Spencer", and the son of her brother, Edward Levi Lightfoot, whose 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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  Death Notes:

The obituary of his mother in 1939 mentions her surviving son, Ernest. Therefore, his death date was after 1939.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1895 Iowa State Census in Burlington, IA on January 1895. ³

1895 Iowa State Census
Page 648 and 649, Line 28, Family 144
Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, United States
Ernest Lightfoot..2..Des Moines County

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 11 Jan 1891, then his age should have been 3 instead of 2.
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Minneapolis, MN on 22 April 1910. ⁴

1910 US Census
Sheet 11A, District 119, Family 257, Roll 703
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
2543 13th Avenue South; House rented
Ernest S. Lightfoot..Son..17..IA..Electrician

(Living with parents and two siblings.)
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Ernest married Alice Josephine Berg on an unknown date. (Alice Josephine Berg was born about 1898 and died on an unknown date.)

Ernest next married Alice Youngquist on an unknown date. (Alice Youngquist was born about 1895 and died on an unknown date.)