Laura Eliza Lightfoot ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in North Salem Precinct, Marion County, OR on 24 June 1870. ³

1870 US Census
Page 75, Dwelling 641, Family 589
North Salem Precinct, Marion County, Oregon
Laura Lightfoot..9..OR
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Upper Butter Creek Township, Umatilla County, OR on 8 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 88C, District 114, Family 61, Roll 1084
Upper Butter Creek Township, Umatilla County, Oregon
Laura E. Lightfoot..Dau..19..OR..Housekeeper
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Vinson, OR on 29 June 1900. ¹

1900 US Census
Page 28A, District 106, Dwelling 202, Family 202
Vinson, Umatilla County, Oregon
own farm, no mortgage
married 20 years
Laura E. Nelson..Wife..Jun 1861..39..OR..6/4
(Living with husband, 4 children, brother, and mother-in-law.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Vinson, OR on 9 May 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 260, Family 179, Roll 1289
Vinson Precinct, Umatilla County, Oregon
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 29 years
Laura C. Nelson..Wife..49..OR..7/4
(Living with husband and 2 daughters.)
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Precinct 61, Umatilla County, OR on 15 April 1930. ⁵

1930 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 91, Dwelling 8, Family 8, Roll 1956
Precinct 61, Umatilla County, Oregon
Laura E. Nelson..Mother..65..OR
(Living with husband at the home of her married son, Charles, and his family.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 5 Jan 1861, then her age should have been 69 instead of 65.
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• She was buried after 29 August 1938 in the Olney Cemetery in Pendleton, OR.

Plot: block 20, lot 41, grave 6
Find A Grave Memorial #47301986
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Laura married James Ebner Nelson, son of Ebnar B. Nelson and Catherine, in 1881 in Walla Walla, WA.^{1 2} (James Ebner Nelson was born on 26 May 1860 in Yreka, CA,^{1 2 7} died on 8 August 1941 in Butter Creek, OR ⁷ and was buried after 8 August 1941 in Pendleton, OR ⁷.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Vinson, OR on 29 June 1900. ¹

1900 US Census
Page 28A, District 106, Dwelling 202, Family 202
Vinson, Umatilla County, Oregon
own farm, no mortgage
married 20 years;
James Nelson..Head..May 1860..40..CA..Stock Raiser
Laura E. Nelson..Wife..Jun 1861..39..OR..6/4
Samuel Nelson..Son..Oct 1885..14..OR
Charles Nelson..Son..Jan 1889..11..OR
Catherine Nelson..Dau..Feb 1894..6..OR
Mary Nelson...Dau..Jan 1900..4M..OR
Catherine Nelson..Moth..Mar 1830..70..IRE..Widowed
Charles S. Lightfoot..Brdr..Mar 1878..22..OR..Farm Laborer
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Vinson, OR on 9 May 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 260, Family 179, Roll 1289
Vinson Precinct, Umatilla County, Oregon
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 29 years
James Nelson...49..CA..Stock Farmer
Laura C. Nelson..Wife..49..OR..7/4
Kattie Nelson..Daughter..16..OR
Mary M. Nelson..Daughter..10..OR
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