Anna Ferne Lightfoot ^{2 3 4 5 6 7}

  General Notes:

Although Anna was her given name at birth, she used the name of Fern or Ferne during her adult life.
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  Birth Notes:

Name: Anna Ferne Lightfoot
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 30 Dec 1905
Birthplace: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Race: White
Father's Name: Lee L. Lightfoot
Father's Birthplace: Springdale, Iowa
Mother's Name: Mary McLaughlin
Mother's Birthplace: Emery, Texas

Citing this Record
"Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRJ8-H28 : 11 February 2018), Lee L. Lightfoot in entry for Anna Ferne Lightfoot, 30 Dec 1905; citing Eau Claire, Wisconsin, reference v4, p265, n177; FHL microfilm 1,302,869.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Eau Claire, WI on 19 April 1910. ⁴

1910 US Census
Sheet 10A, District 55, Family 221
Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
725 Niagara Street; house rented
Fern Lightfoot..Daughter..4..WI

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Eau Claire, WI on 10 January 1920. ⁵

1920 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 127, Family 48
Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
717 7th Avenue; owned no mortgage
Ferne A. Lightfoot..Daughter..14..WI

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Eau Claire, WI on April 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 31B, District 0010, Household 813, Roll 2571
Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Fern Moldenhauer..Wife..24..WI

(Living with husband and son.)
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• She was buried in October 1983 in the Davenport Memorial Park in Davenport, IA.

Ervin and Ferne share one large bronze flat marker as their gravestone. The inscription has the name Moldenhauer in large block letters along the bottom edge with their individual names plus their birth and death years in each upper corner.

Find A Grave Memorial 97820302
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Anna married Ervin Raymond Moldenhauer, son of Herman Charles Moldenhauer and Emma Roecker, on 5 June 1927 in Eau Claire, WI.^{2 3} (Ervin Raymond Moldenhauer was born on 19 August 1902 in Barton, WI,^{2 9 10 11} died in February 1986 in , Washington County, WI ¹¹ and was buried in February 1986 in Davenport Memorial Park, Davenport, IA ¹².)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Eau Claire, WI on April 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 31B, District 0010, Household 813, Roll 2571
Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Irving Moldenhauer..Head..28..WI
Fern Moldenhauer..Wife..24..WI
Robert E. Moldenhauer..Son..0..WI
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  Marriage Notes:

The 1926 Eau Claire City Directory has a listing for Ervin as "driver, Bruley Elevator Company" and his residence was at 1031 Barland.

After being married in 1927, Ervin's name is listed in the 1929 Eau Claire City Directory as "Erwin R." and his occupation as "shipping clerk, Robert A. Johnston Company" and his residence was 938 Chauncey Avenue. Ferne is also listed in the 1929 Directory as "stenographer, Wisconsin. Inspection Bureau".

In 1931 and again in 1933, they are both listed together in the Eau Claire City Directory (once again as "Erwin R." and his occupation as "salesman". Their residence was at 1008 Chauncey. In the 1935 edition, he is listed again as "Erwin R." with the notation "moved to Winona, Minnesota."

After their move to Winona, Minnesota in 1934, they remained there only for a short while relocating once again to Springfield, Illinois where their son died and was buried in 1938.

They eventually relocated one more time to Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. Their son's body was removed from Springfield and re-buried in Davenport. They both lived out the rest of their lives in Davenport and both are buried there.
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