Name: Lightfootv8-36

Updated: 10-22-2020 07:10:55.


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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. John A. Halferty: Birth: 1816 in , , Pennsylvania, United States. Death: Unknown

  2. Margaret Amanda Halferty: Birth: 21 Oct 1817 in , , Pennsylvania, United States. Death: 1851

  3. Arthur Brady Halferty: Birth: 3 Nov 1819 in , , Pennsylvania, United States. Death: 14 Nov 1857 in , Lee, Iowa, United States

  4. Mary Halferty: Birth: 1822 in , , Pennsylvania, United States. Death: 18 Nov 1903 in , Lee, Iowa, United States

  5. George Halferty: Birth: 1826 in , , Pennsylvania, United States. Death: 1856 in , Lee, Iowa, United States

  6. Hester Halferty: Birth: 2 May 1828 in , , Pennsylvania, United States. Death: 25 Jul 1916

  7. Elizabeth Halferty: Birth: 24 Mar 1832 in , York, Pennsylvania, United States. Death: 26 Jan 1892 in , Wheeler, Nebraska, United States

  8. Edward L. Halferty: Birth: 13 Jan 1833 in , , Iowa, United States. Death: 1850

  9. Caroline Halferty: Birth: 4 Apr 1834 in , , Iowa, United States. Death: 21 Mar 1838

  10. Sarah Ann Halferty: Birth: 16 Oct 1835 in , , Iowa, United States. Death: 12 Aug 1847 in Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa, United States

  11. Henry S. Halferty: Birth: 1837 in , , Pennsylvania, United States. Death: Aft 1 Jun 1850

  12. John Halferty: Birth: 12 Dec 1838 in , , Pennsylvania, United States. Death: 5 Apr 1873 in Keokuk, Lee, Iowa, United States

  13. Lucinda Halferty: Birth: 1 Oct 1841 in , , Iowa, United States. Death: 15 Nov 1850


Sources
1. Title:   E-mail correspondence with Brian Lightfoot. Privately held by Lightfoot, [(E-ADDRESS) & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Connie Soukup [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,] to Brian Lightfoot, e-mail<; privately held by Lightfoot, [(E-ADDRESS) & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Ceres, CA.
Page:   14 Mar 2016>, "Mary/Maria Lightfoot (1800-1873),"
Author:   Soukup, Connie
2. Title:   1840 U.S. census, <i>FamilySearch.org</i>, index and images
Page:   M704, roll 102, Township 68, Lee County, Iowa Territory, United States, p. 181, Arthur Halferty and Maria Lightfoot, accessed 19 Aug 2019.
Publication:   National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
3. Title:   1850 U.S. census, <i>FamilySearch</i>, index and images
Page:   M432, roll 186, 28th District, Lee County, Iowa, p. 317A, dwelling 514, family 514, Arthur Halferty and Maria Lightfoot, accessed 5 Mar 2019
Publication:   https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1401638: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
4. Title:   <i>Find A Grave</i>, database and images
Page:   accessed 15 Jul 2017<, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37093853
Publication:   https://www.findagrave.com/: n.d.
Link:   https://www.findagrave.com/
5. Title:   E-mail correspondence with Brian L. Lightfoot. Privately held by Lightfoot, [(E-ADDRESS) & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Keith A. Dull, Ashland, Ohio [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,] to Brian L. Lightfoot, e-mail<; privately held by Lightfoot, [(E-ADDRESS) & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Ceres, CA.
Page:   >
Author:   Dull, Keith A.
Text:   Extensive E-mail messages beginning in July 2001 regarding the entire line of Lightfoot families especially Perneleper Lightfoot and the Gantz family.
6. Title:   <i>Find A Grave</i>, database and images
Page:   accessed 15 Jul 2017<, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37093853
Publication:   https://www.findagrave.com/: n.d.
Link:   https://www.findagrave.com/
7. Title:   <i>Find A Grave</i>, database and images
Page:   accessed 15 Jul 2017<, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37093853
Publication:   https://www.findagrave.com/: n.d.
Link:   https://www.findagrave.com/
8. Title:   <i>Find A Grave</i>, database and images
Page:   accessed 15 Jul 2017<, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37093853
Publication:   https://www.findagrave.com/: n.d.
Link:   https://www.findagrave.com/

Notes
a. Note:   NI189 In an email from Connie Soukup dated 14 Mar 2016, she indicated that his correct surname was Halferty instead of Holferig. She further states the error is common and probably comes from the hard-to-read name on the marriage record from Ancestry.com/Pennsylvania Church and Town Records.
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b. Note:   NF133 (Source: from the Lightfoot-Arnsberger-Wymer Family Papers)
 A letter from Roger Steck of the Cumberland County Historical Society (no date but believed to be sometime in the 1960s) indicates two records of marriages to Mary Lightfoot. The first marriage was performed by Rev. H. R. Wilson on January 28, 1817 to Arthur Holferig/Halferty. The second was performed by Rev. John S. Ebaugh to James Brown of North Middleton Township. Mr. Steck adds the source for the second record as "American Volunteer", Carlisle, August 11, 1831
  This second marriage in 1831 shows her name as "Miss Mary Lightfoot" so it is probable that this second marriage was to a different Mary Lightfoot.
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  Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 273
  Source Information
 Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
  Original data: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
  Methodist Church Records. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: Eastern Pennsylvania United Methodist Church Commission on Archives and History.
  Notes
 Name: Arthur Halferty
 Event Type: Marriage
 Marriage Date: 28 Jan 1817
 Marriage Place: Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
 Denomination: Presbyterian
 Organization Name: Silver Spring Presbyterian Church
 Spouse: Mary Lightfoot
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  E-mail messages from Keith A. Dull:
 They moved to Iowa about 1840.
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  Ancestry.com and may other researchers continue to show the listing of 2 different daughters each named Mary. The first Mary was allegedly born in 1822 while the second Mary was allegedly born in 1833.There were some old-country cultural ideas, especially from German families, that used to be followed that when a child died at an early age, a subsequent birth could be given the same name as the deceased child to effectively function as a replacement in the family. But that doesn't seem to be the case here because the parents, Arthur and Mary, seem to have 2 daughters, each named Mary, living at the same time.
  For example, researchers show the Mary born in 1822 as being enumerated in the 1850 US Census as living at home with the parents. Her age of 28 thus makes her birth year about 1822. The younger Mary born in 1833 is shown as having been married in 1845 thus she does not appear with her parents in the 1850 US Census.
  The problem is that the 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1885, 1895, and 1900 censuses for the alleged younger Mary born in 1833 all give her age that point to a birth year of about 1822.
  In other words, there was no younger Mary born in 1833 and all the data that researchers attribute to that younger Mary born in 1833 actually apply to the other Mary that was born in 1822.
  The only problem is the first census that names Mary, the 1850 US Census. She was enumerated on 11 Sep 1850 as living at home with her parents under her maiden name and then another enumeration 15 days later as living with her husband of 5 years under her married name. Both censuses give her the same exact age of 28 which reference a birth year of about 1822. The reason for the double enumeration is very simple. She was probably visiting her parents when the enumerated came to her parents house and unknowingly allowed herself to be enumerated there. Then 15 days later the enumerator listed her and her family at home with her husband.
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