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1. Title:   "Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> 
Page:   accessed 16 Sep 2014), Name: Margaret Elizabeth Drugan; Birth Date: 12 Jun 1916; Birthplace: Winona Co., Minn.
Publication:   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1680827)
2. Title:   Birth Certificates
Page:   Record of Birth 39155 (1916), Margaret Elizabeth Drugan
3. Title:   1920 U.S. census, index and images
Page:   T625, roll 865, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, enumeration district (ED) 207, p. 4B, dwelling 76, family 80, David Glenn Drugan and Leone Louise Hanson, accessed 11 Jun 2010
Publication:   https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1488411852067: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
4. Title:   1930 U.S. census, index and images
Page:   T626, roll 1135, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, enumeration district (ED) 29, sheet 15A, dwelling 326, family 355, David Glenn Drugan and Leone Louise Hanson, accessed 16 Sep 2014
Publication:   https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1810731: National Archives and Records Administration, Updated 12 Jul 2013
5. Title:   1940 U.S. census, index and images
Page:   T627, roll 1018, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) 103-3088, sheet 9B, household 402, Margaret Elizabeth Drugan, accessed 11 May 2013
Publication:   https://familysearch.org/1940census: National Archives and Records Administration, Updated 16 May 2013
6. Title:   "United States Social Security Death Index," database
Page:   entry for Name: Margaret Mitchell, Event Date: September 1975, SS no. 471-10-6783, accessed 16 Sep 2014
Author:   U.S. Social Security Administration
Publication:   <i>FamilySearch.org</i> (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1202535)
7. Title:   "Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> 
Page:   accessed 16 Sep 2014), Name: Margaret Elizabeth Drugan; Birth Date: 12 Jun 1916; Birthplace: Winona Co., Minn.
Publication:   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1680827)
8. Title:   1920 U.S. census, index and images
Page:   T625, roll 865, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, enumeration district (ED) 207, p. 4B, dwelling 76, family 80, David Glenn Drugan and Leone Louise Hanson, accessed 11 Jun 2010
Publication:   https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1488411852067: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
9. Title:   1930 U.S. census, index and images
Page:   T626, roll 1135, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, enumeration district (ED) 29, sheet 15A, dwelling 326, family 355, David Glenn Drugan and Leone Louise Hanson, accessed 16 Sep 2014
Publication:   https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1810731: National Archives and Records Administration, Updated 12 Jul 2013
10. Title:   1940 U.S. census, index and images
Page:   T627, roll 1018, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) 103-3088, sheet 9B, household 402, Margaret Elizabeth Drugan, accessed 11 May 2013
Publication:   https://familysearch.org/1940census: National Archives and Records Administration, Updated 16 May 2013
11. Title:   "United States Social Security Death Index," database
Page:   entry for Name: Margaret Mitchell, Event Date: September 1975, SS no. 471-10-6783, accessed 16 Sep 2014
Author:   U.S. Social Security Administration
Publication:   <i>FamilySearch.org</i> (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1202535)
12. Title:   Death Certificates.
Page:   death certificate (1974), Margaret Elizabeth Mitchell.
13. Title:   "United States Social Security Death Index," database
Page:   entry for Name: Margaret Mitchell, Event Date: September 1975, SS no. 471-10-6783, accessed 16 Sep 2014
Author:   U.S. Social Security Administration
Publication:   <i>FamilySearch.org</i> (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1202535)
14. Title:   Personal knowledge of Brian L. Lightfoot, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE]\.
15. Title:   1940 U.S. census, index and images
Page:   T627, roll 1018, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) 103-3088, p. 9B, household 402
Publication:   https://familysearch.org/1940census: National Archives and Records Administration, Updated 16 May 2013

Notes
a. Note:   NI21 This story was told to me in June of 2001 by Margaret's brother, David Drugan when I visited him in Winona, Minnesota. It was well known that Margaret never learned to drive a car through her entire life but there was one time in the 1930's when she was around 19 years old and all the kids were all just hanging around the front porch on one summer evening. One of Margaret's boyfriends by the name of Bucky Bones came by to show off his car. Somehow Margaret convinced him to let her drive his car for a short test drive around the neighborhood and they both took off saying that they'd be right back. None of her brother or sisters believed that she'd ever be able to drive but a few minutes later they all couldn't believe it when the car came flying down the residential street at a very high rate of speed with Margaret behind the wheel.
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  Margaret Drugan grew up in Winona, Minnesota and had a boyfriend with the name of Bucky Bones. Around 1939 she met Franklin Lightfoot. The rumor is that Franklin was still married at the time but Margaret moved to Chicago with him while his divorce became final. Margaret apparently met the first wife and when the divorce became official, the first wife literally danced in the street.
  There is no definitive evidence but it is believed that Margaret and Franklin were married in Chicago in late 1939 or early 1940. Around 1958 or 1959, they separated and Margaret moved to Springfield along with Brian. Franklin, Jr. was attending Winona State College in Winona, Minnesota and Lee was in California working with his uncle, Robert Westphal.
  At first, Margaret and Brian lived with her sister, Ruth Drugan Gilpin, for several months in a mobile home on their property. When Margaret was financially enough capable, she rented a 3rd floor apartment at 427 West Jefferson Street in Springfield, Illinois owned by "Mr. Rockwell". Margaret worked in the hosiery department of Myers Brothers department store in downtown Springfield.
  Around 1960, Margaret had applied for and received a job with the State of Illinois, Department of Unemployment Compensation in Rockford, Illinois. Margaret, Brian and Lee who had returned from California, moved to Rockford with Lee driving a 1957 Plymouth. At first they lived in a second floor "studio" apartment, 105 Forest Avenue, along West State Street near the Martin Oil gas station. By this time, Lee was drafted into the Army. Margaret met William E. Mitchell who also worked at the State Unemployment Office and they married August 13, 1962.
  Margaret and Bill met in the Unemployment Compensation office in Rockford where they both worked. Both were very poor and Brian was still living with his mother, Margaret, and attending school in Rockford, They eventually married, probably to pool their resources and save on rent expenses. Their first home was on West State Street in Rockford about the "Honey Boy Pizza Bakery" believed to be about the 1500 block. That entire area was torn down in the 1990s. They later moved farther out on West State Street to about the 2100 block in the second floor of a larger house. Later, Margaret quit her work probably due to the oncoming illness of amyloidosis. Bill was promoted to Deputy Claims Examiner of the Freeport Unemployment office and he commuted the 30 miles every day. They later moved to a second floor apartment at 1331 Evelyn Street just off Auburn Street in Rockford. By that time, Brian was out of school and married a few years later. Bill was given a promotion to the Office Manager of the Quincy Illinois Unemployment Office and they moved there and bought a house.
  Margaret was continuing with her illness and eventually diagnosed at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester as amyloidosis. She took some experimental medicine for a number of years with the side effect that she swelled up and looked all bloated. It also gave her breath an extreme garlic smell. After Margaret died in 1971, Bill continued to work at the Quincy office until his retirement. His eyesight declined over the years and he was nearly blind when he died. He loved to drink beer and watch the Saint Louis Cardinals baseball team.
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b. Note:   BI21 Name: Margaret Elizabeth Drugan
 Gender: Female
 Birth Date: 12 Jun 1916
 Birthplace: Winona Co., Minn.
 Name Note: second child of mother
 Race: White
 Father's Name: David G. Drugan
 Father's Birthplace: Fr...
 Father's Age: 27y
 Mother's Name: Lona L. Hanson
 Mother's Birthplace: Fr...
 Mother's Age: 22y
  Citing this Record:
 "Minnesota, Births and Christenings, 1840-1980," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FDQT-D96 : accessed 16 Sep 2014), Margaret Elizabeth Drugan, 12 Jun 1916; citing Winona Co., Minn., reference 1900-1920; FHL microfilm 1377832.
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c. Note:   DI21 Given Name: Margaret
 Surname: Mitchell
 Birth Date: 12 June 1916
 Social Security Number: 471-10-6783
 State: Minnesota
 Last Place of Residence: Adams, Illinois
 Previous Residence Postal Code: 62301
 Event Date: September 1975
 Age: 59
  Citing this Record:
 "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JYTJ-DJ4 : accessed 16 Sep 2014), Margaret&nbsp; Mitchell, Sep 1975; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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d. Note:   NF2 There is no definitive marriage document yet found but it is believed that Margaret and Franklin were married in Chicago in late 1939 or early 1940. Around 1958 or 1959, they separated and Margaret moved to Springfield along with her one of her sons, Brian. Franklyn, Jr. was attending Winona State College in Winona, Minnesota and Lee was in California working with his uncle, Robert Westphal.
  As a youngster, I can remember Mom mentioning several times that theirs was a "common law" marriage. Whether or not common law marriages were legal at the time is somewhat moot at this point. In nearly all states, common law marriages are no longer valid. After several months of searching for records in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, I am unable to come up with any documents showing that they were ever legally married. I believe that Frank and Margaret starting living together in Chicago while he was still technically married to his previous wife. After a few weeks or months, when this divorce happened, is when we hear about Margaret saying that the previous wife literally danced in the street. I suspect that Frank just put off the concept of getting married again or was too busy doing whatever he was doing, or just didn't want to get tied up in any more official ceremonies. I also think there is a chance that he may have had some police warrants out for him at the time and therefore he wasn't about to apply for any official license where his name could come up on a police blotter.
  There still is a chance that they did officially get married but I have not yet asked the appropriate source for that record. The state of Illinois seems to be the worst for tracking marriage records in that there is no central statewide database. The counties in and around Chicago seemed to be able to keep their own records without any statewide notification. So unless I ask each and every county in Illinois, I may never know for sure. To the best of all of the relatives knowledge, they all assume that they were married in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. In typical Cook County tradition, after a payment of fees for obtaining a copy of a marriage record between Drugan and Lightfoot, I was given a response six weeks later that no such record exists and a thank you for the payment of the fees which was non-refundable.
  In somewhat of a support of the notion that they were never officially married is the 1940 census conducted in April in Cook County which shows Margaret Drugan living in an apartment at 941 Agatite Street. She was 23 years old and working as a waitress. Her marital status was marked as single. She would have been about 4 months pregnant at the time with Franklin Jr.
  A copy of the divorce decree between Margaret and Frank was filed by Frank in 1962 in Volusia County, Florida which shows that he provided a marriage date of 10 December 1940 in Saint Louis, Missouri. On the copy provided to Margaret, she scratched off that date and wrote in 10 September 1939 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois but Cook County claims that they have no record of such a marriage.
  (Brian L. Lightfoot)
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  Robert Westphal Jr. adds a story that his mom went (from Winona) and lived with Frank and Margaret on Hoyne Avenue in Chicago sometime in late 1942. Mom said they lived in an upstairs apartment (above a billiards hall) and she slept on the Davenport (not to be confused with the city in Iowa), and worked at Montgomery Wards, downtown Chicago, in the accounting office. She said that Frank would disappear for days on end, and Margaret would throw all of his clothes out onto the fire escape (madder than hell!) Shortly thereafter, she got a civil service job (ration board) at the Hercules Powder Works (Ammo Plant) in Baraboo, Wisconsin, met Robert Westphal, Sr., and the rest is history.
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e. Note:   NF22 Following her divorce from Franklin Lightfoot, Margaret and her son, Brian, first lived with her sister, Ruth Drugan Gilpin, for several months in a mobile home on their property in Springfield, Illinois. When Margaret was financially enough capable, she rented a 3rd floor apartment at 427 West Jefferson Street in Springfield owned by "Mr. Rockwell". Margaret worked in the hosiery department of Myers Brothers department store in downtown Springfield.
  Around 1960, Margaret had applied for and received a job with the State of Illinois, Department of Unemployment Compensation in Rockford, Illinois. Margaret, Brian and Lee who had returned from working in California, moved to Rockford with Lee driving a 1957 Plymouth and a U-Haul trailer. At first they lived in a second floor "studio" apartment, 105 Forest Avenue, at the corner of West State Street near the Martin Oil gas station. By this time, Lee was drafted into the Army and Margaret eventually met and married William E. Mitchell who also worked at the State Unemployment Office.
  Margaret and William met in the Unemployment Compensation office in Rockford where they both worked. Both were very poor and Brian was still living with his mother, Margaret, and attending school in Rockford. They were married at the county court house on August 13, 1962 probably to pool their resources and save on rent expenses. Their wedding announcement was a blank piece of paper upon which Margaret used a typewriter to enter their names and dates on the fold-out note. She saved a copy in an envelope upon which she wrote "Bill and my wedding announcement 1962 (Well, we were poor)."
  Their first home was a rented apartment in Rockford above the "Honey Boy Pizza Bakery" at 1532 West State Street. That entire area was torn down in the 1990s for community redevelopment. They later moved farther out to 2115 West State Street in the second floor of a larger house.
  After a few more years, they moved into a new two story apartment building at 718 North Court Street in Rockford in which they were the building managers. Margaret had quit her work with the Unemployment Compensation office probably due to the oncoming illness of amyloidosis and her duties at the apartment building were mostly clerical, collection of rent, and assistance in the rental of vacant units. Bill was promoted to Deputy Claims Examiner of the Freeport Unemployment office and he commuted the 30 miles every day. They later moved to a second floor apartment at 1331 Evelyn Street just off Auburn Street in Rockford. By that time, Brian was out of school and was married a few years later leaving just Bill and Margaret by themselves.
  Bill was given a promotion to the Office Manager of the Quincy, Illinois Unemployment Office and they moved there and bought a house at 1507 Jackson Street in Quincy. It was the first time in the lives of either one that they owned their house and Margaret was so happy about that as well as the fact that she no longer had to live on the 2nd or 3rd floor. Margaret was continuing with her illness and eventually diagnosed at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She took some experimental medicine from Mayo's for a number of years with the side effect that she swelled up and looked all bloated. It also gave her breath an extreme garlic smell.
  After Margaret died in 1975, Bill continued to work at the Quincy office until his retirement. His eyesight declined over the years and was nearly blind when he died in 1994. His favorite pastime was to drink beer and watch the Saint Louis Cardinals baseball team.
  Both are buried next to each other in Greenmont Cemetery in Quincy, Illinois.
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