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Family: Lidster, Homer E. / Fiegenbaum, Clara Marguerite (F2063)

• Father | Male Lidster, Homer E.

  
  

  Born	21 Nov 1892	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
  Died	20 May 1962	Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA
  Buried
  Married	4 Jun 1917  [1, 2, 3, 4]	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Father	Lidster, Ralph Eustis | F2064 Group Sheet
  Mother	Eaton, Virginia | F2064 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Fiegenbaum, Clara Marguerite

  
  

  Born	1 Jun 1893	Oklahoma Territory, USA
  Died	Jan 1973
  Buried
  Father	Fiegenbaum, George Adolph | F116 Group Sheet
  Mother	Bradrick, Anna Birdsall | F116 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Lidster, Mary U.

  
  

  Born	Abt Aug 1918	Indiana, USA
  Died
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Lidster, Ruth Helen

  
  

  Born	28 Oct 1921	Porter County, Indiana, USA
  Died	10 Jan 2011	Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, USA
  Buried		Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
  Spouse	Willits, John T. | F2372
  Married	15 Oct 1960	Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, USA

  
  

  Child 3 | Female Lidster, Barbara

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried

  
  

• Notes

  Married:      Mr. Homer E. Lidster, of Hebron, Porter County, Indiana, age 25, and Miss Clara M. Fiegenbaum, of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, age of 23, received a marriage license from Cook County, Illinois, on 29 May 1917.      R. A. White, D.D., a clergyman, of 6800 Perry Avenue, certified that he had married Mr. Homer E. Lidster and Miss Clara M. Fiegenbaum at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, on 4 June 1917      Clara's surname was originally spelled "Feigenbaum" in the license portion of the document, but a correction was added above the name, thus: (ie). In the certificate of marriage portion of the document, Clara's name was spelled correctly: Fiegenbaum. Census (family):      According to the 1920 enumeration, the household consisted of Homer E. Lidster, head of household, age 27, born in Illinois, married, a farmer; Clara M. Lidster, wife, age 26, born in Oklahoma, married; Mary U. Lidster, daughter, age 1 year, 5 months, born in Indiana; and Vernon Fistus, a boarder, age 15, born in Indiana, engaged in farming.      According to the 1930 enumeration, the household at 3643 Clinton Avenue consisted of Homer E. Lidster, head of household, age 37, working as a clerk; Clara Lidster, his wife, age 36; Mary Lidster, daughter, age 11, attending school; Ruth Lidster, daughter, age 8, attending school; and Barbara Lidster, daughter, age 1 year, 1 month.

  
  

• Sources

  [S113] Web site. Our Folk; Lidster Family Genealogy. Web site created and maintained by Albert Douglass Hart, Jr. (http://www.renderplus.com/hartgen/htm/lidster.htm). Accessed July 2008. A transcription of an obituary for Mrs. Clara Lidster from an unidentified and undated newspaper.      "She married Homer E. Lidster in Chicago June 4, 1917...." [S226] FamilySearch.org, [beta version]. ( http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/ ). Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920. Accessed on 14 August 2010. Database compiled from Family History Library (Salt Lake City, Utah) microfilm number 1030650; digital film number 4272625; image 834; Reference number: 766992. Original data from Illinois Department of Public Health. Division of Vital Records. "Marriage Records, 1871 - present." Springfield, Illinois.      Mr. Homer E. Lidster, of Hebron, Porter County, Indiana, age 25, and Miss Clara M. Fiegenbaum, of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, age of 23, received a marriage license from Cook County, Illinois, on 29 May 1917.      R. A. White, D.D., a clergyman, of 6800 Perry Avenue, certified that he had married Mr. Homer E. Lidster and Miss Clara M. Fiegenbaum at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, on 4 June 1917      Clara's surname was originally spelled "Feigenbaum" in the license portion of the document, but a correction was added above the name, thus: (ie). In the certificate of marriage certification portion of the document Clara's name was spelled correctly: Fiegenbaum. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1920. NARA microfilm T625, roll 460, page 1B. 1920 U.S. census, population schedule; Indiana, Porter County, Porter Township (Precinct 1), Supervisor’s District 86, Enumeration District 135, census sheet 1B, enumerated on 5-6 January 1920; Homer E. Lidster household, dwelling 16 (farm), family 17, lines 86-89. Access through Ancestry.com in August 2010.      In the household was: 86) Lidster, Homer E.; head; age 27; married; and, 87) Lidster, Clara M.; wife; age 26; married.      For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1920 U.S. census for these individuals. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930. NARA microfilm T626, roll 413, page 15A. 1930 U.S. census, population schedule; Illinois, Cook County, Berwyn, Ward 1, Supervisor’s District 6, Enumeration District 16-1981, census sheet 15A, enumerated on 9 April 1930; Homer E. Lidster household, 3643 Clinton Avenue, dwelling 222, family 229, lines 37-41. Access through Ancestry.com in August 2010.      In the household was: 37) Lidster, Homer E.; head; age 37; married; age 25 at marriage; and, 38) Lidster, Clara; wife; age 36; married; age 24 at marriage.      By calculation from the information provided, the marriage would have taken place about 1917-1918.      For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1930 U.S. census for these individuals.

  
  

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