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- [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.
- [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.
The household consisted of: 86) Lidster, Homer E.; head; owns home; holds mortgage; male; white; age 27; married; can read; can write; born in Illinois; father born in Wisconsin; mother born in Illinois; speaks English; occupation=farmer; industry="general farm"; employment status="o a". 87) Lidster, Clara M.; wife; female; white; age 26; married; can read; can write; born in Oklahoma; father born in Missouri; mother born in Iowa; speaks English; occupation=none. 88) Lidster, Mary U.; daughter; female; white; age 1 year, 5 months; single; born in Indiana; father born in Illinois; mother born in Oklahoma; occupation=none. 89) Fistus, Vernon; boarder; male; white; age 15; single; attended school; can read; can write; born in Indiana; father born in Indiana; mother born in Indiana; speaks English; occupation=farmer; industry="workout"; employment status=w.
- [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.
The household consisted of: 37) Lidster, Homer E.; head; renter; rental value=$55; owns a radio; family does not live on farm; male; white; age 37; married; age 25 at marriage; did not attend school; can read and write; born in Illinois; father born in United States; mother born in United States; speaks English; occupation=office clerk; industry=general office; class of worker=W; at work on last regular work day; not a military veteran. 38) Lidster, Clara; wife; female; white; age 36; married; age 24 at marriage; did not attend school; can read and write; born in Oklahoma; father born in United States; mother born in United States; speaks English; occupation=none. 39) Lidster, Mary; daughter; female; white; age 11; single; did attend school; can read and write; born in Indiana; father born in Illinois; mother born in Oklahoma; speaks English; occupation=none. 40) Lidster, Ruth; daughter; female; white; age 8; single; did attend school; born in Indiana; father born in Illinois; mother born in Oklahoma; occupation=none. 41) Lidster, Barbara; daughter; female; white; age 1 year, 1 month; single; did not attend school; born in Illinois; father born in Illinois; mother born in Oklahoma; occupation=none.
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