Individual Details
Vera Elma LIGHTER
(15 Jul 1911 - 16 Sep 1997)
Events
| Birth | 15 Jul 1911 | Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States |  | ||
| Residence | Jul 1915 | as a 3 year old female who was listed as Vera E Lighter - Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 7 Jan 1920 | an 8 year old daughter of head of household bornKS and was listed as Vera Lighter - Rolla Township, Phelps, Missouri, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1930 | ||||
| Marriage | 20 Mar 1930 | Phelps, Missouri, United States - John Patterson "John D" BROWN | | ||
| Birth-shared | Abt 1931 | () Missouri, United States | | ||
| Birth-shared | Abt 1933 | () Missouri, United States | | ||
| Birth-shared | 12 Mar 1936 | (Carol L. BROWN) Wisconsin, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1937 | Beloit, Wisconsin, United States | | ||
| Residence | 11 Apr 1940 | a 28 year old female born in Kansas and was listed as Vera E. Brown - Roscoe Township, Winnebago, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Residence | 13 Dec 1945 | Roscoe, Winnebago, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1 May 1969 | Roscoe, Winnebago, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1975 | Roscoe, Winnebago, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1980 | Roscoe, Winnebago, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Residence | May 1994 | Masonic Home, Sullivan, Illinois | | ||
| Death | 16 Sep 1997 | Livingston, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Burial | Sunset Memorial Gardens, Machesney Park, Winnebago, Illinois, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | John Patterson "John D" BROWN (1905 - 1960) |
| Child | Carol L. BROWN (1936 - 1995) |
| Father | Alvin Hamilton LIGHTER (1864 - 1942) |
| Mother | Lida A CRAWFORD (1871 - 1945) |
| Sibling | Ethel Anita LIGHTER (1898 - 1980) |
| Sibling | Oren Wesley LIGHTER (1900 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Kenneth Arden LIGHTER (1901 - 1957) |
| Sibling | _____ LIGHTER (1903 - 1903) |
| Sibling | Anne Marie LIGHTER (1904 - 1994) |
| Sibling | Dorothy Alice LIGHTER (1906 - 1975) |
| Sibling | Chester Ellis LIGHTER (1908 - 1969) |
Endnotes
1. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online April 2017), memorial for Vera Elma Brown (1911-1997), Find a Grave Memorial no. #152955486, created by Sharon, citing Sunset Memorial Gardens, Machesny Park, Winnebago County, Illinois; accompanying photograph by Sharon, Vera Elma Brown.
2. 1915 Kansas State Census, Ford County, Kansas, population schedule, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, page 2, line 5, Lighter, A. H.; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online April 2017); Kansas State Historical Society.
3. 1920 U.S. Census, Phelps County, Missouri, population scheudle, Rolla Township, Phelps County, Missouri, ED 74, Sheet 3A, household 51, Alvin H. Lighter; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online March 2017); NARA microfilm publication T625.
4. Dodge City Daily Globe, , Obituary of Mrs. Walter W. Beggs; Nov. 10, 1980, pg2, col. 1.
5. Missouri, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, Vera Elma LIghter - John Patteson Brown, 20 Mar 1930; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online April 2017).
6. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7836/). Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 : accessed .
7. 1940 U.S. Census, Winnebago County, Illinois, population schedule, , ; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed ); NARA T627.
8. "Dayton," obituary, Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois), 1 June 1995, page 232; Newspapers.com (http://www.newspaprs.com : viewed online February 2018).
9. 1940 U.S. Census, Winnebago County, Illinois, population schedule, , ; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed ); NARA T627.
10. "Dayton," obituary, Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois), 1 June 1995, page 232; Newspapers.com (http://www.newspaprs.com : viewed online February 2018).
11. 1940 U.S. Census, Winnebago County, Illinois, population schedule, , ; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed ); NARA T627.
12. "Dayton," obituary, Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois), 1 June 1995, page 232; Newspapers.com (http://www.newspaprs.com : viewed online February 2018).
13. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed onine March 2018), memorial for Carol Lee Brown Dayton (1936-1995), Find a Grave Memorial no. #55298832, created by Phyllis Wallington, citing Marengo City Cemetery, Marengo, McHenry County, Illinois; accompanying photograph by Phyllis Wallington, Carol Lee Brown Dayton.
14. Social Security Administration, "Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," database on-line, Ancestry, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60901/ : viewed online March 2018), Carol Lee Brown.
15. Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online March 2018), Carol L. Dayton, 356-26-9725, 1951.
16. McCoy's Beloit (Rock County, Wis.) City Directory 1937 (Rockford, IL: R. L. Polk & Co., 1937), page 48, Brown John P; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online August 2019).
17. 1940 U.S. Census, Winnebago County, Illinois, population schedule, Roscoe Township, Winnebago County, Illinois, ED 101-91, Sheet 6B, household 158, John P Brown; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online April 2017); NARA T627.
18. Dodge City Daily Globe, , "Long TIme Resident Dies" Thursday, Dec. 13, 1945, page 9, col. 3 (Doc. #: Crawford.KS.053).
19. Dodge City Daily Globe, , "Deaths -- Chester B. Lighter" Thurs. May 1, 1969, page 9 col. 3 (Doc. #: Crawford.KS.052).
20. "Cei, Mrs. Dorothy A.," Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida), 12 July 1975, page 20; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online October 2019).
21. Dodge City Daily Globe, , Obituary of Mrs. Walter W. Beggs; Monday, Nov. 10, 1980; page 2 col. 1. (Doc. #: CRAWFORD.KS.142).
22. Interview with Marcheta Beggs (Ensign, KS), by Marcia Philbrick, 1996. ().
23. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online April 2017), memorial for Vera Elma Brown (1911-1997), Find a Grave Memorial no. #152955486, created by Sharon, citing Sunset Memorial Gardens, Machesny Park, Winnebago County, Illinois; accompanying photograph by Sharon, Vera Elma Brown.
24. Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online Aprl 2017), Vera E. Brown, 334-26-1303, before 1951.
25. Social Security Administration, "Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," database on-line, Ancestry, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60901/ : viewed online April 2017), Vera Elma Brown.
26. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online April 2017), memorial for Vera Elma Brown (1911-1997), Find a Grave Memorial no. #152955486, created by Sharon, citing Sunset Memorial Gardens, Machesny Park, Winnebago County, Illinois; accompanying photograph by Sharon, Vera Elma Brown.