Individual Details
Alicia Melinda RALSTON
(23 Dec 1857 - 4 Jan 1935)
Events
| Birth | 23 Dec 1857 | Conrad, Grundy, Iowa, United States |  | ||
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| Residence | 10 Jul 1860 | a 3 year old female born Illinois and was listed as Alicia Ralston - Ontario, Knox County, Illinois |  | | |
| Residence | 1867 | Felix Township, Grundy, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Residence | 8 Jun 1870 | a 12 year old female born Pennsylvania and was listed as Alice Ralston - Felix Township, Grundy, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Residence | 1 Jul 1880 | a 22 year old female born Pennsylvania employed as a school teacher and was listed as Alice Ralston - Grundy, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Marriage | 18 Nov 1880 | Grundy, Iowa, United States - William LIGHTER | | ||
| Alt name | 18 Nov 1880 | Alicia LIGHTER | | ||
| Residence | 1 Jul 1885 | a 27 year old female born in Illinois and was listed as Alice M. Lighter - Clay Township, Grundy County, Iowa | | | |
| Residence | 1 Jun 1900 | a 42 year old female born in Illinois and was listed as Allice M. Lighter - Fairview Township, Ford, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Residence | 7 Jul 1904 | Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Land Entry | 1906 | the Southwest quarter of section 5 of township 27 South of Range 25 West - Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 18 Apr 1910 | a 52 year old female born in Illinois and was listed as Alice M. Lighter - Richland Township, Ford, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Residence | 9 Mar 1920 | a 63 year old female born in Illinoi and was listed as Alice M. Lighter - Richland Township, Ford, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Residence | 1925 | Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Residence | 10 Apr 1930 | a 72 year old female born in Illinois and was listed as Alice M. Lighter - Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Death | 4 Jan 1935 | Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Burial | Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | William LIGHTER (1855 - 1939) |
| Child | Roy Bertram LIGHTER (1881 - 1918) |
| Child | Philip J. LIGHTER (1883 - 1968) |
| Child | William Earl LIGHTER (1886 - 1934) |
| Child | Sarah Jane LIGHTER (1887 - 1975) |
| Child | Curt Nelson LIGHTER (1890 - 1975) |
| Child | Ray Kenneth LIGHTER (1892 - 1959) |
| Child | Ruth Elva LIGHTER (1894 - 1900) |
| Child | John Ralston LIGHTER (1897 - 1954) |
| Child | Fredrick Ellis LIGHTER (1899 - 1974) |
| Child | Grace Alice LIGHTER (1901 - 1985) |
| Father | James Barr RALSTON (1811 - 1904) |
| Mother | Nancy Jane MCCORMICK (1818 - 1907) |
| Sibling | Amanda RALSTON (1838 - 1923) |
| Sibling | Matilda RALSTON (1840 - 1900) |
| Sibling | John Nelson RALSTON (1842 - 1863) |
| Sibling | James McCormick RALSTON (1845 - 1931) |
| Sibling | David Franklin RALSTON (1847 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Sarah Ellen RALSTON (1849 - 1892) |
| Sibling | Ellis Simpkins RALSTON (1851 - 1915) |
| Sibling | Margaret RALSTON (1854 - 1916) |
Notes
Residence
Alicia Ralston was listed as a 3 year old female born in Illinois on the 1860 census. She was living in the household of J. B. Ralston.Residence
Alice Ralston was listed on the 1870 census as a 12 year old female born in Pennsylvania. She was living in the household of James Ralston.Residence
Alice Ralston was listed on the 1880 Iowa census as a 22 year old female born Pennsylvania. She was employed as a school teacher. Alice was listed in the household of James B. Ralston.Residence
Alice M Lighter was listed on the 1885 census as a 27 year old female born in Illinois.Residence
Alice Lighter was listed on the 1900 census as a 42 year old female born in Illinois. She had been married for 19 years and was the mother of 9 children of whom 8 were living.Residence
Alice Lighter was lised on the 1910 census as a 52 year old female born in Illinois. She was the mother of 11 children, 9 of whom were living in 1910. She was living with her husband, William, and her children, Sarah, Curt, Ray, John, Frederic and Grace.Residence
Alice M. Lighter was listed on the 1920 census in Richland Township, Ford County, Kansas as a 63 year old female born in Illinois. She was living with her husband, William E. Lighter and daughter, Grace Lighter.Residence
Alice M. Lighter was listed on the 1925 Kansas census in Dodge City in the household of W. E. Lighter.Residence
Alice M Lighter was listed on the 1930 census in Dodge City, Kansas as a 72 year old female born in Illinois. She was living in the household of her husband, William E. Lighter.Endnotes
1. 1860 U.S. Census, Knox County, Illinois, population schedule, , ; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed ); NARA microfilm publication M653.
2. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online March 2017), memorial for Alice Melinda Ralston Lighter (1857-1935), Find a Grave Memorial no. #106296564, created by Barragirl, citing Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by Tim Tompkins, Alice Melinda Ralston Lighter.
3. Marriage Records, 1880-1951, Alice M. Ralston, database on-line, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online October 2017).
4. 1860 U.S. Census, Knox County, Illinois, population schedule, Ontario, Knox County, Illinois, page 170-171, household 1244, J. B> Ralston; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2017); NARA microfilm publication M653.
5. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online March 2017), memorial for Alice Melinda Ralston Lighter (1857-1935), Find a Grave Memorial no. #106296564, created by Barragirl, citing Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by Tim Tompkins, Alice Melinda Ralston Lighter.
6. 1870 U.S. Census, Grundy County Iowa, population schedule, Felix Township, Grundy County, Iowa, page 13, household 87, James Ralston; digital image, Ancestry.com(www.ancestry.com: viewed online July 2017).
7. 2001 , , Iowa: Felix, Grundy, Iowa (Ralston.IA.002).
8. 1880 U.S. Census, Grundy County, Iowa, population schedule, Felix Township, Grundy County, Iowa, ED 230, page 10B, dwelling 76 and 77, James Ralston; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online February 2018); NARA microfilm publication T9.
9. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 (http://familysearch.org: FamilySearch)
10. Marriage Records, 1880-1951, Alice Ralston, 20 Nov 1880; database on-line, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2016).
11. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online March 2017), memorial for Alice Melinda Ralston Lighter (1857-1935), Find a Grave Memorial no. #106296564, created by Barragirl, citing Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by Tim Tompkins, Alice Melinda Ralston Lighter.
12. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 (http://familysearch.org: FamilySearch)
13. 1885 Iowa State Census, Grundy County, Iowa, Iowa State Census, Clay Township, Grundy County, Iowa, page 121, Lighter, Willia E.; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2017).
14. 1900 U.S.Census, Ford County, Kansas, population schedule, Fairview Township, Ford County, Kansas, ED 50, sheet 1A, household 2, William Lighter; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2017); NARA T623.
15. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online July 2017), memorial for James Barr Ralston (1811-1904), Find a Grave Memorial no. #19656003, created by Mark Lindahl, citing Alice Union Cemetery, Conrad, Grundy County, Iowa; accompanying photograph by Swanlin, James Barr Ralston.
16. United States, Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918, Alice M Lighter, 1905-1906; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online August 2019).https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1127/31617_072169-00675?pid=1820245.
17. 1910 U.S. Census, Ford County, Kansas, population schedule, Richland Township, Ford County, Kansas, ED 49, Sheet 5A, household 74, William Lighter; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2017); NARA microfilm publication T624.
18. 1920 U.S. Census, Ford County, Kansas, population schedule, Richland Township, Ford County, Kansas, ED 256, sheeg 2B, household 34, William E. Lighter; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2017); NARA microfilm publication T625.
19. 1925 Kansas Census, Ford County Kansas, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, household 1001, Alice M Lighter; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2017).
20. 1930 U.S. Census, Ford County, Kansas, population schedule, Dodge City, Ford County, Kanss, ED 9, sheet 8B, household 192, William E. Lighter; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2017); NARA T626.
21. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online March 2017), memorial for Alice Melinda Ralston Lighter (1857-1935), Find a Grave Memorial no. #106296564, created by Barragirl, citing Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by Tim Tompkins, Alice Melinda Ralston Lighter.
22. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online March 2017), memorial for Alice Melinda Ralston Lighter (1857-1935), Find a Grave Memorial no. #106296564, created by Barragirl, citing Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by Tim Tompkins, Alice Melinda Ralston Lighter.