Rhoda May Rheam ^{1 2 3 4}

   Other names for Rhoda were Rhoda M. Ream ⁵ and Rhoda May Rheem.

  Birth Notes:

Name: Rhoda M. Ream
Gender: Female
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 05 Jul 1893
Event Place: Mifflin, Pennsylvania
Father's Name: John Ream
Mother's Name: Jennie Ream

Citing this Record
"Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2NV-GQ1 : 11 February 2018), Rhoda M. Ream, 05 Jul 1893; Birth, citing Mifflin, Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 1,026,105. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City.
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  Death Notes:

Age: 79
Given Name: Rhoda
Surname: Lightfoot
Birth Date: 05 Jul 1893
State: Pennsylvania
Last Place of Residence: Mifflin, Pennsylvania
Previous Residence Postal Code: 17044
Event Date: May 1972

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JP6N-33B : 19 May 2014), Rhoda Lightfoot, May 1972; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 1881 and a birth location of Pennsylvania.

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• She has alternate birth date of 1889 and a birth location of Pennsylvania.

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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Granville Township, Mifflin, PA on January 1920. ¹

Sheet 6A, Household 114, District 118
Granville Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
Wife..Rhoda M. Lightfoot..30..PA
(Living with husband, 2 step-sons, and 1 son.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 5 Jul 1893, then her age should have been 27 instead of 30.
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Derry Township, Mifflin, PA on April 1930. ²

Sheet 3B, Household 54, Roll 2078, District 0008
Derry Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
Wife..Rhoda M. Lightfoot..49..PA
(Living with husband, 5 children, and brother.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 5 Jul 1893, then her age should have been 36 instead of 49.
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• She was buried after 17 May 1972 in the Lind Memorial Cemetery in Lewistown, PA.

The "WOTM" inscription on the gravestone is believe to mean "Women of the Moose". Her husband, Stewart, was probably a member of the local Moose Lodge.

Find A Grave Memorial #62760144
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Rhoda married Stewart Oterbine Lightfoot, son of Robert Lee Lightfoot and Margaret Ann Millhouse, after 14 January 1919.^{1 2} (Stewart Oterbine Lightfoot was born on 9 January 1878 in , Franklin County, PA,^{6 7} died on 21 September 1931 in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, PA and was buried on 24 September 1931 in Lewistown, PA.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Granville Township, Mifflin, PA on January 1920. ¹

1920 US Census
Sheet 6A, District 118, Household 114
Granville Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
Stewart O. Lightfoot..Head..38..PA
Rhoda M. Lightfoot..Wife..30..PA
Floyd W. Lightfoot..Son..8..PA
Russell O. Lightfoot..Son..1..PA
John Lightfoot..Son..18..PA

NOTE - Stewart was recently divorced in 1919. On this 1920 census, there are two previously unknown sons, Floyd and Russell, each with a Lightfoot surname. I can find no birth records for either of these 2 sons but based on the age of Floyd, he was born while Stewart was still married to his 1st wife, Lydia Simons.

But based on the 1 year age of Russell Lightfoot, it is a little more difficult to figure out who was his mother, either Lydia Simons or Rhoda Ream. It seems unlikely that there would have been a 7 year gap in the ages of the last children born to Lydia Simons so therefore I am assuming that Russell was born to Rhoda. He was probably an illegitimate birth which may explain the reason for the divorce between Stewart and Lydia in 1919.

Equally difficult to figure out is the reason why the enumerator entered John, the older known son of Lydia Simons, last on the list. Usually this is done to signify different parentage meaning Floyd and Russell may have been born to Rhoda Ream. But then how could the 8 year old Floyd have Rhoda Ream as his mother because Stewart was still married to Lydia Simons at the time?

I suspect that the older John was listed last merely because the enumerator almost missed him and entered him out of sequence, a common error with enumerators.
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Derry Township, Mifflin, PA on April 1930. ²

Sheet 3B, Household 54, Roll 2078, District 0008
Derry Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
Head..Stewart Lightfoot..54..PA
Wife..Rhoda M. Lightfoot..49..PA
Son..Russell O. Lightfoot..11..PA
Son..Howard W. Lightfoot..6..PA
Son..Leon R. Lightfoot..4..PA
Daughter..Arlene L. Lightfoot..3..PA
Son..James L. Lightfoot..0..PA
Brother-in-law..Robert W. Ream..30..PA
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