Blanche LIGHTBOURN

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1900-16664

Notes:

Mother’s maiden name Emily.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1924-MN-009197

Notes:

In the 1900 census, the family lives in Ada in Norman County, Minnesota. David is an “editor & publisher.” Living with ther family are his sister, Sophia, a niece, Felora Aubist (b. Apr 1884 in Minnesota to a mother born in Minnesota and a father born in Ohio), and a servant, Carrie Welley.

By 1910, David is married to Carrie and still living in Ada as a newspaper publisher.

A Mrs. D. C. Lightbourne died in St. Paul on 2 Nov 1902. She was born in 1864.We’ll assume that that’s Emily and that the one who died in 1911 in Ada was Carrie.

From “The book of Minnesotans”, a Who’s Who in America book published in about 1907:

LIGHTBOURN, David C, newspaper publisher; born at Pine Bend, Minn., Jan. 30, 185?; son of Edward S. and Susan Samantha (Murray) Lightbourn; graduate of St. Paul (Minn.) High School. Began in newspaper business early in life and since April, 1883, has been publisher and proprietor of the Index, published at Ada. Republican. Deputy Insurance Commissioner of Minnesota for 10 years and acting state insurance commissioner, during vacancy, 1896; judge of probate, Norman Co., 1890-91; mayor and councilman, Ada, several terms. Director First State Bank, Ada. Member Knights of Pythias, Modern Samaritans. Address: Ada, Minn.

David married Emily GINSBERG on 27 Nov 1887 in Norman County, Minnesota. Emily was born about 1864 in Minnesota; died on 2 Nov 1902 in Ramsey County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to the 1900 census, both of her parents were born in Switzerland. At the time of the census, she had had 3 children, all 3 still living.

Apparently not married to David at the time of the 1910 census. Carrie is shown as David’s wife in that census.

Died:
As Mrs. D.C. Lightbourn.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1907-58-101

Notes:

In the 1860 census, he and Susan and their three children lived in Henderson, Sibley County, Minnesota, where Edward was a printer. Susan’s occupation is shown as dress maker. Also living with the family was Susan’s younger sister Olive M. Murray, age 22.

In the 1880 census, the family is recorded twice. In the first, on June 8th, they were at their home on Somerset Street in St. Paul. E. Lightbourn is a printer, age 49. His wife, S. Lightbourn is 43. The children are Susie, 13, Mary, 10, Ann, 3, and Amelia, 6. In the second entry, on June 21st, they were in Rendsville, Stevens County, where Edward is a printer. The household is listed as Edwin S, 49, Susan, 44, Evlyn, 20, Emma, 18, Charlie, 11, and Sophia, 8. The Stevens County home appears to be in a rural area because most of the neighbors are farmers.

The family’s address in January of 1888 was 323 Somerset Street in St. Paul.

Edward is recorded as receiving a Civil War pension based on his service in Company H, Regiment 7, of the Minnesota Infantry.

Birth:
Salt Key

Died:
at his home at 323 Somerset Street in St. Paul

Edward married Susan Samantha Hason MURRAY on 10 May 1855 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Susan was born about 1835 in Illinois; died on 3 Apr 1913 in Ramsey County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1913-MN-021315

Notes:

The announcement of her marriage to Edward Soden Lightbourn calls her the 2nd daughter of D. C. Murry of St. Paul, Minnesota.

In the 1910 census, she was living with her daughter Leni and family in St. Paul. She, as “Susanna M”, had had 16 children, only 9 still living.

An article in the St. Paul Globe suggests that she celebrated her 65th birthday on 29 Aug 1898, at which time she and her husband lived at 323 Somerset Street.

Notes:

Married:
Felicity Road Methodist Episcopal Church, Rev. Linus Parker

Notes:

The Barber Collection of New York newspaper extracts includes a marriage announcement from the New York Evening Post for the marriage of Nathaniel Lightbourn, “late of Bermuda” and Mary A Vose, daughter of James “of this city.” The announcement was in the March 16, 1808, edition for an event that occurred “last eve.” So, presumably the marriage occurred on March 15, 1808.

In a list of British Aliens in the United States during the War of 1812, there is an entry for Nathaniel Lightbourn, age 26. He was a merchant, lived at 237 Duane Street in New York City, had been in the U.S. for 6 years, and had a wife and child. His presence in the U.S. was recorded in July of 1812.

Above the entry for Nathaniel was an entry for the 59 year-old William Lightborn, a “gentleman.” William had also been in the U.S. for 6 years, had 11 people in his family, and lived at 27 Hudson Street in New York City.

Another entry recorded in the “British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812”:

Early in August, 1812, a number of persons sought passports to depart from New York for the West Indies in two cartels, the sloop Sally, of 92 tons, for Bermuda, and the brig Isabella, of 135 tons for Bermuda, Antigua and St. Croix. The following are passengers and crew of the Sally:

…

Lightbourn, Ann, (wife of Wm.) age 54, 5ft. 5in., fair complexion, blue eyes, grey hair, born Bermuda
Lightbourn, Frances, age 29, 5ft. 7in., fair complex., blue eyes, light hair, born Bermuda
Lightbourn, Louisa, infant
Lightbourn, Martha F, age 18 mos.
Lightbourn, Mary Ann, age 23, 5ft. 5 in., fair complex., blue eyes, dark hair, born Macklesfield
Lightbourn, Nancy, age 6, 3ft. 5-½ in., fair complex., blue eyes, light hair, born Turk Islands
Lightbourn, Nathaniel, age 26, 5 ft. 9-½ in., fair complex., blue eyes, light hair, born Bermuda, merchant
Lightbourn, William, age 59, 5ft. 10 in., fair complex., blue eyes, grey hair, born Bermuda, gentleman
Lightbourn, William W., age 23, 6ft., fair complex., blue eyes, light hair, born Bermuda, gentleman.

The New York Passenger Lists include a Nathaniel T Lightbourn, age 20, physician, citizen of Bermuda, arriving in New York on 4 Sep 1837 as a passenger aboard the brig Somerset.

In Lightbourn research conducted by Paul Hake are these two entries:

1841, October 5: Nathaniel Trimingham Lightbourn, M.D., only son of Nathaniel Lightbourn, age about 25, a native of Bermuda, drowned at Turks Islands on May 24 (1841), between Salt and Grand Cays, on a professional trip in a decked boat, along with three boys, when a sudden storm came up and the boat capsized and sank. No traces of them has been seen since. The deceased had been married just 15 days earlier.

1841, October 5: Nathaniel Lightbourn, aged 55, father of the above, a native of Bermuda, died suddenly at Salt Key, Turks Islands, about Aug. 20 (1841) from grief at the death of his only son, leaving 2 daughters.

Nathaniel married Louisa DEANE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bonnie believes that the “three boys” mentioned in the newspaper account of the death of Nathaniel Trimingham may have been sons of Louisa and half-brothers of the dead heir.

From a DNA test of one of her descendants, it’s likely that Louisa had one parent born in western sub-Saharan Africa, probably in present-day Nigeria.