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Elizabeth Ardella Jenkins Amidon Lancaster

Birth
Steuben County, New York, USA
Death
18 Jun 1980 (aged 95)
Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Hartsville, Steuben County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Elizabeth married Roy T. Amidon about 1903. They moved out to California circa 1932. A year after her husband's death she married Orville W. Lancaster, a mattress maker, on March 20, 1938 at Los Angeles. She was a nurse. The marriage certificate has her birthplace as Steuben County, New York. Her son, William Norfleet Amidon, was married to his wife the same day (and possibly at the same time) by the same minister.

Thank you to contributor Chuck Metcalfe #47281097 for adding Mrs. Lancaster's middle name, birth and death dates, as well as links to her parents.

Census information:

1900 at Hartsville, NY: William Jenkins, 59, reporter, wife, Minnie, 36, and children: Elisabeth, 14, Evelyn, 8, and Millicent, 5.

1905 at Greenwood, NY: Leroy T. Amidon, 30, and wife, Elizebeth, 20.

1910 at 105 East Main St. in Hornell, NY: Roy Amidon, 34, fireman for a steam railroad, and wife, Lydia (Elizabeth?), 25.

1915 at Hornell, NY: Roy Amidon, 40, wife, Elizabeth A., 39, and son, Norfleet W., 1.

1920 on Lower Reservation Rd. at Castile, NY: Roy C. Amidon, 45, farm laborer, wife, Elisabeth, 36, and son, Norfleet, 6.

1930 at Howard, NY: Roy Amidon, 55, tenant farmer on a general farm, wife, Elizabeth, 45, mother-in-law, Minnie Jenkins, 68, and son, Norflete Amidon, 16.
Elizabeth married Roy T. Amidon about 1903. They moved out to California circa 1932. A year after her husband's death she married Orville W. Lancaster, a mattress maker, on March 20, 1938 at Los Angeles. She was a nurse. The marriage certificate has her birthplace as Steuben County, New York. Her son, William Norfleet Amidon, was married to his wife the same day (and possibly at the same time) by the same minister.

Thank you to contributor Chuck Metcalfe #47281097 for adding Mrs. Lancaster's middle name, birth and death dates, as well as links to her parents.

Census information:

1900 at Hartsville, NY: William Jenkins, 59, reporter, wife, Minnie, 36, and children: Elisabeth, 14, Evelyn, 8, and Millicent, 5.

1905 at Greenwood, NY: Leroy T. Amidon, 30, and wife, Elizebeth, 20.

1910 at 105 East Main St. in Hornell, NY: Roy Amidon, 34, fireman for a steam railroad, and wife, Lydia (Elizabeth?), 25.

1915 at Hornell, NY: Roy Amidon, 40, wife, Elizabeth A., 39, and son, Norfleet W., 1.

1920 on Lower Reservation Rd. at Castile, NY: Roy C. Amidon, 45, farm laborer, wife, Elisabeth, 36, and son, Norfleet, 6.

1930 at Howard, NY: Roy Amidon, 55, tenant farmer on a general farm, wife, Elizabeth, 45, mother-in-law, Minnie Jenkins, 68, and son, Norflete Amidon, 16.


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