Ancestors of

Lydia A. Shoemaker
(1886-1915)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Charles Claude Casey

Lydia A. Shoemaker

Born: 10 Jun 1886, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
Marriage (1): Charles Claude Casey in 1911 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Died: 14 Dec 1915, Pontiac State Hospital, Oakland, Michigan at age 29
Buried: Eastlawn cemetary, Detroit, MI, USA

General Notes:

1900 census of Muncie city, Delaware Co., Indiana:
Dilon Shoemaker and Orpha L Shoemaker. Census has Lydia born Jun 1885 (not 86) and younger sister Mary born Aug 1887.
1904 in Anderson, Indiana.
1906 stenographer in Terre Haute.
1910 census of Wabash Ward 2, Wabash, Indiana, has Lydia at home with her parents, now age 23.
At the Dec 14, 1915 death of Lydia in Pontiac State Hospital, Oakland county, Michigan parents are mentioned as D.E. Shoemaker and Orpha Macafee. She had been hospitalized for 21 days, sick for 28, and died of exhaustion and sepsis.

Death Notes:

Lydia died of septicemia (blood infection following birth) and baby Carleton died of influenza according to the death certificates. There was a big flu epidemic that year in Detroit. Lydia's parents are also buried at Eastlawn cemetary, Detroit.

Lydia married Charles Claude Casey, son of Charles Robert Casey and Tobitha Ann Croslow, in 1911 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. (Charles Claude Casey was born on 19 Mar 1884 in Freetown, Jackson, Indiana, USA, died on 2 Feb 1952 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Detroit, MI, USA.)