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Lydia A. Shoemaker

Lydia A. Shoemaker

Female 1886 - 1915  (29 years)

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  • Name Lydia A. Shoemaker 
    Born 10 Jun 1886  Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Name Liddie 
    Died 14 Dec 1915  Pontiac State Hospital, Oakland, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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.
    Buried Eastlawn cemetary, Detroit, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I20468  Tofterå Slettemoen
    Last Modified 16 Mar 2024 

    Father Dilon Ewing "Dellie" Shoemaker,   b. 17 Aug 1865, Decatur, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Aug 1925, Morris, Grundy, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Orpha Lozetta McAfee,   b. 3 May 1868, Jefferson, Wells, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jul 1942, Riverside, CA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 26 Nov 1885  Wells Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7109  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Charles Claude Casey,   b. 19 Mar 1884, Freetown, Jackson, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Feb 1952, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 1911  Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Charles Claude Casey, Jr,   b. 21 Jul 1912, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1970, Dearborn Heights, Wayne, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     2. Carlton Casey,   b. 30 Aug 1915, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1915, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 12 Feb 2009 
    Family ID F6609  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Charles, Lydia, Lois and baby Carlton
    Charles, Lydia, Lois and baby Carlton
    Lydia with Charles (from left), Carlton and Eloise. Lydia and three month old Carlton both passed in December, 1915.

  • Notes 
    • 1900 census of Center township, 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, 334 W 5th St.
      1906 stenographer in Terre Haute living with her father and sister at 116 Gilbert Ave.
      1910 census of Wabash Ward 2, Wabash, Indiana, has Lydia at home with her parents, now age 23, member of the United Methodist Church.
      1910 census for Detroit Ward 5, Lydia is a boarder and stenographer at Wholesale Drug Co.
      1910 City directory of Wabash Indiana, Lydia, Stenographer, 174 W Maple.
      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.