Lydia Margaret Clark
F, #1227, b. January 1838
| Residence | | Lydia Margaret Clark lived: 1870 POSSIBLY JOHNSON CO IA PG 266. |
| Source* | | Source(s): Info from father's bio (Evd 280.) |
| Birth* | January 1838 | She was born in January 1838 at Yellow Spring Twnshp, Des Moines Co., Iowa, date per 1900 census. |
| (InHomeOf) Census1850 | 1 June 1850 | She appeared on the 1850 census in the household of Benjamin Wallingford Clark, pg 393 #428-441, Yellow Spring Twnshp, Des Moines Co., Iowa. Her info on the census included - Clark, Lydia M 12 b.IA. |
| Marriage* | 1856 | Lydia Margaret Clark married Crawford Messenger in 1856 married 44 years per 1900 census. |
| (InHomeOf) Census1860 | 1860 | Lydia Margaret Clark appeared on the 1860 census in the household of Crawford Messenger, pg 815 #137-129, Yellow Spring Twnshp, Des Moines Co., Iowa. Her info on the census included - Messenger, Margaret 22 b.IA (they are next door to her parents.) |
| (InHomeOf) Census1880 | 1880 | Lydia Margaret Clark appeared on the 1880 census in the household of Crawford Messenger, ED 118 pg 329c #225-234, Burlington, Des Moines Co., Iowa. Her info on the census included - Messenger, Margaret 42 b.IA. |
| Note* | | Lydia Margaret Clark and Nettie Margaret "Madge" Smith After Nettie's mother died (Nov 1879), her aunt Lydia Margaret (Clark) Messenger raised Nettie as her own daughter. However, this was after the 1880 census. |
| (InHomeOf) Census1900 | 1900 | Lydia Margaret Clark appeared on the 1900 census in the household of Crawford Messenger, ED 111 sht 17b #423-447, Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., California. Her info on the census included - Clark, Margarette 62 b. IA Jan 1838 married 44 years, zero children. |