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Family HistoryFamily History - James Lightbody


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features James Lightbody and three of his descendants down to the fourth generation.


First Generation
1. James Lightbody,1 born ____ (parents not determined). James married Margaret Yancey (born ____, parents not determined).

Child of James Lightbody and Margaret Yancey:

+2i. Dr. Charles Wayland Lightbody, born 15 September 1904 in Holton, Jackson County, Kansas; died 8 January 1970 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. Married Georgia Sherwood Means.

Second Generation
2. Dr. Charles Wayland Lightbody2 (James1), born 15 September 1904 in Holton, Jackson County, Kansas;1, 2 died 8 January 1970 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.1, 2 Charles married, 11 July 1942 in Canton, St. Lawrence County, New York, Georgia Sherwood Means3, 4 (born 13 August 1909 in Geneva, Ontario County, New York, the daughter of Dr. George Sherwood Means and Susan Haight Purdy;3 Georgia died 1 December 1998 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut3). Charles is buried in Yorkton City Cemetery, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada.1

Child of Dr. Charles Wayland Lightbody and Georgia Sherwood Means:

+3i. Susan Margaret Lightbody, born 6 December 1947 in New York, New York. Married Robert Nicholas Goodman.

  1. Find a Grave (website). Yorkton City Cemetery, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada, Charles Wayland Lightbody, born: 1904; died: 1970 (from record).
  2. Obituary, Watertown Daily Times, Watertown, New York (available at fultonhistory.com), 14 January 1970, Dr. Charles Lightbody, died: 8 January 1970 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada; born: 15 September 1904 in Holton, Kansas. The article provides vital and biographical details and the names of his parents, wife, daughter, and brother.
  3. Obituary, Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, 1 December 1998, Georgia Sherwood Means Lightbody Whitman, died: 1 December 1998 in Simsbury, Connecticut. The article provides vital and biographical details and the names of her parents, two husbands, daughter, and four step-children, and her place of burial.
  4. Marriage Announcement, Ogdensburg Journal, Ogdensburg, New York (available at NYS Historic Newspapers, nyshistoricnewspapers.org), 11 July 1942, Prof. Charles Wayland Lightbody and Georgina Sherwood Means, married on 11 July 1942 on the St. Lawrence University campus [Canton, New York].
Third and Fourth Generations
3. Susan Margaret Lightbody3 (Charles,2 James1), born 6 December 1947 in New York, New York.1 Susan married, 11 October 1981 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, Robert Nicholas Goodman2 (born ____, parents not determined).

Child of Susan Margaret Lightbody and Robert Nicholas Goodman:

 4i. Rosa Laura Goodman, born June 1989 in Lambeth, London, England.3

  1. Birth Announcement, Ogdensburg Journal, Ogdensburg, New York (available at NYS Historic Newspapers, nyshistoricnewspapers.org), Susan Margaret Lightbody, born: 6 December 1947 in Lenox Hill Hospital [Manhattan], New York, daughter of Professor Charles W. Lightbody and Georgia Means.
  2. Marriage Announcement, Brandon Sun Newspaper Archives, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, 2 January 1982, marriage of Susan Margaret Lightbody to Robert Nicholas Goodman on 11 October 1981 in Cambridge, England. The article provides the names of their parents and grandparents.
  3. England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008, Rosa Laura L. Goodman, born: June 1989 in Lambeth, London, England; mother: Lightbody.