Lydia M. MYERS ⁵⁴⁶

  General Notes:

  Noted events in her life were:

• Residence, 1870, Union Township, Fulton County, Illinois, USA. ⁵⁴⁶

• Residence, 1880, Avon, Fulton County, Ilinois. ⁶⁷⁵ living with her mother.

• Residence, 1900, Lincoln Township, Nodaway County, Missouri, USA. ⁵⁷⁴ living with mother and widowed sister, Mary Myers-Outhier.

• Occupation, 1900, Lincoln Township, Nodaway County, Missouri, USA. ⁵⁷⁴ as a music teacher.

• Newspaper Article, 16 Mar 1900, Elmo, Nodaway County, Missouri 64445. ⁵⁴ The following are excerpts from the Elmo Register newspaper and are transcribed as printed in the paper:

16 MAR 1900: Miss Lydia Myers went to Blanchard Saturday.

29 MAR 1901: Miss Lydia Myers is visiting her sisters Mesdames R. M. Baker and Mary Outhier.

3 MAY 1901: Miss Lydia Myers left on the 10:46 train last Tuesday morning for St. Joseph where she expects to spend the summer.

27 DEC 1901: Miss Lydia Myers came up from St. Joseph and spent Christmas with relatives and friends.

7 NOV 1902: “Local Interest”: Lydia Myers was in from Blanchard Sunday.

2 OCT 1903: “Local Interest”: Miss Lydia Myers and her nephew, a young Mr. Kreider, have opened a restaurant in the Gates Building on Main Street and invite you to call. They promise good service, prompt attention and clean meals. Give them a call.

11 DEC 1903: “Local Interest”: Lydia Myers and her mother have moved to the Gates property near where Ira Gates lives and will live there for the present. Kreider and Myers have dissolved, Miss Myers retiring. The Kreider Brothers will run the business in the future.

6 MAY 1904: “Additional Locals”: Miss Lydia Myers is reported to be quite sick at the home of John Kreider, at or near Blanchard. She is said to have a severe attack of the grip.

• Occupation, Oct 1903, Elmo, Nodaway County, Missouri 64445. ³⁶ The Elmo Register reports "Local Interest": Miss Lydia Myers and her nephew, a young Mr. Kreider, have opened a restaurant in the Gates Building on Main Street and invite you to call. They promise good service, prompt attention and clean meals. Give them a call.

• Residence, 1910, Red River Township, Searcy County, Arkansas, USA. ⁶⁸⁷ where she was a home maker.

Lydia married George JOHNSON Mar or Apr 1906 in Shenandoah, Page County, Iowa 51601 ³⁶.^,686 (George JOHNSON was born in 1858 in Pennsylvania ^686,687.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Notice, 13 Apr 1906, Elmo, Nodaway County, Missouri 64445. ⁶⁸⁸ Page 1: Lydia Myers that so many around here know, was recently married at Shenandoah, Ia. to a Mr. Johnson. He was a former employee of the Swanson Plow factory at that place.