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Lydia Jane Stokes 1835–1904 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 Oct 1835

Birth Location: Fayette County, Illinois, USA

Death Date: 4 Aug 1904

Death Location: Vernon, Yuma, Colorado, USA

Father: James Sr.

Mother: Tabitha Merriman

Spouse(s): Robert Kier

Children(s): Dora Kier

Lydia Jane Stokes was born in 1835 in Fayette County, Illinois, USA, the child of James W Stokes Sr And Tabitha J Merriman. Lydia Jane Stokes married Robert Matthew Kier, and had children including Dora Jane Kier. Lydia Jane Stokes passed away in 1904 in Vernon, Yuma, Colorado, USA.

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Biography

  • Lydia Jane Stokes was born in 1835 in Fayette County, Illinois, USA, the child of James W Stokes Sr And Tabitha J Merriman.
  • Lydia Jane Stokes married Robert Matthew Kier, and had children including Dora Jane Kier.
  • Lydia Jane Stokes passed away in 1904 in Vernon, Yuma, Colorado, USA.

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Spouses(s)

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Lydia Stokes's Ancestors

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Lydia Stokes
1835–1904
Birth Place: Fayette County, Illinois, USA
Parents
James W. Stokes, Sr.
1793–1874
Pitt County, North Carolina
Tabitha (J.) Merriman
1798–1884
Pitt County, North Carolina
Grandparents
Joseph Stokes
1766–1822
Pitt County, North Carolina
Margaret Hardee
1777–
Pitt County, North Carolina
James (Nicholas) Merriman
1769–1808
Delitha Bonner
1773–1861
Granville County, North Carolina or Spartanburg District, South Carolina
Great-Grandparents
James Stokes
1739–1810
Florence
1752–
William Hardee
1756–1827
Nancy Stocks
1755–1846
Charles Merryman
1733–1800
Elizabeth Longbottoms\Bottoms\Merriman
1733–1800
Benjamin Bonner
1749–1814
Frances Bonner
1754–1827
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Samuel Stokes
1720–1770
Sarah
1725–
Andrew Hardee
1735–1818
Averilla Vines
1739–1819
Margaret
1732–1844
Charles Merryman
1709–1789
William Longbottom
1697–1732
Colonel Jr.
1719–1787
✔️Sarah Peyton
1726–1790

Lydia Stokes's Descendants

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Lydia (Jane) Stokes (6 Oct 1835–4 Aug 1904) m. Robert (Matthew) Kier (15 Dec 1831–18 Sep 1875)
  1. 1. Dora (Jane) Kier 1867–1906 m. Isaac (Sylvester) Custer 1857–1918
    1. 1. Jessie (Illinois) Custer 1889–1982 m. John (Frederick) Kibel 1884–1944
      1. 1. John (Frederick Conrad) Kibel 1911–1994
      2. 2. Lawrence (Earl) Kibel 1922–2013

Lydia Stokes's Timeline

2 Records

1835
6 Oct 1835
Birth of Lydia Jane Stokes in Fayette County, Illinois, USA
Fayette County, Illinois, USA
1904
4 Aug 1904
Age 69
Death of Lydia Jane Stokes in Vernon, Yuma, Colorado, USA
Vernon, Yuma, Colorado, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 Oct 1835
    Event Place: Fayette County, Illinois, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Aug 1904
    Event Place: Vernon, Yuma, Colorado, USA

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