Lidia Luster

Brief Life History of Lidia

When Lidia Luster was born about 1835, in Missouri, United States, her father, James Luster Jr, was 41 and her mother, Mary Anna Clinton, was 31. She married John Laney on 16 July 1854, in Steelville, Crawford, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Meramec Township, Crawford, Missouri, United States in 1860. She died on 4 August 1885, in Crawford, Missouri, United States, at the age of 51.

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Family Time Line

John Laney
1833–1865
Lidia Luster
1835–1885
Marriage: 16 July 1854
Unnamed Laney
1855–1860
Missouri Emmaline Laney
1855–1933
Nancy Jane Laney
1857–1939

Sources (5)

  • Lydia Laney, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Lidia Luster, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"
  • Lidia Luster in entry for John Lane, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

World Events (6)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Probably an altered form of English Lester . This surname is common among African Americans.

German: habitational name for someone from any of the places called Lust (see Lust 2).

Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): either an artificial extension of Lust 1 or from southern German Luster ‘chandelier’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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