Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 12 Apr 1930, St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Notes:

Note:
In a victory parade in St. Louis after WWI, carried her six star Service Flag in an auto all alone preceded only by the three or four Gold Star mothers. When her mother died during the birth of younger sister Anna, she entered a convent as a boarder and spent most of her earlier years there until the 8th grade. She was taken out and later graduated from high school in south St.Louis. The older children had now married and she kept house for their father. She gave voice lessons and sang in various churches for a while. She is buried in the cemetery with her father and husband William and others in her family.

Census:
1930 census at St. Louis, St. Louis, MO shows: Adele A. Wightman, 65, as head of household; Thomas J., 42 and Paul V., 34; Thomas and Paul are listed as Boat Yard Proprietor's on the Mississippi River; Alice McGoldrick, age 29, 25 at marriage; John M. McGoldrick, son-in-law, age 34, 30 at marriage, occupation Sales Manager, Auto Accessories Firm; James E. McGoldrick, 2 8/12; Jean M., 1 1/12.

Buried:
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Adele married William Edward WIGHTMAN in 1886 in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO. William was born on 15 Jun 1861 in Aldershot, Hampshire, ENGLAND; died on 17 Feb 1926 in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; was buried on 22 Feb 1926 in Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, St. Louis, MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Alice Anna WIGHTMAN was born on 28 Sep 1900 in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; died on 26 Aug 1983 in Weymouth, Plymouth, MA; was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Waltham, Middlesex, MA.