Lydia Ann Poapst ^{1 2 3 4}

   Another name for Lydia was Lydia Neal?.

  Research Notes:

Olographic will has name Lydia A. Poapst. "Cousin Lydia" is found on photographs in the family collection of Lorna Doone Wallace. She was Lorna's mother's cousin. A Poapst family Bible has "Liddy Ann Popst."

Edith Poapst's cousin Lydia. Her name was Lydia A. Poapst at the time of her death in 1944 per olographic will. Father was one of Curtis Poapst's brothers (Alexander) & Emeline Werley.

3/29/07 research.
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?surname=poapst&given=lydia
shows Lydia's parents as Curtis Poapst's brother Alexander & Emeline Werely (Wereley)
and gives her middle name as Ann. Some spelling discrepancies and sources & death date discrepancy.

Witness at sister Elizabeth's marriage on 27 Dec 1893 per http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/sdg93.htm record of 1893 marriages in Stormont, Glengarry & Dundas counties. Elizabeth was 27 at that time.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census: Canada, 1871, Cornwall (South Stormont), Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada. Household:
Amy Poapst, F, 13, Ontario
Dealia Poapst, F, 11, Ontario
Lydia Poapst, F, 5, Ontario
John Poapst, M, 8m, Ontario

• Witness: to marriage of Alexander John Shaver and her sister Elizabeth Poapst, 27 Dec 1893, Cornwall (South Stormont), Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada. ⁶

• Attended: Morrisburg Collegiate Institute, 1895-1897, Morrisburg (South Dundas), Dundas, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada. ⁷

• Immigrated: from Canada to the United States, 1900.

• Occupation: saleswoman for an insurance company, 1930, <Long Beach>, Los Angeles, California, United States.

• Census: U.S, 11 Apr 1930, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States. Lydia A. Poapst, head, F, W, 64, S, saleswoman, life insurance company

• Residence: 565-E Walnut Avenue, 11 Apr 1930, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States.

• Residence: 258 Loma Avenue, Abt 1931, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States.

• Probate, 10 Jul 1944, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.