Charles Crist Laffer

  General Notes:

The C stood for Crist --- ancestry.com OneWorldTree.

Source: 1880 US census, Iowa, Keokuk Co, Sigourney, fam 66. He is Charl es C, m, 9, son. IA OH IL.

Source: 1895 Iowa state census, Charles C Loffer, age 24, white, born Keok uk Co, residing in Sigourney.

Source: 1900 US census, Iowa, Keokuk Co, Sigourney, district 50, page 8, f am 104.

Source: His father's will probated 1904 shows him living in Sigourney Iow a. He is shown as C C Laffer, and he is also the executor.

Source: 1905 Iowa census, Keokuk Co, Sigourney, card 269, roll IA_9 4. He is C C Laffer, with Mollie A, Winnifred and Georgia, and no furth er info.

Source: 1910 US census, Iowa, Keokuk Co, Sigourney, fam 135. He is Charl ie C Laffer, head, 39, married 16years. IA Unk Unk. With wife and 2 kid s. Occ: merchant harness store.

Source: 1915 Iowa state census, Sigourney, Keokuk Co, Iowa, roll IA1915_27 6. He is C C Laffer, m, w, married, 44, harness maker, IA OH IL, no churc h. Earned $1200 in 1914.

Source: 1920 federal census, Iowa, Keokuk Co, Sigourney, page 6, fam 96, l iving with wife Mollie and daughter Georgia A. It's funny. His occupati on is County Sheriff and two other people in his
"family" have the occupation "prisoner".

Source: 1925 Iowa state census, Keokuk Co, Sigourney, roll IA1925_178 9. He is Chas C Laffer, w, m, married, born IA, head, mother Georgia Cri st of IL, father Henry Laffer of Ohio, parents married IA, spouse Mollie.

Source: 1930 federal census, Iowa, Keokuk Co, Sigourney, page 29, fam 46 1. He is 59 with wife Molly. She is 55. His age at first marriage 23. H er age at first marriage 18. He is born Iowa, father Ohio, mother IL. S he is born Iowa, father PA, mother Iowa. The ages are right. I think th is is a match. His occupation, agent for the state.

Source: ancestry.com OneWorldTree, says died DesMoines, 2 June 1935.

Source: Iowa Graves Survey WPA
LAFFER, Charles C, born 1870, died 1 June 1825, West Cemetery, Sigourne y, Keokuk Co, IA.

Source: Iowa Cemetery Records
Name: Chas. C. Laffer
Death Date: 01 Jun 1925
Page #: 118
Birth Date: 1870
Cemetery: West
Town: Sigourney
Level Info: Gravestone Records of Keokuk County, Iowa

Charles married Mollie A. Crawford on 8 Feb 1894 in Washington, Iowa. (Mollie A. Crawford was born on 6 Aug 1875 in Ainsworth, Iowa and died on 9 Jul 1942 in Sigourney, Keokuk Co, Iowa.)