Tracing The Lankford / Lankfard Surname: Through Lula Mae Madison

Who was Lula M. Madison?
Lula was born the daughter of Robert and Charlotta (DADE) Lankford / Lankfard
on Oct 11, 1875 in Canton, Missouri.

Lula Mae LANKFARD MADISON

1875 - 1961

Lula was listed with the LANGFORD surname on the 1880 census.

Lula married William Emmanuel Madison Sr. on May 26, 1896.

Lula's maiden name was spelled either LANKFORD or LANKFARD.

The ending of the surname isn't clear.

The index has her surname LANKFORD.

 The only connections with the LANKFARD spelling were on other records of relatives.

On  the   U.S. Social Security Application and Claim Index 1936 - 2007, 

William E. MADISON Jr's mother was listed as Lula LANKFARD.

 

On Lula M. Madison's 1961 obituary in the newspaper,

listed her 3 surviving brothers' surname was spelled LANKFARD.

It appears that Lula went by the LANKFARD surname.

Thanks for reading,

S.A. Blakley

Lula May Lankford and William Madison

Lula and William MadisonIn The Home of Leo and Mary Lankford

The two became one on May 27, 1896 in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Lula was the daughter of Robert Louis and Charlotta (Dade) Lankford.
Lula was born in Oct of 1876 in Canton, Missouri.
She passed away on Sept 30, 1961 in St. Joseph, Missouri.

William / James Madison was the son of Joshua and Louisa / Louise (Hart) Madison.
William was born about 1869 in Gallatin, Missouri.
He passed away in August of 1961.

William and Lula had about 8 children who carried the Madison surname.
Unknown named son, Louis Edward, Joshua Randolph, Charlotta M. Robert Lewis Lankford,
Ceola, William M. and Lula N.