Corporal, United States Army, Infantry, three years service before 1917 in IL; Self-employed farmer, Belmont, MT, 1917; Building Superintendent and Associate, A.E. Doyle and Associates, Portland, OR, 1933-1942.

Lister had been born in KS. He resided in Belmont, MT, in 06/1917, working as a farmer. In about 1922, he and his wife lived in WY, where their daughter had been born. The US Census of 1930 noted that Sidney M. Lister lived at 711 East 30th Street North, Portland, OR. The house was owned by Lister and had a value of approximately $6,000. His last residence was in the 97232 zip code of Portland, OR.

His father, Elga G. Lister, (born 11/1851) had come from OH, his mother England. They married c. 1882. Elga's parents had both come from OH, according to the US Census of 1900. In 1900, Elga worked as a carpenter, a skill that he passed to his son. Sidney's mother, Harriett (born 04/1862) worked in the home, raising seven children. She had had 8 by 1900, but one had died by that time. The children included: Francis G. (born 07/1883 in KS), Cecile L. (born c. 03/1884 in KS). Sidney, Frederick P. (born 12/1888), Esther A. (born 10/1892), Annie M. (born 12/1895) and Edgar W. (born 06/1898).

Sidney Lister married Elizabeth D. Lister (born c. 1891 in MT) in about 1917. The Census of 1930 noted that her father had come from PA, her mother, Scotland.

He and his wife had a daughter also named Sidney A. (born c. 1922 in WY).

SSN: 543-16-8887; a 1917 World War I draft registration card noted Lister to be of medium height and build with brown hair and eyes.

• Marysville, KS (Architect's Birth)
  Marysville, KS

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