Lillian Hildur Johnson is someone in my tree that I would like to know more about. I wish I'd had the same curiosity when she was still alive.
Aunt Lil, who is actually my cousin, was the daughter of my great-grandmother's sister, Anna Olivia Johnson. Lillian is buried with her husband's family, the Gustafsons, in the same cemetery as her parents and my great-grandparents, East Cemetery in Manchester, CT.
When I was preparing for my trip to Manchester I was very surprised to learn via Find-A-Grave that she had lived to the age of 107. She died only a year before my father. I don't even remember hearing anything about her having a 100th birthday celebration.
An online obituary for Aunt Lillian says that she was one of the first women to vote in the state of Connecticut. I definitely want to learn more about her and will have to research this branch of my family more thoroughly.
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Funny she was called Aunt when she was really a cousin, but the age difference makes it understandable.
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