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Family HistoryFamily History - Lillian E. Gibson


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This family history features Lillian E. Gibson and her immediate family.



First Generation
1. Lillian E. Gibson,1 born 14 July 1907 in Connecticut, the daughter of Joseph Gibson and Deborah _____;1, 2 died 17 February 1979.1 Lillian married, first, 1934, Rollin Taylor Rood1 (born 6 July 1895 in Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut, the son of Rollin M. Rood and Flora A. Taylor;3 Rollin died 30 September 1936 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts3). Lillian married, second, 3 September 1949 in Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut, Alexander Valentine Bollerer7 (born 2 April 1901 in Connecticut, the son of Valentine Bollerer and Antoinette Niedl;4, 5, 6 Alexander died 15 February 19654). Rollin is buried in East Cemetery, Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut.3 Alexander is buried in East Cemetery, Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut.4

  1. Find a Grave (website). East Cemetery, Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut, Lillian E. Gibson Bollerer, born: 14 July 1907; died: 17 February 1979 [from record, which provides the names and links for her two spouses, the first one m.1934].
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Connecticut, Hartford County, East Hartford, ED 2-52, Sheet No. 2A, Joseph Gibson, 60, No. Ireland, locomotive engineer, steam railroad; wife Deborah Gibson, 56, No. Ireland; son Elmore Gibson, 26, Connecticut, accountant, aircraft; daughter Doris Gibson, 23, Connecticut, typist, insurance; son Harris Gibson, 21, office clerk, aircraft; daughter Lillian Rood, 32, Connecticut, widowed, registered nurse, hospital.
  3. Find a Grave (website). East Cemetery, Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut, Rollin Taylor Rood, born: 6 July 1895 in Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut; died: 30 September 1936 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts [from record, which provides the names of his parents and spouse (m. 1934)].
  4. Find a Grave (website). East Cemetery, Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut, Alexander V. Bollerer, born: 2 April 1901; died: 15 February 1965 [from record, which provides the name and link for his wife, believed to be his second].
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Connecticut, Hartford County, New Britain, ED 218, Sheet No. 8B, Valentine Bollerer, 39, Connecticut, proprietor, saloon; wife of 18 years Antoinette Bollerer, 38, Austria Bohemian, 2 children, 2 living; daughter Caroline A. Bollerer, 14, Connecticut; son Alexander V. Bollerer, 9, Connecticut.
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Connecticut, Hartford County, East Hartford, ED 2-118, Sheet No. 5A, Alexander V. Bollerer [indexed as Bolleren], 29, Connecticut, first married age 28, tabulating mach.; May L. Bollerer, 26, New York, first married age 25.
  7. Connecticut Marriage Records, 1897-1968 (available at ancestry.com), Alexander Bollerer and Lillian Rood, married on 3 September 1949 in Manchester, Connecticut.