Lilla Marguerite (Dunn) Telford (1898 - 1976)

Born 24 Aug 1898 in Jermyn, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Jasper Bennett Telford — married 5 Jan 1925 in Jermyn, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 27 Feb 1976 at age 77 in West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Baptism

Lilla Marguerite Dunn daughter of George and Rose Dunn was born on 24 Aug 1898 and she was baptised on 14 Dec 1898 in St. James Episcopal Church, Carbondale, PA.^[1]

Marriage

The Tribune

New Years Wedding is Solemnized in Jermyn

JERMYN, Jan. - 5. A pretty New Year's wedding took place on last Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock, when Miss Lilly Dunn, daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. George Dunn, of South Washington avenue, Jermyn, was united in marriage to Jasper B. Telford, of Feckvllle. Rev. F. P. Houghton, of Glenburn, performed the ceremony. Miss Emily Dunn, a sister of the bride, was the maid of Honor and Aired Telford, a brother of the bride groom was the best man. Misses Margaret Morgan and Martha Reegan, acted as bridesmaids. The ushers were Claude Sando and Gilbert Telford. The bride was attired in a gown of white brocaded velvet and carried a shower bouquet of lilles of the valley. The maid of honor wore a gown of orchid chiffon, and birdemaids wore honey dew and pink chiffon. A reception followed the ceremony at the home of the bride, after which the couple left on a wedding trip to the South. Upon their return they will reside at a newly furnished home in North Scranton.^[2]

Obituary

The Times-Tribune

Jermyn-Mayfield Lily Telford

Mrs. Lily Telford, Jermyn, RD 1, died Friday in Chester County Hospital, West Chester, Pa. Her husband, Jasper, died in 1973. A lifelong resident of Jermyn, daughter of the late George and Rose Rich Dunn, she was a member of Montdale United Methodist Church and its womens society; Order of Eastern Star, Chapter 7; Pride of the Orient, Peckville; Daughters of the American Revolution, Society of Mayflower Descedants, Business and Professional Womens Club, Independent Telephone Assocition and Cana White Shrine, Scranton. Miss Telford had been employed by Mutual Life Insurace Co. and with her husband, formerly owned the Chapman Lake Telephone Co. Surviving are two daugh-ters, Mrs. Violet Navarro, Jermyn RD, and Mrs, Marjorie Boerlin, West Chester; three sisters, Mrs. William Hauenstein, Rockville, Md.; Miss Florence Dunn and Mrs. William McCabe, both of Jermyn; a brother, Ralph Dunn, Carbondale; six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be Monday at 11 a.m. from Battenberg Funeral Home, 363 Washington Ave., Jermyn, with the Rev. George Shawger, Montdale United Methodist Church, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Arthur Davis, Jermyn United Methodist Church. Interment, Valley View Cemetery, Montdale. Viewing today, 7 to 9 p.m.; Sunday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Eastern Star services Sunday at 8 p.m.^[3]

Census

1900 United States Census^[4]

Location: Jermyn, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA

1910 United States Census^[5]

Location: Jermyn, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA

1920 United States Census^[6]

Location: Jermyn, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA

1930 United States Census^[7]

Location: Blakely, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA

1940 United States Census^[8]

Location: Scott, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

1. ↑ Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 562: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2656467:2451?ssrc=pt&tid=179124455&pid=212326650753
2. ↑ "New Years Wedding is Solemnized in Jermyn," The Tribune, Scranton, PA, 06 Jan 1925, Tuesday, Page 9: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95669399/marriage-of-dunn-telford/
3. ↑ "Jermyn-Mayfield Lily Telford," The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA, 28 Feb 1976, Saturday, Page 2: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95669885/obituary-for-lily-telford/
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M33W-9PL : 13 January 2022), George S Dunn, 1900.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGCS-JMQ : accessed 14 February 2022), George S Dunn, Jermyn Ward 2, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 35, sheet 13A, family 255, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1356; FHL microfilm 1,375,369.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXSS-9MF : 3 February 2021), George S Dunn, 1920.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH3V-RRR : accessed 20 February 2022), Lily Telford in household of Jasper Telford, Blakely, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 102, sheet 2B, line 71, family 38, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2048; FHL microfilm 2,341,782.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQDH-VB5 : 15 December 2019), Lily Telford in household of Jasper Telford, Scott Township, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 35-122, sheet 9A, line 29, family 164, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3526.

See Also:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205910768/lilla-marguerite-telford : accessed 20 February 2022), memorial page for Lilla Marguerite Dunn Telford (23 Aug 1898–27 Feb 1976), Find a Grave Memorial ID 205910768, citing Valley View Memorial Park, Scott Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Joyce Miller (contributor 48695773) .
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L87F-P3Q