Lillian was born in November 1897, the daughter of Charles Howland and Ella Holman. Family records indicate that she was adopted by two schoolteachers after her parents died.
Sources
"Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZQN-C98 : 4 April 2020), Howland, 21 Nov 1897; citing East Livermore, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MML4-FL5 : accessed 27 May 2020), Lillian A Howland in household of Chas H Howland, East Livermore town Livermore Falls village, Androscoggin, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9, sheet 9A, family 205, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,587.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lillian by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lillian: