Lillian A. (Oldershaw) Hunt (1868 - 1927)

Born 24 Apr 1868 in Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Died 23 Dec 1927 at age 59 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Lillian A. Oldershaw was born on April 24, 1868, in Connecticut. She was the daughter of John Oldershaw and Charlotte Tripp Parker.

The 1870 U.S. Census for Connecticut records John Oldershaw as the 59 year old head of household. He was born in England, and his occupation is photographer. Also listed are Charlotte T. Oldershaw, female age 42; Lillian A. Oldershaw, female, age 2; Edward E. Lay, male age 19, clerk in a news office; Laura Parker, female, age 17; Katie E. A. Peckham, female, age 29, photographer; Elisa Applebey, female, age 18, secretary. Everyone but John is listed as born in Connecticut.

Lillian married L. Aborn.

Lillian married L. E. Barrett. Sources indicate that she was married to Mr. Barrett at the time of her mother's death.

Lillian married Charles H. Hunt.

Lillian Oldershaw Aborn Barrett Hunt died on December 23, 1927, in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. She is buried in Zion Hill Cemetery in Hartford next to her mother. Some of the information on the Connecticut death record has been mistranslated. Her parents were not E. Barrett and L. Aborn; these were her two previous husbands.

Sources

• United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN74-WDK : 17 October 2014), John Oldershaw, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 52, family 384, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,599.

• United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDBW-KT6 : 13 March 2018), Horace Lay, 1862.

• Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F72Q-L58 : 9 February 2018), C.H. Hunt in entry for Lillian A. Barrett, 23 Dec 1927; citing Hartford, Hartford, Ct, reference 39; FHL microfilm 3,337.

• Find-A-Grave Memorial for Lillian Oldershaw