Born in Key West, Monroe County, Florida
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin Russell
and Catherine Ann (Saunders) Russell
Sister of
Mary Ann (Russell) Curry, Daniel Russell, Benjamin Russell, Joseph R Russell, Nathaniel S. Russell, Nathalia Russell, Margaret A Russell, Catherine V (Russell) Pinder and John Russell
Wife of
Elliot Lawton Thompson
— married
9 Dec 1895 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida
Wife of
Theodore Pent
— married
1 Aug 1911 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida
Descendants 
Mother of
Eliza Isabelle (Thompson) Pent, Courtney Eugene Thompson, Alice Kathleen (Thompson) Sawyer, Irene (Thompson) Cates, Albert Lawton Thompson, Elsie Marie (Pent) Curry, Joseph Burnell Pent and Dorothy F. Pent
Died
at age 80
in Key West, Monroe County, Florida
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Nov 2015
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Biography
Lilla was born 11 May 1877 in Key West, Florida.[1] She was the daughter of Benjamin Russell and Catherine Ann Saunders.
She married first Elliot Lawton Thompson on 9 December 1895 in Key West, Florida, in a ceremony performed by Jas. Bolton, Pastor, Sparks M. E. Church South.[2] Lilla was widowed when Elliot died in 1910.[3]
Residence
1880 - Key West, Monroe, Florida, USA. Marital status: Single Relation to Head of House: Daughter. [4]
1900 - Key Largo, Monroe, Florida, USA. Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Wife. [5]
1910 - Key West Ward 3, Monroe, Florida, USA. Marital Status: Widowed Relation to Head of House: Daughter. [6]
She married second Theodore Pent on 1 August 1911 in Key West in a ceremony performed by Rev. W. B. [Irena?].[7]
Lilla died on 16 January 1958 in Key West,[8] and she is buried there in the City Cemetery.[9]
Sources
- ↑ Lilla provided her date and place of birth and the names of her parents when she applied for Social Security. "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007," Lilla Russell Pent, b. 11 May 1877; database, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60901&h=13352267&ssrc=pt&tid=14706580&pid=149241238&usePUB=true : accessed November 2015).
- ↑ Monroe County Marriage Licenses 4: 261, E. Lawton Thompson and Lillie Blanch Russell, 9 December 1895; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89KN-YCBH?i=487&cat=341167 : accessed November 2015).
- ↑ Elliot's Find A Grave profile includes his full date of death; however the source for this information is not stated. Donna Jean Robinson, "Elliott Lawton Thompson," Memorial no. 142236455, posted 5 February 2015; memorial without photograph, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=142236455 : accessed November 2015).
- ↑ Year: 1880; Census Place: Key West, Monroe, Florida; Roll: 131; Family History Film: 1254131; Page: 283B; Enumeration District: 118; Image: 0207
- ↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Key Largo, Monroe, Florida; Roll: 174; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0107; FHL microfilm: 1240174
- ↑ Year: 1910; Census Place: Key West Ward 3, Monroe, Florida; Roll: T624_165; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0120; FHL microfilm: 1374178
- ↑ Monroe County Marriage Licenses 6: 595, Theodore Pent and Mrs. Lilla Thompson, 1 August 1911; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89KN-TXNY?i=381&cat=341167 : accessed November 2015).
- ↑ "Florida Death Index, 1877–1998," Liller B Pent. January 1958, Monroe County; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVSY-N9Z : accessed November 2015).
- ↑ Donna Jean Robinson, "Lilla Blanche Russell Pent," Memorial no. 142236510, posted 5 February 2015; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=142236510 : accessed November 2015).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lillie by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 Lillie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lillie by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 Lillie:
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~6.25%
Joseph Pinder
:
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~3.12%
John Sigh :
23andMe, GEDmatch M604590 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A387495 [compare]
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~1.56%
Edmund Wright :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A356521 [compare], Ancestry member Rustywright32
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~0.78%
Laurie Baker :
23andMe
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T443170 [compare], FTDNA kit #211219
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~0.78%
Kenneth Baker :
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #285603
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~0.78%
Dennis Baker :
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~0.78%
Roger Baker :
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~0.78%
James Moss :
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~0.78%
Joseph Higgs :
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