Born in Florida, USA
Daughter of Samuel Sands
and Charity (Albury) Sands
Wife of
Milton L. Roberts
— married
6 Feb 1907 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA
Died after
after age 61
in Florida, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Mar 2021
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Biography
Lillian was born 3 June 1883, probably in Key West, Florida.[1] She was the daughter of Samuel Sands and Charity Albury.
She married first [—?—] Moody.[2]
She married second Milton L. Roberts on 6 February 1907 in Key West in a ceremony performed by Wm. H. Malone Jr., Notary Public.[3] The witnesses were Mr. Charles Russell and Miss Susan Russell.
Lillian was still living when Milton died in 1945.[4] Her date and place of death remain unknown.[5]
Sources
- ↑ An image of a family record of birth dates appears on Ancestry.com. "Written Information," Lillian June 3, 1883; digital image, Ancestry.com, posted by jane15q on 22 December 2017 (https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/37835005/person/192274846136/media/f52e64c6-d139-48a8-88a7-05bc49e80806?usePUBJs=true : accessed March 2021). The 1900 census states that Lillian was born in June 1887. 1900 U.S. Census, Dade County, Florida, population schedule, Miami City, enumeration district 32, stamped page 264, sheet 14B, dwelling 379, family 390, Samuel Sands household; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6W93-M4N?i=27&cc=1325221&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM3DT-WHJ : accessed March 2021); citing National Archives microfilm T623, roll 167.
- ↑ Lillian's surname was Moody when she married Milton Roberts. No record of the Moody marriage has been found in the Monroe County marriage licenses. Monroe County Marriage Licenses 6: 229, Milton Roberts and Lillian L. Moody, 6 February 1907; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89KN-TXXC?i=178&cc=2397260&cat=341167 : accessed March 2021).
- ↑ Monroe County Marriage Licenses 6: 229, Milton Roberts and Lillian L. Moody, 6 February 1907; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89KN-TXXC?i=178&cc=2397260&cat=341167 : accessed March 2021).
- ↑ Milton's Find A Grave memorial includes an image of his obituary, which mentions Lillian as his surviving widow as of 1 September 1945. Donna Jean Robinson, "Milton Roberts," Memorial no. 181688511, posted 23 July 2017; memorial without photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181688511/milton-roberts : accessed March 2021).
- ↑ Several online trees at Ancestry.com place her death in 1953 in Monroe County, Florida. They may be confusing her with the Lillian Sands who married Melvin Lewis and died in 1953.
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