Lillian young born in 1907 the great
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When Barbara Lillian Young was born on 11 September 1907, in Ellsworth, Kansas, United States, her father, Charles A. Young, was 39 and her mother, Mary A. Birka, was 33. She had at least 1 daughter with Lester Henry Weberg. She lived in Ellsworth, Ellsworth, Kansas, United States in 1910 and Columbia Township, Ellsworth, Kansas, United States for about 5 years. She died on 24 February 1988, in Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States.
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First American Diva
Early Years
1857–1875
Lillie Norton was born in a simple New England cape in the foothills of Western Maine in the town of Farmington on December 12, 1857. She was the youngest of the four surviving daughters born to Edwin and Amanda Allen Norton.
Her great-grandparents, originally from Martha’s Vineyard, were among the earliest settlers of Farmington.
When Lillie was two her mother took her to see a neighbor, “Aunt Eunice,” whom some thought to be a witch. She took little Lillie’s palm in hers and predicted, “You shall sail the seven seas, and the crowned heads of Europe will bow before you.”
Her parents found it difficult to scrape out a living on their hardscrabble farm. When Lillie was seven, her family moved to Boston where her father set up a photography studio, and her mother worked at Jordan Marsh.
Her older sister Wilhelmina (Willie) studied voice at the New England Conserv
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When Lillian Young was born on 26 February 1907, in Texas, United States, her father, Charles Richard Young, was 36 and her mother, Easter Annie Fairchild, was 20. She had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Francis Xavier Johnson. She lived in Garland, Dallas, Texas, United States in 1920 and Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. She died on 15 October 1947, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.