Lillie Mae Greenhill

Brief Life History of Lillie Mae

When Lillie Mae Greenhill was born on 21 June 1900, in Abbott, Hill, Texas, United States, her father, Samuel Edward Greenhill, was 42 and her mother, Mary Davis Bolton, was 37. She married John Fitzhugh Lee Boozer about 1919, in Midland, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She died on 11 February 1981, in Canon City, Fremont, Colorado, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Canon City, Fremont, Colorado, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Fitzhugh Lee Boozer
1899–1952
Lillie Mae Greenhill
1900–1981
Marriage: about 1919
William Leon Boozer
1920–1970
Edward Leroy Boozer
1923–1944
Baby boy Boozer
1927–1927

Sources (11)

  • Lillie M Greenhill in household of Samuel E Greenhill, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Lillie Mae Greenhill, "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981"
  • Lille Mae Boozer, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered

"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."

1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various minor places in England named Greenhill, usually from Old English grēne ‘green’ + hyll ‘hill’. However, Greenhill in Worcestershire is probably named from Old English grīma ‘specter, goblin’ + hyll ‘hill’. The name may also have been a topographic name for one who lived ‘(by the) green hill’. Compare Grinnell .

Americanized form (translation into English) of German or Jewish Grünberg (see Grunberg ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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