When Julius Johan Lilya was born on 26 March 1859, in Landskrona, Malmöhus, Sweden, his father, Ola Åkesson Lilja, was 31 and his mother, Maria Magdalena Pettersson Baster, was 25. He married Margaret Robertson in 1883, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States in 1920 and Animas, La Plata, Colorado, United States in 1930. He died on 16 April 1938, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1877: La Plata, Colorado, United States
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Italian: from the feminine form of the personal name Lillo ; alternatively, from a shortened form of a female personal name such as Angelilla (from Angela), or a short form of Camilla.
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Possible Related NamesJohan Julius Lilya immigrated to the United States in September of 1881. He is listed as coming from the Skane conference in Sweden, so he probably moved back to Sweden after his parents immigrated t …
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