Lillian Sanders Bledsoe

22 January 1860–23 May 1920 (Age 60)
Orange, Virginia, United States

The Life Summary of Lillian Sanders

When Lillian Sanders Bledsoe was born on 22 January 1860, in Orange, Virginia, United States, her father, Moses G Bledsoe, was 27 and her mother, Mary Catlett Sanders, was 27. She lived in Orange Court House, Orange, Virginia, United States in 1870. She died on 23 May 1920, in Gordon District, Orange, Virginia, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Unionville, Orange, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Moses G Bledsoe
1834–1915
Mary Catlett Sanders
1833–1895
Lum V Bledsoe
1853–
Lillian Sanders Bledsoe
1860–1920
Dora Bledsoe
1862–1944
Thomas Hansford Bledsoe
1866–1898
Dr Robert Garnett Bledsoe M D
1868–1944
Mary Bledsoe
1872–1915
Mollie Bledsoe
1875–

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World Events (8)

1861 · The Battle of Manassas
Age 1
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 
1863
Age 3
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
Age 16
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from a place in Gloucestershire named Bledisloe, from the Old English personal name Blīth (a byname meaning ‘cheerful’) + Old English hlāw ‘mound, tumulus’. This surname is very rare in Britain.

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

Possible Related Names

Bledsaw
Bloodsaw

Sources (9)

  • Lillie S Bledsoe in household of M G Bledsoe, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Lillian Sanders Blesac, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
  • Lilian Bledsoe in household of Moses G Bledsoe, "United States Census, 1870"

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