Lillian Macy Joslin

Brief Life History of Lillian Macy

When Lillian Macy Joslin was born on 17 February 1890, in Fairview, Jones, Iowa, United States, her father, Thurston Joslin, was 61 and her mother, Polly Agnes Warden, was 42. She married Harry Marcus Newhard on 7 December 1908, in Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, United States. She lived in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States for about 20 years and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1950. She died on 6 August 1965, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Russell Harold Sterner
1891–1958
Lillian Macy Joslin
1890–1965
Marriage: 28 August 1913
Edwin Thurston Sterner
1914–1958
Blaine J Sterner
1917–1999
Paul T Sterner
1922–1988

Sources (30)

  • Lillian M Sterner, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Lillie Joslin, "Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950"
  • Lillian M Joslin, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"

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Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin):

from the Old French personal name Goscelin, Gosselin, Joscelin, from ancient Germanic Goz(e)lin, a diminutive of a short form of compound names based on the element goz (from gaut, an ethnic name meaning ‘Geat’ or ‘Goth’; see Goss ).

alternatively, perhaps a diminutive of the Old French personal name Josse (Old Breton Judoc); see Joyce .

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

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