LILLA JANE "LILLY" (NOLAND) LIVINGSTON WILSON GOOKIN SHINE BRUNSON (1874-1947) was born in the Blanket Creek area near Sonora, Tuolumne County, CA. Her middle name likely came from her aunt, Aurora "Jane" (Noland) Shepard.
Lilly may have been married as many as five times! Her first marriage, at age 17 in 1891 (which required her mother's consent), was to John Livingston (~1867-<1900), who was a shoemaker, like his father before him, but would later become a miner. They would have one daughter, Vada Ray (Livingston) Poore (1894-1975), whom they named after the state of Nevada. (Vada was the only child that Lilly would have.)
In the 1900 Federal Census, Lilly was listed as being a widow. On August 7, 1901, in Sonora, Lilly married Daniel Wilson (1877-?), a miner from Jamestown. Then, in January of 1910, according to a newspaper-wedding announcement, Lilly Wilson married William Wallace Gookin (1874-1956). (We do not know if Lilly was divorced from Daniel Wilson or widowed at that time.) Gookin was working as a teamster in a warehouse, later as a pipefitter, and still later, as a meter reader.
In nearby Columbia, on February 29, 1916 (Leap Day, the traditional day when women are allowed to propose to men!), Lilly married William Thomas Shine (1870-?), as her husband number four! [Lilly must have divorced William Gookin sometime before her fourth marriage. Gookin would later marry Nellie Amando (Selby) Gookin (1887-1952), Lilly's former sister-in-law!] William Shine was first a gold miner, then a laborer.
By 1930, Lilly had divorced Shine and married Charles Edward Brunson (1880-1962), a farm laborer. "Charlie" Brunson would have been Lilly's fifth husband!
Lilla Jane (Noland) Livingston Wilson Gookin Shine Brunson died in 1947, of a heart attack, while fishing with her husband on the South Fork of the Stanislaus River. She is buried at the Mountain Shadow Cemetery in Sonora. (Lillie's husband, Charles, died in 1962, and is buried next to her in an unmarked grave.)
Lilly may have been married as many as five times! Her first marriage, at age 17 in 1891 (which required her mother's consent), was to John Livingston (~1867-<1900), who was a shoemaker, like his father before him, but would later become a miner. They would have one daughter, Vada Ray (Livingston) Poore (1894-1975), whom they named after the state of Nevada. (Vada was the only child that Lilly would have.)
In the 1900 Federal Census, Lilly was listed as being a widow. On August 7, 1901, in Sonora, Lilly married Daniel Wilson (1877-?), a miner from Jamestown. Then, in January of 1910, according to a newspaper-wedding announcement, Lilly Wilson married William Wallace Gookin (1874-1956). (We do not know if Lilly was divorced from Daniel Wilson or widowed at that time.) Gookin was working as a teamster in a warehouse, later as a pipefitter, and still later, as a meter reader.
In nearby Columbia, on February 29, 1916 (Leap Day, the traditional day when women are allowed to propose to men!), Lilly married William Thomas Shine (1870-?), as her husband number four! [Lilly must have divorced William Gookin sometime before her fourth marriage. Gookin would later marry Nellie Amando (Selby) Gookin (1887-1952), Lilly's former sister-in-law!] William Shine was first a gold miner, then a laborer.
By 1930, Lilly had divorced Shine and married Charles Edward Brunson (1880-1962), a farm laborer. "Charlie" Brunson would have been Lilly's fifth husband!
Lilla Jane (Noland) Livingston Wilson Gookin Shine Brunson died in 1947, of a heart attack, while fishing with her husband on the South Fork of the Stanislaus River. She is buried at the Mountain Shadow Cemetery in Sonora. (Lillie's husband, Charles, died in 1962, and is buried next to her in an unmarked grave.)
LILLA JANE "LILLY" (NOLAND) LIVINGSTON WILSON GOOKIN SHINE BRUNSON (1874-1947) was born in the Blanket Creek area near Sonora, Tuolumne County, CA. Her middle name likely came from her aunt, Aurora "Jane" (Noland) Shepard.
Lilly may have been married as many as five times! Her first marriage, at age 17 in 1891 (which required her mother's consent), was to John Livingston (~1867-<1900), who was a shoemaker, like his father before him, but would later become a miner. They would have one daughter, Vada Ray (Livingston) Poore (1894-1975), whom they named after the state of Nevada. (Vada was the only child that Lilly would have.)
In the 1900 Federal Census, Lilly was listed as being a widow. On August 7, 1901, in Sonora, Lilly married Daniel Wilson (1877-?), a miner from Jamestown. Then, in January of 1910, according to a newspaper-wedding announcement, Lilly Wilson married William Wallace Gookin (1874-1956). (We do not know if Lilly was divorced from Daniel Wilson or widowed at that time.) Gookin was working as a teamster in a warehouse, later as a pipefitter, and still later, as a meter reader.
In nearby Columbia, on February 29, 1916 (Leap Day, the traditional day when women are allowed to propose to men!), Lilly married William Thomas Shine (1870-?), as her husband number four! [Lilly must have divorced William Gookin sometime before her fourth marriage. Gookin would later marry Nellie Amando (Selby) Gookin (1887-1952), Lilly's former sister-in-law!] William Shine was first a gold miner, then a laborer.
By 1930, Lilly had divorced Shine and married Charles Edward Brunson (1880-1962), a farm laborer. "Charlie" Brunson would have been Lilly's fifth husband!
Lilla Jane (Noland) Livingston Wilson Gookin Shine Brunson died in 1947, of a heart attack, while fishing with her husband on the South Fork of the Stanislaus River. She is buried at the Mountain Shadow Cemetery in Sonora. (Lillie's husband, Charles, died in 1962, and is buried next to her in an unmarked grave.)
Lilly may have been married as many as five times! Her first marriage, at age 17 in 1891 (which required her mother's consent), was to John Livingston (~1867-<1900), who was a shoemaker, like his father before him, but would later become a miner. They would have one daughter, Vada Ray (Livingston) Poore (1894-1975), whom they named after the state of Nevada. (Vada was the only child that Lilly would have.)
In the 1900 Federal Census, Lilly was listed as being a widow. On August 7, 1901, in Sonora, Lilly married Daniel Wilson (1877-?), a miner from Jamestown. Then, in January of 1910, according to a newspaper-wedding announcement, Lilly Wilson married William Wallace Gookin (1874-1956). (We do not know if Lilly was divorced from Daniel Wilson or widowed at that time.) Gookin was working as a teamster in a warehouse, later as a pipefitter, and still later, as a meter reader.
In nearby Columbia, on February 29, 1916 (Leap Day, the traditional day when women are allowed to propose to men!), Lilly married William Thomas Shine (1870-?), as her husband number four! [Lilly must have divorced William Gookin sometime before her fourth marriage. Gookin would later marry Nellie Amando (Selby) Gookin (1887-1952), Lilly's former sister-in-law!] William Shine was first a gold miner, then a laborer.
By 1930, Lilly had divorced Shine and married Charles Edward Brunson (1880-1962), a farm laborer. "Charlie" Brunson would have been Lilly's fifth husband!
Lilla Jane (Noland) Livingston Wilson Gookin Shine Brunson died in 1947, of a heart attack, while fishing with her husband on the South Fork of the Stanislaus River. She is buried at the Mountain Shadow Cemetery in Sonora. (Lillie's husband, Charles, died in 1962, and is buried next to her in an unmarked grave.)
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