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Lilian Sadler
Lilian Sadler White 1861 - 1939 Lilian Adeline White's Aunt - Sister to her father Gilbert Greenall White Born on 30 March 1861 in Bloomsbury, Middlesex, Lilian was the fourth child of Henry Brown White and Rosa Carter. Lilian Sadler never married and in later years lived with her sister Violet Ada Francis. Violet was one year older than Lilian and also never married; when Violet died in 1930 she left her money to Lilian. This photo was in a beautiful art nouveau style round wooden frame owned by my Nanna Lilian Adeline. In June of 1937 my Nana, Lilian Adeline travelled to Warrington to stay with and care for her "maiden Aunt" and namesake Lilian Sadler. Nana was 27 at the time and unmarried, Lilian Sadler was 76. We don't know very much about Lilian Sadler's life apart from a few stories that we can recall Nana telling us. Aunt Lilian Sadler had pug dogs and a parrot (see the pictures below), and Nana felt that she treated her more like a servant than a niece. ...
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