Lillian Elizabeth Moseley

Lillian Moseley

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Individual Facts

Name: Lillian Elizabeth Moseley
Sex: Female
Also Known As: Lilly, Lil
Birth: 2 Mar 1918, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA
Death: 27 Mar 1996, San Jose, Santa Clara, California, USA
Burial: San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA

Born in Buffalo, NY

Lillian was born in 1918 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York. At that time, Buffalo was a busy industrial city and lake port. Life there was shaped by factories, railroads, grain elevators, and shipping through the Great Lakes and Erie Canal system. Many families were working or lower-middle class, and daily life centered on steady work, church, neighborhood ties, and ethnic communities, including many German, Polish, Irish, and Italian families.

In 1918, life was also affected by World War I. The war increased industrial production and jobs, but it also brought worry, rationing, and patriotic pressure at home. Later that year, the "Spanish flu" influenza pandemic hit Buffalo as it did much of the country.

Most homes had electricity by then, but many routines were still labor-intensive. People relied on streetcars, local shops, newspapers, and close-knit family networks. So, a child born in Buffalo in early 1918 entered a world of hard work, strong immigrant-rooted neighborhoods, and major national change.

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