Lillie May Hankins (née Bixler) 1878 - 1943

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A seamstress and the daughter of William Bixler (a laborer) and Rachel Sargent,

Lillie Bixler, the third cousin three-times-removed on the mother's side of Nigel Horne, was born in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA on Aug 21, 18781 and was married 5 times - to George Hankins (on Aug 28, 1896 in Allen, Indiana, USA) Charles Harris (on Dec 5, 1901) William Burdge (on Mar 4, 1913 in Fort Wayne) Ralph Bayless (on Apr 6, 1915 in Fort Wayne) Garry Lemay (on Jan 31, 1918 in Fort Wayne)1. She had 5 children with Charles Harris: Blossom Violet, Burton Franklin, Charles F, Robert Harris and Alice Marie.

Throughout her life, Lillie lived in several places: on St Marys Avenue, Fort Wayne, Indiana on Jun 15, 18802; in Washington, Indiana on Jun 1, 1900; on Sinclair Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana on May 5, 1910; at 1234 Burgess Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1916; at her birthplace on Jan 5, 1920 (the same place as her father had been living on Apr 15, 1910); in Marion, Indiana on Apr 2, 1930; in Allen on Apr 13, 1940 (the same place as her mother had been living on Jun 1, 1900); and at 1933 Spring Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1942 and in 1943 which is where she died on Nov 10 (heart attack Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 13 November 1943, page 3: While preparing the evening meal, Mrs. Lillie May Lemay, 65, suffered a heart attack and died Friday afternoon at 5:15 o'clock at her home at 1933 Spring street. Cause of death was determined by Dr. E. N. Mendanhall, county coroner. She had been ill for some time. Mrs. Lemay was a native of and lifelong resident of Fort Wayne and was a member of the Wesleyan Methodist church. Surviving are the husband, Garry; five children, Charles and Burton Harris, Robert Bixler, Mrs. Alice McKinley and Mrs. Blossom Walsh, and four stepchildren, Chester, Clayton, Glenn and Vincent LeMay, all of Fort Wayne; 12 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren; and three brothers, William and John Bixler, both of Fort Wayne, and Ike Bixler of Spencer. The body was taken to the Louis Berhalter & Son funeral home in Kendallville and will be returned to the residence here late this afternoon. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence here and 2:30 o'clock at the Wesleyan Methodist church, Rev. Edward Smithee officiating. Burial will be in the Bower cemetery near New Haven). She was buried at Bowers Cemetery, New Haven, Indiana on Nov 15, 1943.