LILLIAN MARY HENRIETTA AUGUSTUS BORDUA
(née LEGGE)

Born: July 20, 1888    Connecticut
Died: May 21, 1972    Rockville, Tolland, Connecticut
Buried: Ellington Center Cemetery    Ellington, Tolland, Connecticut


Parents:

 
Legge
Annie Kroll
 
Lillian Mary Henrietta Augustus Bordua (née Legge)

 
Children: Anna May Jan. 11, 1910 † Mar. 5, 2003
       
Marriage: Alexis George Bordua
  Between 1910-1912
   
Children: Florence L. Mar. 15, 1913 † July 8, 2000
  Lawrence A. Apr. 1915  
  Howard "Howie" F. Jan. 24, 1917  
  Robert Edward Oct. 20, 1918 † July 6, 1975
  Leonard "Lenny" Thomas Sept. 15, 1920 † June 17, 2004
  Mildred Edith Jan. 29, 1923 † Dec. 5, 2014
  Dorothy May May 5, 1926 † Apr. 25, 2010
  James Frederick "Jimmy, Jim Bee" Oct. 3, 1928 † May 16, 2012
       
Notes: At the time of the April 18, 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Lillian was 21 years old, single, and living with her widowed
  mother, six siblings, and her three-month-old daughter, Anna, at 67 Spring Street, Rockville, Tolland County, Connecticut. She was working as a folder in envelope work [Source: 1910 U.S. Census, Roll T624-143, Part 3, p. 73B].

At the time of the January 9, 1920 census, Lillian M. was 31 years old and living with her husband, Alexis G., her daughter Ann M., and their 4 children at 67 Spring St., Rockville, Tolland Co., Connecticut. Alexis was working as an assistant machinist in a woolen mill. Lillian stated that she was born in Connecticut as was her father, but her mother was born in Germany.
 
At the time of the April 15, 1930 federal census, Lillian M. was 39 years old and living with husband Alexis G. and nine children at 67 Spring Street, Rockville, Tolland county, CT. Alexis was working as a machinist in a woolen mill. Lillian stated that they were married when she was 24 and Alexis was 22 years old. They owned their own home which was valued at $3,000.
 
At the time of the Apr. 2, 1940 U.S. Federal census, Lillian was 51 years old and living with her 50-year-old husband, Alex, and their four children in the family home valued at $1,500 located at 67 Spring St., Rockville, Tolland, Connecticut. She, Alex and their 21-year-old son Robert all had completed their education through the 8th grade. Seventeen-year-old daughter Mildred had completed two years of high school, 13-year-old daughter Dorothy was in the 7th grade, and 11-year-old son James was in the 5th grade of elementary school. Alex was employed as a millwright in a woolen mill. He worked 40 hours during the week of Mar. 24-30, 1940, and worked 52 weeks in 1939, earning $1,500. Son Robert was employed in the wash room of a woolen mill, working 40 hours the week of Mar. 24-30, 1940; he worked 48 weeks in 1939, earning $1,000. Lillian stated she had been married once only when she was 22 years old and that she was the mother of a total of four children. She did not have a Federal Social Security Number. She said both her parents were born in Connecticut.
 
Lillian was a Congregationalist and attended church on Sundays. She couldn't stand the sight of blood. She did not show affection very easily. She was a good cook and canned food from their garden for the cold months. She was very healthy until she suffered a stroke at age 75. She died a few years later after surviving two strokes.

Ancestry: The Bordua Line (through marriage)
   
Grave of Alexis G. and Lillian M. Legge Bordua

Alexis and Lillian (Legge) Bordua.
Alexis and Lillian Bordua (née Legge)

Robert Bordua at age 6 months with his mother.
Lillian with her son, Robert Bordua, at the age of 6 months

Robert Bordua with his family members.
Standing: Robert Bordua
Seated, left to right: Dorothy, Lillian, Alexis and James Bordua with cat
Circa 1936

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