Gilliland & Gilland burials at Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Kate’s notes: Because the cemetery records are sketchy, I’ve added additional information (indicated in italics) on the Gillilands buried here.

Spotlight: Cemetery Records
by Valerie Beaudrault

Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota 
See: www.lakewoodcemetery.com/f_welcome.htm

Lakewood Cemetery is located in the city of Minneapolis, at the southern end of the Uptown area. It is a private, non-sectarian cemetery. Notable interments in the cemetery include former Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Senator Paul Wellstone.

According to the cemetery’s website, Lakewood, which was established in 1871, was modeled after the rural cemeteries of nineteenth century France. The superintendent of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was hired to develop the plans for the grounds at Lakewood. 

LEROY L. GILLILAND
Age: 75
Death Date: 08/07/1975
Place of Death: Unavailable
Disposition Date: 08/11/1975
Site Id: Unavailable
*I have Leroy’s birthdate as Jan 20, 1900. Possibly born in Indiana.
 
MARGARET A. GILLILAND
Age: 80
Death Date: 03/07/1985
Place of Death: Minneapolis, MN
Disposition Date: 03/11/1985
Site Id: 133-50-2
*Margaret was born March 26, 1904.

ORRA LEROY GILLILAND
Age: 51
Death Date: 09/19/1935
Place of Death: Not Availale
Disposition Date: 09/19/1935
Site Id: PG 115-33
*According to the records I’ve located, Orra was born Oct. 9, 1883 in Iowa. His line can be traced back to Pennsylvania. Orra was an inventor and mechanical engineer. Wife Iva was born about 1900 in Sweden; she may have been his second wife. Two children from this marriage, Betty and Dorothy.
 
WILLIAM HENRY GILLILAND
Age: 67
Death Date: 05/04/1993
Place of Death: Edina, MN.
Disposition Date: 05/07/1993
Site Id: 748-27-3
*William was born April 19, 1926. In the 1930 census he is living with his Candian-born mother, Charlotte (?) and states that his father was born in Illinois. His parents were divorced.

JOSEPH A. GILLAND
Age: 61
Death Date: 11/23/1919
Place of Death: Unavailable
Disposition Date: 11/26/1919
Site Id: 21-2-9
*Possible descendant of a James Gilland of Ohio; family lived in Wisconsin prior to eventual settlement in Minnesota.

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