Daughter of Thaxter W. Shaw and Helen Rawlison, and had a sister Daisy a year younger.
Her mother Helen (1848, OH), was married a third time to Thomas Sturges about 1901, but had only 2 children.
Lillian moved to Tacoma in 1883, and is listed in the 1885 state census, before being married to Alex Conly there in 1886.
She is then listed in the 1889 Pierce County census record as Lillian Conley, born abt 1867 in Michigan.
She is listed in the 1900 Tacoma census as Lillian M. Conley (33, MI) a divorced washing lady, with daughter Barnhardie (Aug 1889, WA) and son Leroy (Feb 1892, WA).
Lillian and her children migrated again, to Texas, where is appears she married John Smith in 1904 as Lillian M. Conly, and her daughter was married in 1906. They then returned to Tacoma before the 1910 census.
She was widowed (33, MI) with last name of Smith and living with her step father, Thomas Sturges and mother in 1910. Also living with them were her daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren. It stated that she had 2 children. Her daughter’s married name was Kelley.
Her daughter Birdie and 2 grandchildren were still living with her (53, MI) in 1920, after her marriage to Burton Fenton.
In 1930 she (63, MI) and Burton lived alone, as they did in 1940.
Her death notice states that she died at her home on 5210 So. Steele St and had been a resident of Tacoma for 68 years. She was a member of Asbury Methodist Church. She was survived by her daughter, Mrs Dreyton Kelley, 3 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.