Lillian Penney

Lillian is daughter of Duane. William Duane Bonnell. Her cousin Margaret Bonnell, daughter of James Monroe Bonnell, writes a letter to Lillian in 1965. The letter has a lot of family members and history and share photos. Their letters talk about photos of her grand parents. See sources. Her cousin Loretta Brasche was also doing genealogy on the Bonnell Family. Margaret mentions Loretta in her 1965 letter to Lillian. Loretta wrote a 3 page letter Aug 28, 1993 to Fond Du Lac Genealogical society.

These 3 Bonnell ladies were possible cousins.

Lillian is named in her fathers probate court records(see sources) and listed as being 22 years old in 1907. Her father William Duane Bonnell died in 1897 and in 1907 property goes to probate in court in Waupaca county. The court document identifies her father W.D. Bonnell's property that he owned when he died on January 17, 1897 and how the property will be divided among heirs. (assumed heirs are all his living children listed in the court record).