Lillian Naslund

   Another name for Lillian was Hildur Lillian Naslund.

  Research Notes:

1. Armena History book; Footsteps Along the Stoney, page 185-186

... 1982 ; the family now consists of Jane and Chris Christenson and Rebecca, Jennifer and Amy of Kingman; Terry and Rob Netherton and Holly of Jasper; Dan and Lorraine Grahn and Andrew of Peace River; Bob and Brenda Grahn of Edmonton; Tim Grahn of Edmonton; Bill Grahn of Edmonton.

2. From: Lillian's obituary [died 24 Oct 2011]; from Burgar Funeral Home

"...She is survived by her 5 children: Jane (Chris) Christenson, Terry (Bob) Netherton, Dan (Lorraine) Grahn, Tim Grahn (John Chwyl), Bill (Shara-lea) Grahn, 17 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, sister Sylvia (Hilbert) Lechelt, brother Arnold (Margaret) Naslund, sister (Janet) Alfhild Syms, nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband Lloyd in 1983 and son Robert in 2009, her parents Johan and Hildur Naslund, 4 brothers Carl, Alvin, Stanley and Harold."

3.

Ancestry Family Tree
Grahn Family Tree [stephgrahn88]; last accessed, 15 Dec 2021
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/8395082/person/6987004412/facts- Lillian - m. Lloyd Grahn and family
- follows Naslund and Grahn families
- Grahn goes back to Carl Johan Grahn, b 25 Mar 1811 at Lycksele parish - his mother, Mara Jonsdotter, 1779-1838, but no information on her


4. From: The Bitter 'N Sweet. The history of The Bittern Lake - Sifton School District. Bittern Lake-Sifton
History Book Association. 1983

pages 350 and 351, submitted by Lloyd Grahn
- parents Thor and Mabel (Nelson) Grahn moved to the farm, NE sec 32, Twp 47, Range 21, W4th [ this east of
Armena ] in 1937; and several yrs later bought the NW of ; Section 33
- Thor continued to farm until 1948 and moved to Camrose and then in 1955 to Edmonton
- Thor born in Sweden and came to Canada in 1902, 10 yrs old
- died in 1957; his wife remarried in 1961 to Harold Chowne and she died in 1970
- 5 children - Hazel b in 1925; June born in 1934 and died at age 8; a son and daughter died in infancy;
Lloyd b in 1920
- served in the army, 1942-1945, but most of the time in Ontario; returned to the farm after the army
- Lloyd's grandfather John Grahn had said that he had walked many times to the Roper Store in Bittern Lake
for mail and groceries - walked from his homestead west of Hay Lakes [west ???]
- Lloyd bought his dad's farm in 1948. married 1949 to Lillian Naslund
children: Jane married Chris Christianson - Rebecca, Jennifer, Amy; Terry married Bob Netherton - children
Holly and James; Dan married Lorraine and a son Andrew; Bob married Brenda, live in Edmonton; Tim and Bill
also live in Edmonton

- book is available througth U of C Digital Collections, local history [4 Jan 2023]
link, https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/archive/The-Bitter--n-sweet---the-history-of-the-Bittern-Lake-Sifton-District-2R3BF1FPLBK0Z.html ^8421,8424

Lillian married Lloyd Grahn in 1949 in Camrose, Alberta, Canada.⁸⁴²¹ (Lloyd Grahn was born in 1920 in Hay Lakes, Alberta, Canada, died in 1983 in Camrose, Alberta, Canada ⁸⁴²² and was buried in Valleyview Cemetery, Camrose, Alberta, Canada ⁸⁴²².)