Lillian was the daughter of Peter and Ellen Kennedy and the wife of Charles Hassenforder.
From the New York Dramatic Mirror, March 19, 1898, p. 17:
Lillian Kennedy was stricken with apoplexy while playing on Saturday at Utica. She was taken to a hospital, where her condition was said to be serious. Lillian Kennedy came into prominence in 1891 when she began to star in a play called She Couldn't Marry Three, in which she impersonated the soubrette role of Bess. She first presented the play in New York city at the Windsor Theatre on Aug. 17, 1891, and afterward starred in it for a number of years throughout the country. At the conclusion of her starring tour the season of 1895-06 she accepted an engagement from George Holland to appear in Hobbies and She Couldn't Marry Three at the Girard Theatre in Philadelphia. Shortly afterward she went into vaudeville for a while, appearing with her brother, John J. Kennedy, on the Keith circuit and at Proctor's Theatre in a refined sketch which won favorable recognition. Last season she resumed her starring tours, adding The Deacon's Daughter to her repertoire, the play in which Annie Pixley had starred. This season Miss Kennedy had been starring in The Deacon's Daughter and The Charity Girl. She was booked to appear in The Charity Girl at Forepaugh's Theatre, Philadelphia, next week.
Obituary, The Times (Philadelphia PA), March 18, 1898, p 11:
HASSENFORDER — On Tuesday, March 15, 1898 at Utica, N.Y. LILLIAN, beloed [sic] wife of Charles Hassenforder and daughter of Peter and Ellen Kennedy aged 28 years. Philadelphia's favorite actress.
Relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Saturday morning at 8:30 o'clock, from her late residence, 1916 North Seventh street. High Requiem Mass at St. Edward's Church. Interment private. New York and Boston papers please copy.
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Birth year is approximate, based on age in Philadelphia death record (which differs from age in obituary).
From the New York Dramatic Mirror, March 19, 1898, p. 17:
Lillian Kennedy was stricken with apoplexy while playing on Saturday at Utica. She was taken to a hospital, where her condition was said to be serious. Lillian Kennedy came into prominence in 1891 when she began to star in a play called She Couldn't Marry Three, in which she impersonated the soubrette role of Bess. She first presented the play in New York city at the Windsor Theatre on Aug. 17, 1891, and afterward starred in it for a number of years throughout the country. At the conclusion of her starring tour the season of 1895-06 she accepted an engagement from George Holland to appear in Hobbies and She Couldn't Marry Three at the Girard Theatre in Philadelphia. Shortly afterward she went into vaudeville for a while, appearing with her brother, John J. Kennedy, on the Keith circuit and at Proctor's Theatre in a refined sketch which won favorable recognition. Last season she resumed her starring tours, adding The Deacon's Daughter to her repertoire, the play in which Annie Pixley had starred. This season Miss Kennedy had been starring in The Deacon's Daughter and The Charity Girl. She was booked to appear in The Charity Girl at Forepaugh's Theatre, Philadelphia, next week.
Obituary, The Times (Philadelphia PA), March 18, 1898, p 11:
HASSENFORDER — On Tuesday, March 15, 1898 at Utica, N.Y. LILLIAN, beloed [sic] wife of Charles Hassenforder and daughter of Peter and Ellen Kennedy aged 28 years. Philadelphia's favorite actress.
Relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Saturday morning at 8:30 o'clock, from her late residence, 1916 North Seventh street. High Requiem Mass at St. Edward's Church. Interment private. New York and Boston papers please copy.
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Birth year is approximate, based on age in Philadelphia death record (which differs from age in obituary).
Lillian was the daughter of Peter and Ellen Kennedy and the wife of Charles Hassenforder.
From the New York Dramatic Mirror, March 19, 1898, p. 17:
Lillian Kennedy was stricken with apoplexy while playing on Saturday at Utica. She was taken to a hospital, where her condition was said to be serious. Lillian Kennedy came into prominence in 1891 when she began to star in a play called She Couldn't Marry Three, in which she impersonated the soubrette role of Bess. She first presented the play in New York city at the Windsor Theatre on Aug. 17, 1891, and afterward starred in it for a number of years throughout the country. At the conclusion of her starring tour the season of 1895-06 she accepted an engagement from George Holland to appear in Hobbies and She Couldn't Marry Three at the Girard Theatre in Philadelphia. Shortly afterward she went into vaudeville for a while, appearing with her brother, John J. Kennedy, on the Keith circuit and at Proctor's Theatre in a refined sketch which won favorable recognition. Last season she resumed her starring tours, adding The Deacon's Daughter to her repertoire, the play in which Annie Pixley had starred. This season Miss Kennedy had been starring in The Deacon's Daughter and The Charity Girl. She was booked to appear in The Charity Girl at Forepaugh's Theatre, Philadelphia, next week.
Obituary, The Times (Philadelphia PA), March 18, 1898, p 11:
HASSENFORDER — On Tuesday, March 15, 1898 at Utica, N.Y. LILLIAN, beloed [sic] wife of Charles Hassenforder and daughter of Peter and Ellen Kennedy aged 28 years. Philadelphia's favorite actress.
Relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Saturday morning at 8:30 o'clock, from her late residence, 1916 North Seventh street. High Requiem Mass at St. Edward's Church. Interment private. New York and Boston papers please copy.
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Birth year is approximate, based on age in Philadelphia death record (which differs from age in obituary).
From the New York Dramatic Mirror, March 19, 1898, p. 17:
Lillian Kennedy was stricken with apoplexy while playing on Saturday at Utica. She was taken to a hospital, where her condition was said to be serious. Lillian Kennedy came into prominence in 1891 when she began to star in a play called She Couldn't Marry Three, in which she impersonated the soubrette role of Bess. She first presented the play in New York city at the Windsor Theatre on Aug. 17, 1891, and afterward starred in it for a number of years throughout the country. At the conclusion of her starring tour the season of 1895-06 she accepted an engagement from George Holland to appear in Hobbies and She Couldn't Marry Three at the Girard Theatre in Philadelphia. Shortly afterward she went into vaudeville for a while, appearing with her brother, John J. Kennedy, on the Keith circuit and at Proctor's Theatre in a refined sketch which won favorable recognition. Last season she resumed her starring tours, adding The Deacon's Daughter to her repertoire, the play in which Annie Pixley had starred. This season Miss Kennedy had been starring in The Deacon's Daughter and The Charity Girl. She was booked to appear in The Charity Girl at Forepaugh's Theatre, Philadelphia, next week.
Obituary, The Times (Philadelphia PA), March 18, 1898, p 11:
HASSENFORDER — On Tuesday, March 15, 1898 at Utica, N.Y. LILLIAN, beloed [sic] wife of Charles Hassenforder and daughter of Peter and Ellen Kennedy aged 28 years. Philadelphia's favorite actress.
Relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Saturday morning at 8:30 o'clock, from her late residence, 1916 North Seventh street. High Requiem Mass at St. Edward's Church. Interment private. New York and Boston papers please copy.
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Birth year is approximate, based on age in Philadelphia death record (which differs from age in obituary).
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