Meet Lillian Russell

Meet Actress Lillian Russell - "More than a century ago, the famed stage and film actress, Lillian Russell (nee Leonard) Moore (1861-1922) owned two properties on what became Courier Place. She resided at 5 Courier Place, off and on. Her niece, Leona Cynthia Van Mater, daughter of Lillian’s sister, Ida Kate Schultze (1854-1916), resided next door, at 9 Courier Place with her husband, Everett P. Van Mater."

"This Was Famous Actress Lillian Russell", By Rod Leith, Rutherford Historian, "This is Rutherford", October 2022

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