Kate’s notes:  Etta Gertrude Gililland was born in Illinois on August 24, 1894 to Joshua K. Gililland and wife Mary.  According to the 1900 census for Pike County, Illinois. Joshua listed his birthplace as Missouri; there were at the time five young children in the household, including two eldest who were born in Missouri. Going by the ages & birthplaces of the children, it appears Joshua and family moved to Illinois about 1885-87.
   While on the subject of Gilillands in California and their wandering migration paths, in the 1920 census for  Orange County, Ca., lived the family of J. Richard Gililland, 33. He listed his birthplace as Arizona but his father’s birthplace as Missouri and his mother’s birthplace as Michigan.
   Etta Gertrude (Gililland) Kronmeyer died on April 16, 1953 at San Bernardino, California.

From the Corona Independent
Corona, California
11 January, 1916

KRONMEYER-GILILLAND
MARRIAGE
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   Of interest to local people is the wedding of Louis Elmer Kronmeyer and Etta Gertrude Gililland, both former residents of Corona, which was solemnized on Sunday afternoon at the home of the groom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kronmeyer, 623 Second Avenue, Uplands.
   The house was beautifully decorated in smilax and the archway, from which a white bell hung suspended and under which the ceremony was performed, had been transformed into a lovely bower of greenery. The Episcopal ring service was read by Rev. Sam Wetty, an old friend of the bride. Miss Marie Kronmeyer was bridesmaid, while a younger sister La Von Kronmeyer was the ring bearer. The groom was attended by I. J. Linkey.
   The bride was gowned in yellow chiffon over taffeta and she carried a shower boquet of cecil bruner roses and maiden hair ferns. Miss Kronmeyer, the bridesmaid, was gowned in blue taffeta and carried a boquet of pink carnations and ferns. The bride’s traveling costume was a beautiful brown tailored suit with hat to match. The happy newly weds slipped away on a honeymoon trip to Los Angeles, when a dainty wedding repast had been served.
   The out of town guests at the wedding were: Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Bender and family, Mr. and Mrs. S. Bird and F. M. Baird of this city. Other guests at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. Garfield, Alexander Robb, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dossinger, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ezra Williams, Mrs. M. R. Gililland, mother of the bride, I. J. Linkey, Mrs. C. K. Sturdevant, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kronmeyer, Marie Kronmeyer, La Von Kronmeyer and Miss Lizzie Kreider.

-transcription by Kate Maynard, 2012