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Eleanor Lyman

1900 - 1991

BiographyOn February 23, 1926, the trustees under Susannah Norcross’s will transferred 249 Marlborough to Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard College.

On the same day, Harvard College sold its one-half interest to Eleanor Lee (Higginson) Lyman, the wife of stockbroker George Hinckley Lyman, III, and on April 30, 1926, Massachusetts General Hospital sold its one-half interest to Mrs. Lyman. The Lymans previously had lived at the Hotel Agassiz at 191 Commonwealth.

They continued to live at 249 Marlborough until about 1937. By 1939, they were living in Brookline.

On April 28, 1937, 249 Marlborough was purchased from Eleanor Lyman by attorney Franklin Dexter, Jr.
https://backbayhouses.org/249-marlborough/ I.S. 12/27/2017

Eleanor Lee Lyman (Higginson)
Birthdate: November 22, 1900 (90)
Birthplace: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: February 13, 1991 (90)
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Francis Lee Higginson, Sr. and Corina Anna Higginson
Wife of George Hinckley Lyman, Jr.
Sister of Corina Shattuck Higginson and George Higginson
Half sister of Francis Lee Higginson, Jr.; Mary Cabot Sears; Juliet Borland Goodwin and Barbara Wendell
https://www.geni.com/people/Eleanor-Lyman/6000000025331038216 I.S. 12/27/2017

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