Editing Lillian Moller Gilbreth (section)

== Marriage and family ==

Lillian Moller met [[Frank Bunker Gilbreth]] in June 1903 in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], en route to [[Europe]] with her chaperone, who was Frank's cousin.{{sfnp|Lancaster|2004|pp=63–64}} He had apprenticed in several building trades in the [[Eastern United States|East]] and established a contracting business with offices in Boston, New York, and [[London]].{{sfnp|Weber|1997}}

The couple married on October 19, 1904, in [[Oakland, California]], and settled in New York. They later moved to Providence, Rhode Island, and eventually relocated their family to [[Montclair, New Jersey]].{{sfnp|Gugin|St. Clair|2015|p=132}}

As planned, the Gilbreths became the parents of a large family that included twelve children. One died young in 1912; one was still-born in 1915; and eleven of them lived to adulthood, including [[Ernestine Gilbreth]], [[Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr.]], and [[Robert Moller Gilbreth]].<ref name=Ferguson-Dozen/><ref name=NYTObit>{{cite news |last1=Saxon |first1=Wolfgang |title=Frank Gilbreth Jr., 89, Author Of 'Cheaper by the Dozen' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/20/arts/frank-gilbreth-jr-89-author-of-cheaper-by-the-dozen.html |work=The New York Times |date=20 February 2001 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gilbreth Family Tree|url=http://cheaperbelles.tripod.com/tree.html|publisher=Cheaper and Belles|access-date=April 18, 2011}}</ref>

After Frank died of a heart attack on June 14, 1924, Lillian never remarried.{{sfnp|Weber|1997|p=42}}