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Category Archives: WILSON
Happy 90th Birthday, Mom – I wish you were here
Copyright Statement Today, April 3rd, would have been my mother’s 90th birthday. Here are a few pictures of her with some of her favorite people.
Mother and infant in a rocking chair
Copyright Statement I thought I’d share with you one of my favorite photos of my mother and me.
Uncles Perry and Ernest WILSON: My Grandfather’s Locomotive Engineering Brothers – 52 Ancestors (Ancestor 6)
Copyright Statement My maternal grandfather Roy U. WILSON was one of 8 children of Isaac Andrew and Barbara (HAAS) WILSON. There were four girls and four boys. Roy was the youngest. Of his three older brothers, one died in Colorado, … Continue reading
Posted in 52 Ancestors, Mom's Side, WILSON
Tagged #52ancestors, HAAS, Railroad, WILSON/WILLSON
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Ancestor Adventuring and Adventures – 52 Ancestors (Ancestors 22, 24, 25, 46, 47, 62, 63, 72, 73, 96, 114, 480, 960)
Copyright Statement Lately, I’ve been writing a few articles to go along with the weekly suggested themes of the 52 Ancestors Challenge. It’s what got me started with this blog in January 2014* during Amy Johnson Crow’s first year of … Continue reading
Posted in 52 Ancestors, COON/KOON/KUHN, COTTER, Dad's Side, DRAKE, JOHNSON, JUDGE/RICHTER, KING, Mom's Side, RENFRO, SHANAHAN, VIRKLER/WURGLER, WILSON
Tagged #52ancestors, BRECKBEIL, COON/KUHN/KOON/KOONS, COTTER, JOHNSON, JUDGE/RICHTER, KING, RENFRO, SHANAHAN, VIRKLER, WILSON/WILLSON
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Roy U. WILSON (1894-1939) – 52 Ancestors (Ancestor 6)
Copyright Statement My mother’s daddy died when she was only 8 years old. His full name was Roy Ulmont WILSON, born 1 October 1894 near Warrington, Hancock County, Indiana, to Isaac Andrew WILSON, a blacksmith and farmer in Brown Township, … Continue reading
Posted in 52 Ancestors, Mom's Side, WILSON
Tagged #52ancestors, Alcoholism, HAAS, Military, The Great Depression, VAN DUYN, WILSON/WILLSON, World War I
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Diggin' Up Graves 