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From: "Olive Tree Genealogy" <>
Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Wilson Family From andAround Muskoka/Cochrane/Goderich/Colborne
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:26:05 -0400
In-Reply-To: <002301c8d95f$85a717e0$0400a8c0@sager>


Hello Dee

How wonderful that your cousin's friends stopped to collect
these papers! I'm sure relatives can be found. With your
permission I'd like to post about this on my Olive Tree
Genealogy blog, perhaps we can get more exposure

Meantime, I did a little checking and found the following:

On 28 Jun 2008 at 15:42, dsager wrote:


>
> ORPHAN Wilson's: Allan Wilson and Elizabeth ? seem to be
> the oldest generation. It seems that they had 15 children:
> Frank Joseph b. 23 May 1897 in Muskoka,

Name: Frank Joseph Wilson
Date of Birth: 23 May 1897
Gender: Male
Birth County: Muskoka
Father's Name: Allan Wilson
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Foreman

So now we have Allan's wife's name and someone may
recognize her.

> Ruby, Hazel, Mary,
> Jessie, Elizabeth, Frederick, James, Thomas, Edit, Gordon,
> Bob, Pearl, John and another James. (my cousin seems to
> think that all the kids were born in Muskoka.)

Here are the ones I found on Ancestry's Vital Stats, all
born Muskoka to Allan Wilson & Elizabeth Foreman

Allan Gorden Wilson 12 Jun 1901

Edith May Isabella Wilson 7 Apr 1895

Elizabeth Grace Wilson 29 Dec 1887

Frank Joseph Wilson 23 May 1897

James Wilbert Wilson 1 Jul 1890

Mary Annie Wilson 21 Sep 1885

Robert Ernest Wilson 16 Nov 1899

Thomas Henry Wilson 2 Aug 1893

>
> James was married Dec. 29, 1920 in Driftwood, wife unknown.
>>
> Frank Joseph married in 1920 in Loyal to Mildred Young of
>
> John Frederick died Sept 3rd at Lady Minto Hospital in
> Cochrane and is buried in the Civic Cemetery. He married
> Eva ?

Here are 2 marriages of daughters:

Name: Elizabeth G Wilson
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888
Father Name: Allan Wilson
Mother Name: Elizabeth Foreman
Spouse Name: Mindie Einarson
Spouse's Age: 26
Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883
Spouse Father Name: Einar Einarson
Spouse Mother Name: Cecilia Goodmanselotte
Marriage Date: 26 May 1909
Marriage Place: Muskoka District
Marriage County: Muskoka
Family History Library Microfilm: MS932_142

Name: Jessie Florence Wilson
Birth Place: Cardwell Township Ont
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1887
Father Name: Allan Wilson
Mother Name: Elizabeth Foreman
Spouse Name: Allan Joseph Dixon
Spouse's Age: 27
Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1881
Spouse Birth Place: Parry Sound Ont
Spouse Father Name: Joseph G Dixon
Spouse Mother Name: Elizabeth Wilson Dixon
Marriage Date: 3 Jun 1908
Marriage Place: Muskoka District
Marriage County: Muskoka
Family History Library Microfilm: MS932_136

I didn't spend too much time on this, I'm sure other
listers will find much more

Lorine
-- Lorine McGinnis Schulze

* Olive Tree Genealogy (Ships Passenger Lists)
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/
* Naturalization Records
http://naturalizationrecords.com/
* Images of Ships Lists
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/ships/

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