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Laura Una Pearl GillespieAge: 82 years1880–1963

Name
Laura Una Pearl Gillespie
Given names
Laura Una Pearl
Surname
Gillespie
Married name
Laura Una Pearl Wilson
Birth November 26, 1880 23 21
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 19 years)
MarriageThomas Russell Wilson — View this family
June 4, 1903 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Helen Elizabeth Wilson
July 23, 1907 (Age 26 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 35 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Military
Thomas Russell Wilson - WW1 Draft Registration
September 12, 1918 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 36 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 37 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Death of a husbandThomas Russell Wilson
August 27, 1924 (Age 43 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Charles Fremont Gillespie
October 13, 1929 (Age 48 years)
Death of a motherAnna Elisabeth Epler
October 26, 1929 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 48 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Census April 1930 (Age 49 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 61 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death of a sisterNita Belle Gillespie
1945 (Age 64 years)
Census April 1950 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 69 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death April 5, 1963 (Age 82 years)
Obituary
Una Pearl Wilson (nee Gillespie) Obituary and Family Listing
April 6, 1963 (1 day after death)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 65 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Kewanna Citizens IOOF Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Anna Elisabeth Epler
Birth: August 3, 1859 — Kosciusko, Indiana, United States
Death: October 26, 1929 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Marriage: January 26, 1878 — Washington, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States
5 months
elder sister
Nita Belle Gillespie
Birth: July 9, 1878 21 18 — Kosciusko, Indiana, United States
Death: 1945 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
2 years
herself
Laura Una Pearl Gillespie
Birth: November 26, 1880 23 21 — Kosciusko, Indiana, United States
Death: April 5, 1963 — Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States
Family with Thomas Russell Wilson - View this family
husband
Thomas Russell Wilson
Birth: October 7, 1878 32 20 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: August 27, 1924 — Fulton, Indiana, United States
herself
Laura Una Pearl Gillespie
Birth: November 26, 1880 23 21 — Kosciusko, Indiana, United States
Death: April 5, 1963 — Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States
Marriage: June 4, 1903 — Fulton, Indiana, United States
4 years
daughter
Helen Elizabeth Wilson
Birth: July 23, 1907 28 26 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: November 14, 1994 — Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - John Charles Fremont Gillespie - Household

Wayne, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Gillespie, John CheadWMMay185743M22INOHOHFarmer0YesYesYesOMR
Gillespie, Anna EwifeWFAug185940M2296INOHOHYesYesYes
Gillespie, Launa PdaughterWFNov188119SINININTeacher School5 1/2YesYesYes
Gillespie, Fremont OsonWMOct188910SINININAt School6YesYesYes
Gillespie, Theadore JsonWMJuly18918SINININAt School6
Gillespie, Arthur RsonWMFeb18955SINININ
Gillespie, Barbara OdaughteWFSep18963SINININ

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Russell Wilson - Household

Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Wilson, Thomas RheadMW31M16INININEnglishRural RouteUncle SamW0YesYesRH
Wilson, Lanna PwifeFW29M1611INININEnglishNoneYesYes
Wilson, HelendaughterFW3SINININ

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Laura Una Pearl Gillespie - Household

Elwood, Madison, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Griffin, Emereth EheadO3000RNoMW22M20NoYesINNCINYesAssistant ManagerLumber CoWYes
Griffin, Helen ElizabethwifeFW22M20NoYesINININYesNone
Griffin, Thomas JsonMW1 years 1 monthSNoINININNone
Wilson, Laura Umother-in-lawFW49WdNoYesINININYesNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Laura Una Pearl Gillespie - Household

Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Wilson, Laura OxheadR30NoFW60WdNoIN00

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Laura Una Pearl Gillespie - Household

Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Griffin, E. EdheadMW42MarINWK44SalesmanWholesale Lumber CoP
Griffin, Helen EwifeFW42MarINH
Griffin, Thomas JsonMW21NevINWK44LaborLumber YardP
Griffin, Edgar EsonMW16NevINOT
Wilson, Unamother-in-lawFW69WdINH

Obituary
Una Pearl Wilson (nee Gillespie) Obituary and Family Listing Published in the Rochester(IN) Sentinel, Saturday, April 6, 1963 Funeral rites will be Monday at 2 p.m. in the Kewanna Methodist church for Mrs. Una Pearl WILSON, 82, Kewanna, who died Friday morning at the Lafayette home of a daughter, Mrs. Helen GRIFFIN. The Revs. Earl HEIMBERGER and Ralph GWIN will officiate and burial will be in the Kewanna I.O.O.F. cemetery. Friends may call at the Harrison funeral home in Kewanna after Sunday noon and at the church an hour before the service. Mrs. Wilson was born Nov. 26, 1880, the daughter of J.C.F. and Anna EPLER GILLESPIE. She was married June 4, 1903, to Thomas R. WILSON, who preceded in death. She formerly was a school teacher. Mrs. Wilson was a member of the Kewanna Methodist church, Eastern Star and Rebekah lodge. Surviving are the daughter, Mrs. Griffin; two grandsons, Tom GRIFFIN, Lafayette, and Edgar GRIFFIN, Los Angeles; a sister, Miss Barbara GILLESPIE, Cleveland; a brother, Ted GILLESPIE, Winslow, Ariz., and several nieces and nephews. SOURCE: http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/Tombaugh/Obituaries/Html/1963.htm https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85280798/una-pearl-wilson
Name
Thomas R Wilson Obituary and Family Listing Published in the Rochester(IN) Sentinel, Thursday, August 28, 1924 Funeral services for the late Thomas R. WILSON, who died from injuries received Wednesday when his car was struck by a train north of Kewanna, will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, from the Methodist church in Kewanna, with burial in the I.O.O.F. cemetery. SOURCE: http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/Tombaugh/Obituaries/Html/1924.htm https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85280813/thomas_r_wilson