Helen Elizabeth WilsonAge: 87 years1907–1994
- Name
- Helen Elizabeth Wilson
- Given names
- Helen Elizabeth
- Surname
- Wilson
Shared note: Thomas R Wilson Obituary and Family Listing
 Birth | July 23, 1907 28 26 |
 Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 8 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 9 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 10 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/ |
| Census | January 1, 1920 (Age 12 years) |
 Death of a father | Thomas Russell Wilson August 27, 1924 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | John Charles Fremont Gillespie October 13, 1929 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Anna Elisabeth Epler October 26, 1929 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 22 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 22 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John F Wilson February 1, 1937 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Emma Rose Althea Carter November 28, 1938 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 |
| Census | April 1950 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 of a mother | Laura Una Pearl Gillespie April 5, 1963 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 |
 Death | November 14, 1994 (Age 87 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Kewanna Citizens IOOF Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas Russell Wilson Birth: October 7, 1878 32 20 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: August 27, 1924 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
| mother |
Laura Una Pearl Gillespie Birth: November 26, 1880 23 21 — Kosciusko, Indiana, United States Death: April 5, 1963 — Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: June 4, 1903 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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Helen Elizabeth Wilson Birth: July 23, 1907 28 26 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: November 14, 1994 — Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States |
Helen Elizabeth Wilson has 27 first cousins recorded
Father's family (24)
Parents George Harrington + Margaret Elizabeth Wilson
Parents Francis Albert Wilson + Effie Olla Gelbaugh
Parents Francis Albert Wilson + Bertha Marie Bohlander
Parents Clyde Huron Henderson + Jennie Bella Wilson
Parents Walter Wallace Wilson + Nellie Mae Wilson
Parents Hugh Harrison Wilson + Zora Arleen Neff
Mother's family (3)
Parents John Aleck Barnett + Nita Belle Gillespie
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Russell Wilson - Household
Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Helen Elizabeth Wilson - Household
Indiana Girls School Wayne, Marion, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Laura Una Pearl Gillespie - Household
Elwood, Madison, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Laura Una Pearl Gillespie - Household
Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States
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| 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
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| Name | 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 |