Mary (Parks) Wilson (abt. 1856 - 1941)

Born about 1856 in County Down, Ireland

Wife of William Hamilton Wilson — married about 1881 (to 6 May 1920) in Grey, Ontario, Canada

Died 16 Nov 1941 at about age 85 in Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Mary Parks was born about 1856 in County Down, Ireland to parents unknown.

Mary married William Hamilton Wilson about 1881, probably in Grey county, Ontario. They had eight children: Eliza, Archie, Nellie, Emerson, Mabel, James, Annie, and George.

She passed away on 16 November 1941 at Owen Sound, Grey county and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Georgian Bluffs, Grey county.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204575383/mary-wilson: accessed 14 December 2022), memorial page for Mary Parks Wilson (1856–16 Nov 1941), Find a Grave Memorial ID 204575383, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Georgian Bluffs, Grey County, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by Cindy Paradis (contributor 49607325).

• "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVFR-2MJ : 2 March 2021), Mary Parks in household of John Graham, Keppel Township, Grey, Ontario, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing John Graham, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
• "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH2R-L84 : 23 February 2021), Mary Wilson in household of William H Wilson, Grey (north/nord), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 5, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
• "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9T-41WG : 16 March 2018), Mary S Wilson in entry for William H Wilson, 1911; citing Census, Grey North Sub-Districts 1-46, Ontario, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,698.