Edith E (Colson) Wilson (1860 - 1941)

Born May 1860 in Wisconsin, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Warner Warren Wilson — married 28 Jun 1878 in Brown, Wisconsin, United States

Descendants

Died 1941 at about age 80 in Wisconsin, USA

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Biography

1860 Edith was born in 1860, possibly in May, to L. D. and Eliza Colson. The 1860 census shows her at less than one year old living in Oconto Village East Ward, Oconto, Wisconsin, United States with her parents Lorenzo and Eliza Jane. She has a three-year-old sister named Ada.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

1870 At age 9 Edith resided with her family at Pittsfield, Brown, Wisconsin, United States. ^[7]

1878 Married Warner Wilson on 28 Jun 1878 in Brown County, Wisconsin, USA.^[3]

1880 Resided in Howard, Brown, Wisconsin, USA with her farmer husband, Warner, and their one-year-old daughter, Marian.^[8]

1900 Resided in Pittsfield town, Brown, Wisconsin, United States.^[9]

1905 Resided in Pittsfield, Brown County, Wisconsin, USA. The household comprised:

• Warner Wilson Head M 48y Wisconsin
• Edith Wilson Wife F 45y Wisconsin
• Alvin Wilson Son M 24y Wisconsin
• Bert Wilson Son M 22y Wisconsin
• Harry Wilson Son M 21y Wisconsin
• Elmer Wilson Son M 19y Wisconsin
• Gordon Wilson Son M 14y Wisconsin
• Charles Wilson Son M 12y Wisconsin
• Wesetby Wilson Daughter F 10y Wisconsin
• Luther Wilson Son M 8y Wisconsin
• Alvina Wilson Daughter F 6y Wisconsin
• Amos Wilson Son M 4y Wisconsin
• Mildred Wilson Daughter F 2y Wisconsin^[10]

1910 Continued to reside at Pittsfield, Brown, Wisconsin, United States^[11]

1920 Still living in Pittsfield, Wisconsin.^[12]

1930 Now about 69 years old, Edith kept house for Warner. The children had all left home.^[13]

1935 Resided at Pittsfield, Brown, Wisconsin.^[4][6][5]

1940 Resided with her son Harry in Pittsfield.^[14]

1941 Edith died in 1941 and was buried in Mill Center Cemetery in Brown County, Wisconsin, USA.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW9J-XQG : 1 October 2017), Edith Colson in entry for Lorenzo Colson, 1860.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #89619880
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRVQ-NHW : 3 June 2016), Warner Willson and Edith E. Colson, 28 Jun 1878; citing , Brown, Wisconsin, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,275,774.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Ancestry Family Tree Record for Harry Alfred Wilson
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Record of Edith E Colson
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Record for Elmer Richard Wilson
7. ↑ United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN9S-5P3 : 12 April 2016), Edith E Colson in household of Lorenzo D Colson, Wisconsin, United States; citing p. 11, family 84, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,202.
8. ↑ United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN47-5VV : 15 July 2017), Warner Wilson, Howard, Brown, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district ED 12, sheet 186D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1418; FHL microfilm 1,255,418.
9. ↑ United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMKM-3K4 : accessed 27 November 2017), Edith Wilson in household of Warrick Wilson, Pittsfield town, Brown, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30, sheet 2A, family 21, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,778.
10. ↑ Wisconsin State Census, 1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMSX-D4R : 2 April 2016), Warner Wilson, Pittsfield, Brown, Wisconsin; citing p. 892, line 77, State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,020,440.
11. ↑ United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP2H-497 : accessed 27 November 2017), Warner W Wilson, Pittsfield, Brown, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 33, sheet 5A, family 47, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1701; FHL microfilm 1,375,714.
12. ↑ United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFKF-JM4 : accessed 27 November 2017), Warner W Wilson, Pittsfield, Brown, Wisconsin, United States; citing ED 44, sheet 1B, line 68, family 14, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1978; FHL microfilm 1,821,978.
13. ↑ United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X93G-69X : accessed 27 November 2017), Warner W Wilson, Pittsfield, Brown, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 47, sheet 7A, line 11, family 127, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2562; FHL microfilm 2,342,296.
14. ↑ United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7NN-TNY : accessed 27 November 2017), Harry Wilson, Pittsfield Town, Brown, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5-57, sheet 7A, line 31, family 112, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4461.

External Files

• File M208. File: C:\Users\justc\OneDrive\Documents\Family Tree\Family-Brian-PC Media10 United States Federal Census - Warner W Wilson.jpg. 1910 United States Federal Census - Warner W Wilson.

• File M209. File: C:\Users\justc\OneDrive\Documents\Family Tree\Family-Brian-PC Media\Wisconsin, State Censuses, 1895 and 1905 - Warner W Wilson.jpg. Wisconsin, State Censuses, 1895 and 1905 - Warner W Wilson.