Minnie Mae (Kelly) Wilson (1882 - 1937)

Born 24 Apr 1882 in Kansas, United States

Ancestors

Died 17 Jun 1937 at age 55 in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Minnie was born in 1882. She was the daughter of Thomas Kelly and Leonora Welch.^[1][2]

She married J. W. Hunt in 1899.^[3][4]

She married Freeman Wilson in 1900.^[5][1]

She passed away in 1937.^[1][6]

Residence 1905 - Chautauqua Co, KS

Kansas State Census, 1905 in Chautauqua County, Kansas^[7]

Freeman Wilson, 27, b KS

Minnie Wilson, 23, b KS

Mable Wilson, 4, b KS

Glaydis Wilson, 2, b KS

Lena Wilson, 8m, b KS

Residence 1910 - Weir, Cherokee Co, KS

US Census, 1910 in Weir, Cherokee County, Kansas^[8]

G W Welch, head, 70, b IL

Elisie Welch, wife, 68, b TN

Minnie Wilson, granddaughter, 28, b KS

Mabel Wilson, great granddaughter, 9, b KS

Residence 1915 - Weir, Cherokee Co, KS

Kansas State Census, 1915 in Weir, Cherokee County, Kansas^[9]

Freeman Wilson, 35, b MO

Minnie Wilson, 32, b KS

Mable Wilson, 14, b KS

Gladys Wilson, 12, b KS

Lenna Wilson, 10, b KS

Residence 1920 - Sedan, Chautauqua Co, KS

US Census, 1920 in Sedan, Chautauqua County, Kansas^[10]

Freeman E Wilson, head, 43, b MO

Minnie M Wilson, wife, 37, b KS

Mabel M Wilson, daughter, 19, b KS

Gladis J Wilson, daughter, 17, b KS

Lena E Wilson, daughter, 15, b KS

Residence 1930 - Coffeyville, Montgomery Co, KS

US Census, 1930 in Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas^[11]

Freeman Wilson, head, 51, b MO

Minnie Wilson, wife, 47, b KS

Mable Snyder, daughter, 28, b KS

Flora B Snyder, granddaughter, 9, b KS

Junior Davis, grandson, 6, b KS

Jean Davis, grandson, 4, b KS

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Death certificate - Missouri Digital Heritage - Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 - 1969, entry for Minnie Wilson, certificate #23968, direct linked here.
2. ↑ Family information found posted on a message board in the 2000s (message board no longer available):

   "Looking for information on John W. Welch married to ? Ross. Lived in Missouri early 1800's. Had a daughter named Lucinda or Lynore Welch. Lucinda married Thomas E. Kelly in 1879 and died after giving birth to their first child. Any help greatly appreciated."

3. ↑ Marriage license to Hunt - Modern Light, Columbus, Kansas, 03 Aug 1899, page 3, clipping linked here.
4. ↑ Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29Q-SDV7 : 23 February 2021), J W Hunt and Minnie Kelley, 31 Jul 1899; citing Marriage, Cherokee, Kansas, United States, district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,411,997.
5. ↑ "Kansas Marriages, 1840-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW2R-ZJR : 14 January 2020), Minnie May Hunt in entry for Freeman E Wilson, 1900.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #26068348. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 March 2021), memorial page for Minnie Mae Wilson (24 Apr 1882–17 Jun 1937), Find a Grave Memorial no. 26068348, citing Baxter Springs Cemetery, Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by JFI (contributor 47211966).
7. ↑ "Kansas State Census, 1905", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8D-LB2H : 23 September 2019), Minnie Wilson, 1905.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2HT-XP6 : accessed 31 March 2021), Minnie Wilson in household of G W Welch, Weir Ward 4, Cherokee, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 44, sheet 10B, family 232, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 434; FHL microfilm 1,374,447.
9. ↑ "Kansas State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLBP-5F1Z : 12 October 2019), Minnie Wilson in household of Freeman Wilson, Weir, Cherokee, Kansas, United States; citing Weir, Cherokee, Kansas, United States, 310, 02, Kansas Historical Society, Topeka.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFDL-RPJ : 1 February 2021), Minnie M Wilson in entry for Freeman E Wilson, 1920.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7QG-V52 : accessed 31 March 2021), Minnie Wilson in household of Freeman Wilson, Coffeyville, Montgomery, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 22, sheet 15B, line 91, family 377, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 712; FHL microfilm 2,340,447.