Kay Wilson

Kay W. Wilson aka Wojt

Ancestors

Daughter of Theodore Roland Wilson and Viola Blanch (Long) Wilson

Sister of Sandy Wilson

[children unknown]

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Profile last modified 21 Feb 2024 | Created 16 Jan 2013

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This profile is part of the Wilson Name Study.

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Biography

User ID

ID: B163675E397E4C4F9DEA0F5DD74BAF322160

Data Changed

Updated: 9 June 2020

Prior to import, this record was last changed 8 SEP 2012.

Kay stumbled into genealogy after her father died in 1986, when her mother decided that she had a right to know about the Wilson family "secret." She then learned that her Wilson grandfather had refused to tell his wife and children who his parents were; he would only say that they would have more information after he died (1939), but nothing had ever been found.

So Kay and her mother started the search, visiting the National Archives together, where they found lots of family records, but none for the Wilson branch. She then joined Ancestry.com where she was able to fill in all branches of her family tree except for the Wilson line. When DNA testing became available, she and other family members took DNA tests, which unearthed lots of cousins, but no Wilson cousins.

That search continued until 2019, when several new DNA matches seemed to point to a Weed family from Maine that had settled in Michigan. After reviewing the DNA evidence, a Michigan genealogist concluded that it was 99% certain that the Wilson family was somehow connected to a particular Weed family from Maine that had settled in Allegan County, Michigan. A second genealogist then located some court records that included an 1886 letter from John F Weed to his parents, explaining that family "trouble" had driven him to leave home, and he was on his way west to homestead in Kansas. Census records for John F Weed and for John A Wilson confirm that they were almost certainly the same person: John Weed disappears at the same time that John Wilson appears.

Sources

U.S. Census Records

Allegan County, Michigan Court Records: Elisha Weed & Jane Weed Vs. John Weed, Defendant

Correspondence with a Weed-related family member.

WikiTree profile Wilson-11435 created through the import of Mills.ged on Jan 14, 2013 by Kim Mills. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kim and others.

First-hand information. Entered by Kay Wilson. (10/19/2017, updated 6/9/2020)

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Kay or other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:

Kay Wilson: Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup H2a2a1, FTDNA kit #N6895

It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Kay:

100.00% 100.00% Kay Wilson: 23andMe, GEDmatch A288467 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A288467 [compare], Ancestry member KwwF + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A288467 [compare], Ancestry member caseyjackets, FTDNA kit #N6895
~6.25% ~25.00% Jim Staley : 23andMe

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Comments: 14

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Azure Robinson

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posted Apr 20, 2023 by Azure Robinson

Julie (Hatton) Laxton

Hi Kay

I have been adding sources for a couple of the Burwell profiles, which are managed by you, and noticed that there were some issues:

the conflation of two separate Sarah Burwells and
a duplicate record.

I have added research notes to Burwell-986 and Burwell-984 and proposed a merge of Burwell-986 and Burwell-787. I wont repeat all the research notes here, but please contact me if you have any queries.

Regards Julie

posted Nov 15, 2021 by Julie (Hatton) Laxton

[Living Terink]

Hi Kay,

Possible unnoticed by you: the rules for sourcing on pre-1700 profiles have been tightened: A family tree on Geni, Ancestry, MyHeritage, Family Search, or any other user-generated tree (like WikiTree itself) is not a sufficient source for creating a pre-1700 profile. They may be valuable resources and may help you find original, reliable sources, but they must never be the only source.

I noticed on some of your recently created profiles "Ancestry Family Trees" is the only source provided. Could you please add reliable sources? Thank you!

posted Dec 30, 2020 by [Living Terink]
edited Dec 30, 2020 by [Living Terink]

Kay Wilson

Yes, it was my intent to add more specific sources over time, and intended "Ancestry Family Trees" as a placeholder source.

posted Dec 30, 2020 by Kay Wilson

[Living Terink]

I noticed it when looking at the "663 - USA too early in marriage location" suggestion for Willem Isaacsen Van Vredenburgh. Wouldn't know how to correct that (I'm Dutch), but I did add a marriage source and a possible baptism source.

posted Dec 30, 2020 by [Living Terink]

Mary Richardson

Hi Kay--

Thank you for self-certifying for the Pre-1700 badge! Participation in a project is strongly encouraged for those wishing to edit Pre-1700 profiles.

May I suggest Scottish Clans leader, Maria Maxwell and Doug Straiton, tag is scottish_clans, Scotland is the top level project, led by Maria Maxwell and/ or United States History tag is united_states_history, leaders are Abby Glan and Alison Andrus. Once you join a project, then add a project tag to receive project activity updates.

Do you have any questions? Let me know. I'm happy to help.

Mary- Voluntary Coordinator

posted Sep 14, 2017 by Mary Richardson

Kay Wilson

UPDATE: It turns out that our WILSON family was originally a WEED family - No wonder we couldn't find any Wilson ancestors - there weren't any! (It's a long story....)

A Wilson cousin has tested for YDNA, and is classified as I-M253. His YDNA records are at FTDNA and at Y-SEARCH. So far he has no 0-distance matches. It turns out the I-M253 is not a common YDNA branch. I would love to hear from other Wilsons in the I-M253 group.

posted May 31, 2017 by Kay Wilson
edited Sep 23, 2020 by Kay Wilson

Kay Wilson

I started dabbling in genealogy in the 70's when I learned that my grandfather John Wilson told his wife and children almost nothing about his own family. He said he had left home at age 14 and never went back, that he was born in "Pennsyltucky," that one of his parents was married twice, and that he worked here and there and ended up in MN where he married my grandmother. Since then I have only learned that the 1900-1930 census records list his and his mother's birthplaces as PA, and his father's birthplace as ME. I am still trying to learn more. In the meantime I have taken most branches of my family back to Europe.

My research priorities are for the following families: WEED (MI-USA), SINCLAIR (SCT), MCKENZIE (SCT), BADGEROW/BADGROE NY-CAN), SAGER/SARGIER (NY-CAN), and LONG/LANGE (GER).

posted Feb 19, 2017 by Kay Wilson
edited Sep 23, 2020 by Kay Wilson

Eowyn (Langholf) Walker

Hi!

How's everything going? You might be finding duplicate profiles now. We have a Help Page to help you learn what to do with them. Be sure to check for your pending merges by going to FIND, PENDING MERGES, and sort for those waiting on you. Upon completing a merge, be sure to clean up/edit the Biography as ALL information from both profiles are copied and remove any duplicate info.

If you want updates on surnames you can add them by going to MY WIKITREE, NAV HOME PAGE, scroll down to just below WIKI GENEALOGY FEED to EDIT FOLLOWED SURNAMES. You can add up to 20.

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~Eowyn

posted Jan 04, 2014 by Eowyn (Langholf) Walker

Eowyn (Langholf) Walker

Hi! I see where you have uploaded your DNA for comparison. Did you know we have a project for DNA where a lot of great new things are happening? If you are interested and would like to check it out, go to the FIND link top right of your profile page, select PROJECTS from the drop down box, and then select the link for the DNA project. It has information listed that might be of interest to you, and feel free to contact any of the members if you would like additional details.

posted Dec 23, 2013 by Eowyn (Langholf) Walker

Terry Wright

Hi Kay

Thank you for joining WikiTree. As a WikiTree Mentor I am available to answer any questions or help solve any issues you may be having.

How To Use WikiTree is a good place to start. It is a step-by-step-guide to WikiTree basics. Our G2G Forum is searchable or you can post a question there. The Help Index is also an important place to find how to do most tasks.

It is very important that no duplicate profiles are created in WikiTree. Please read this page for clues on avoiding profile duplication.

Feel free to ask me via my profile page if you have any questions

~Terry~

posted Dec 19, 2013 by Terry Wright

Michelle (Gerard) Hartley

It's a pleasure to welcome you to WikiTree. You now have full access to all the features of WikiTree.

To get you started on a good note here's a great videoAdding and Editing Profiles Video Awesome volunteers can answer your questions hereG2G forums WikiTree Blog Please add quality sourced information to your profiles which is extremely important. Estimate if you aren't sure about birth or death dates. By doing so you searches will be more productive and helping expand your branches. Also, this aids WikiTree Arborists in finding duplicates. *Most importantly check for duplicates before adding new profiles.* Feel free to contact me if you need any assistance. Thanks for your desire to help us improve our mission! Regards, Michelle

posted Dec 17, 2013 by Michelle (Gerard) Hartley

Kay Wilson

I have just discovered this wiki, I agree with your mission and rules, and would like very much to participate. My passion is documentation of sources, which appears not to be a habit among many researchers, and would love to contribute what I can find.

posted Dec 17, 2013 by Kay Wilson

Donna (Bauers) Creekmore

Welcome to WikiTree. We're glad you found us.

If you would like to contribute your family's tree and you agree with our Honor Code (click the link to it in the drop-down menu in "Help" at upper right), volunteer here on your profile and we would be glad to add you to our WikiTree community. Donna

posted Dec 16, 2013 by Donna (Bauers) Creekmore

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