Norman Lee Wilson was born on 18 September 1928 in Versailles, Morgan, Missouri, United States to Edmund Francis Wilson (1892-1984) and Mildred Carrie Browning (1894-1967).
Siblings
Raymond Browning Wilson was born on 20 August 1921 in Versailles, Morgan, Missouri, United States. He married Aline Anita Martha Koch (1921-2003) on 13 September 1943. Ray died on 13 February 2003 in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States.
Ina Frances Wilson was born on 15 July 1923 near Versailles, Morgan, Missouri, United States. She married Homer William Tyler Jr. (1916-1974) about 1945. Ina died on 16 August 2003 in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States.
Education
Norman graduated from Topeka High School in 1946. He then attended Washburn University and Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Occupation
He took over the family Florist shop (Wilson Florist) when his father retired and he retired from that in 1990.
Marriage and Family
Norm married Betty JoAnn Brous (1928-2002) on 7 April 1951 in the Central Congregational Church in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas.
He enlisted in the United States Navy on 28 June 1948 and was released from duty on 26 January 1950. He was a SeaBee.
Death and Burial
Norman died on 22 July 2009 in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States at the age of 80. He was buried in the Penwell-Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas. Headstone available. Garden of Apostles, Lot 360, sp. 2A is the Plot for his wife and he is buried with her and sharing the same stone, but his space number is not given. Find A Grave: Memorial #39779250.
Sources
1930 United States Federal Census on 11 April in Blue Rapids, Marshall, Kansas.Page 9B, lines 63-67. [1]
1935 in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas as stated in 1940 U.S. Federal Census.
1940 United States Federal Census on 8 April in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas. Page 1A, lines 26-30. [2]
1993 U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1 in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas.
Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Birth, death, and service branch with dates.
U.S. Obituary Collection.
Find A Grave Index.
U.S. Social Security Death Index.
Footnotes
↑ 1930: Wilson, Edmond 38, b. Missouri, married at 21, owner & manager of florist shop, head; Mildred 34, b. KS, married at 22, wife; Raymond 8, b. Missouri, son; Ina 6, b. Missouri, daughter; Norman 1, b. Missouri, son.
↑ 1940: Wilson, Edmond 47, 4 years of college, florist, horticulture, head; Mildred 45 4 years of college, wife; Raymond 18, 4 years high school, son; Ina 16, 2 years high school, daughter; Norman 11, 5th grade, son.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Norman by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Norman:
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