Name Info

John WILSON 1804-1850
Fathers:MATHEW,JAMES,WILLIAM

Search.........Person
Gender.........male
PAF-ID.........09121797
Age............45y 11m 24d
Fam-Group......WILSON
Fam-ID.........WILSON
Citizenship....US born
Status.........deceased
Last-Marital...single

#Marriages.....0
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......2
#Events........1
#Images:.......0
#Comments......0
#Siblings......3
#Children......0

Person-Type....A
Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
Parent?........father
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Sibling?.......brother
Child?.........son
Twin...........no
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Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: MATHEW WILSON, male, born:1777-01-14 Mill Creek Estates (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania, died:1864-12-28 (87y 11m 14d) Zanesville (Muskingum) Ohio, Anc:1, Dad:JAMES WILSON, Mom:{_?_} WILSON, #M:2, #Cmnts:2, #SrcDocs:18
  2. Parent: Mary McLane, female, born:1777 Pennsylvania, died:1804-01-16 (27y 0m 15d) Mill Creek Estates (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania, Dad:Mordecai McLane, Mom:Mary ?, #M:1, #Cmnts:2, #SrcDocs:3
  3. Sibling: John WILSON
  4. Sibling: Mordecai WILSON, male, born:1800-08-14 Mill Creek Estates (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania, died:1800-1890 (0y 4m 18d) , Dad:MATHEW WILSON, Mom:Mary McLane, #SrcDocs:1
  5. Sibling: Eleanor WILSON, female, born:1802-05-28 Spruce Creek (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania, died:1880-07-14 (78y 1m 16d) Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois, Dad:MATHEW WILSON, Mom:Mary McLane, #SrcDocs:7

Events
Birth
: 1804-01-08, Age:45y 11m 24d, Mill Creek Estates, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania
Census
: 1850 , Age:45y 11m 24d, Huntington Harbour, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, Role:census federal, John age 53 b.PA tailor Lucinda age 40 b.PA, Joanas age 4 b.PA, Issial age 2 b.PA, Lucinda P. age 6 months b.PA
Census
: 1850 , Age:45y 11m 24d, Cass, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, Role:census federal, John age 52 b.PA stone mason Rebecca age 42 b.PA, Greenburg age 15 PA, George age 14 PA, Mary age 9 PA, Elizabeth age 7 PA, Jane age 5 PA, Anthony age 3 PA, John A. age 6 months
Census
: 1850 , Age:45y 11m 24d, Brady, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, Role:census federal, John age 20 b.PA laborer living with the Long family
Death
: 1850-1894, Age:45y 11m 24d

Places In
Brady (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania
Cass (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania
Huntington Harbour (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania
Mill Creek Estates (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania

General

Research

From book on Marriages and Church Records for Huntingdon County --1787-1823: John Wilson married 01-26-1815 to Susan Graffius by Reverend Johnston
From the Huntingdon newspaper Republican Advocate of 05-05-1821: A John S. Wilson of Shaver's Creek Settlement married 05-01-1821 Maria Bower, daughter of John Bower [maybe the minister who married Matthew M. Wilson and Keziah H. Hildebrand in 1837] of the West twp.
From the Huntingdon newspaper Republican Advocate of 06-13- 1832: John Wilson married 06-07-1832 Mary Scott both of Kish Valley ceremony performed by Reverend Woods
From Huntingdon newspaper Inquirer of 02-23-1842: John Wilson married 02-15-1842 to Alloway Hannah ceremony by Reverend J.P. Rockefeller
From Huntingdon newspaper Journal of 02-02-1842: Capt. John S. Wilson died 01-01-1842 age 48y in Williamsburg
From the Huntingdon newspaper Journal of 02-20-1851: William Wilson died 02-07-1851 in West township age 95y 1m 13d
From book on Marriages and Church Records for Huntingdon County --1787-1823: William Wilson married 09-18-1817 to Jane Eynhart by Reverend Johnston


Sources
Letter from Mary Paskevick, Foster City California, April 1999


Data Issues
AncFlags between Spouses Mismatched

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1809: France - Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim
1810: Germany - The University of Berlin is founded, among Its students and faculty are Hegel, Marx, and Bismarck, the German university reform proves to be so successful that Its model is copied around the world (see History of European research universities)
1810: Mexico - The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War of Independence
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1814-16: England, Nepal - Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire
1815: Austria - The Congress of Vienna redraws the European map, the Concert of Europe attempts to preserve this settlement, but It fails to stem the tide of liberalism and nationalism that sweeps over the continent
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