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Lora H. WILSON 1880-1963
Fathers:John,MATTHEW,MATHEW,JAMES,WILLIAM
Lora H. WILSON 1880-1963
Fathers:John,MATTHEW,MATHEW,JAMES,WILLIAM
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Search.........Person PAF-ID.........09121902 Gender.........female Status.........deceased Age............82y 10m 5d Last-Marital...widowed Fam-Group......WILSON Fam-ID.........WILSON Citizenship....US born |
#Marriages.....1 #Divorces......0 #Sources.......6 #Events........1 #Images:.......2 #Comments......0 #Siblings......0 #Children......1 |
Person-Type....A Immigrant?.....no Immig-Known?...no Parent?........mother Spouse?........wife Sibling?.......sister Child?.........daughter Twin...........no Adopted?....... |
Title(s)....... Ancestor....... RelatedToMe.... Gen-#.......... Ahn-#.......... Religion.......Methodist PoliticParty... Ht/Wt/Eye/Hair. Burial.........Prairie Rest Cemetery |
Parents and Siblings
- Parent: John Hildebrand WILSON, male, born:1841-01-19 Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio, died:1887-12-24 (46y 11m 5d) Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Dad:MATTHEW MEREDITH WILSON, Mom:KEZIAH H. HILDEBRAND, #M:1, #SrcDocs:6
- Parent: Gertrude A. Vincent, female, born:1846-10-31 Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, died:1921-04-11 (74y 5m 11d) Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Dad:Burnham Vincent, Mom:Amanda ?, #M:1, #SrcDocs:7
Spouse(s) and Children
- Marriage: 1904 ?Tazewell county, Illinois
- Spouse: Henry Clark Hoghton, male, born:1874-11-15 Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, died:1952-05-04 (77y 5m 19d) Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Dad:John Hoghton, Mom:Mary Clark, #Cmnts:2, #SrcDocs:4
- ..Child: Frances Hoghton, female, born:1913-09-05 Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, died:1988-03-23 (74y 6m 18d) Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Dad:Henry Clark Hoghton, Mom:Lora H. WILSON, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:2
- ...Spouse's Other Marriage: Mabel Bailey
Events
Birth: 1880-03-09, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois
Married: 1904 , Age:23y 9m 23d, ?Tazewell county Illinois, Role:bride
Census: 1910 , Age:29y 9m 23d, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Role:census federal, Henry Houghton age 37 b.IL, father b.MA, mother b.NY, undertaker; Lora age 33 b.IL, father b.OH, mother b.IL, married six years, no children; Gertrude Wilson, mother of Lora, age 65 b.IL, widow, mother of one
Census: 1920 , Age:39y 9m 23d, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Role:census federal, Henry Houghton age 45 b.IL, father b.MA, mother b.IL, undertaker; Lora age 39 b.IL, father b.OH, mother b.IL; Frances age 6 b.IL, attending school; Gertrude Wilson age 73 b.IL, father b.VA, mother b.MA. Note: next door to this family was the Shelton family and the father of the wife was named John Houghton. John was age 78 b.MA and his parents were born in England.
Census: 1940 , Age:59y 9m 23d, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Role:census federal, Henry C. Haghton age 65 IL, wife Laura age 60 and daughte Frances age 26
Death: 1963-01-14, Age:82y 10m 5d, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois
Burial: 1963-01-16, Age:82y 10m 7d, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Prairie Rest Cemetery, Rev. Cecil Lockard, Her funeral arrangements were handled by the Hallmann Funeral Home. Joyce Hallmann had bought the mortuary from Lora's husband in 1952. Then it was called Hoghton Mortuary. Pall bearers for her funeral were Robert M. Culbertson, Jr., Harry Goeken, Marion Minton (all three were pall bearers for Lora's husband eleven years earlier), Arthur Goeken, James Bell, and Carl Key. The organist was Mrs. Evelyn Hallman (who was probably related to the new owners of Hallman Funeral Home).
Obit: 1963-01-17, Age:82y 10m 8d, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois
Church: ?, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Delavan Methodist Church, Methodist
Education: ?, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Delavan High School class of 1898, Role:graduate
Birth: 1880-03-09, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois
Married: 1904 , Age:23y 9m 23d, ?Tazewell county Illinois, Role:bride
Census: 1910 , Age:29y 9m 23d, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Role:census federal, Henry Houghton age 37 b.IL, father b.MA, mother b.NY, undertaker; Lora age 33 b.IL, father b.OH, mother b.IL, married six years, no children; Gertrude Wilson, mother of Lora, age 65 b.IL, widow, mother of one
Census: 1920 , Age:39y 9m 23d, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Role:census federal, Henry Houghton age 45 b.IL, father b.MA, mother b.IL, undertaker; Lora age 39 b.IL, father b.OH, mother b.IL; Frances age 6 b.IL, attending school; Gertrude Wilson age 73 b.IL, father b.VA, mother b.MA. Note: next door to this family was the Shelton family and the father of the wife was named John Houghton. John was age 78 b.MA and his parents were born in England.
Census: 1940 , Age:59y 9m 23d, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Role:census federal, Henry C. Haghton age 65 IL, wife Laura age 60 and daughte Frances age 26
Death: 1963-01-14, Age:82y 10m 5d, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois
Burial: 1963-01-16, Age:82y 10m 7d, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Prairie Rest Cemetery, Rev. Cecil Lockard, Her funeral arrangements were handled by the Hallmann Funeral Home. Joyce Hallmann had bought the mortuary from Lora's husband in 1952. Then it was called Hoghton Mortuary. Pall bearers for her funeral were Robert M. Culbertson, Jr., Harry Goeken, Marion Minton (all three were pall bearers for Lora's husband eleven years earlier), Arthur Goeken, James Bell, and Carl Key. The organist was Mrs. Evelyn Hallman (who was probably related to the new owners of Hallman Funeral Home).
Obit: 1963-01-17, Age:82y 10m 8d, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois
Church: ?, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Delavan Methodist Church, Methodist
Education: ?, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Delavan High School class of 1898, Role:graduate
Image(s) - hover Image IDs to popup full text
W__0184 - Photo of Lora H. Wilson 'Gertie's baby' [Will E. Few]
W__0385 - Burials in Prairie Rest Cemetery, 1 of 2
W__0184 - Photo of Lora H. Wilson 'Gertie's baby' [Will E. Few]
W__0385 - Burials in Prairie Rest Cemetery, 1 of 2
Sources
1900 census Illinois
Gertrude A. Wilson obituary, Delavan Illinois, 1921
Larry Wilson self-knowledge thru family
Lora (Wilson) Houghton obituary, Delavan Illinois, 1963
Newspaper article on contested will of William Magee Wilson, 1915
Website https://genealogytrails.com/ill/tazewell/tazhistory06.html
1900 census Illinois
Gertrude A. Wilson obituary, Delavan Illinois, 1921
Larry Wilson self-knowledge thru family
Lora (Wilson) Houghton obituary, Delavan Illinois, 1963
Newspaper article on contested will of William Magee Wilson, 1915
Website https://genealogytrails.com/ill/tazewell/tazhistory06.html
Historical
1880-1881: England, South Africa - the First Boer War between England and the Dutch-speaking Inhabitants of South Africa
1881-1899: Sudan - The Mahdist War in Sudan
1881: England - First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming, Britain
1882: England, Egypt - The British Invasion and the subsequent occupation of Egypt
1883: Indonesia - Krakatau (often mispelled Krakatoa) volcano explosion in Indonesia (Java and Sumatra)
1884-1885: Africa - The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European "scramble for Africa", attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves
1884-1885: Japan, Korea - The Sino-French War led to the formation of French Indochina
1885: United States - Singer begins production of the "Vibrating Shuttle" which would become the Model T of sewing machines
1886: Russia - Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians, Imam Shamil defeated
1888: Brazil - Slavery banned in Brazil
1888: England - Jack the Ripper is believed to have begun murdering in August and murdered his last victim in November
1889: Brazil - End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1889: France - Eiffel tower was Inaugurated in Paris
1889: India - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community
1890: United States - The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the American Indian Wars, this event represents the end of the American Old West
1891: United States - James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, Invents basketball
1894-1895: Japan, Korea - After the First Sino-Japanese War, China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea
1895-1896: Ethiopia, Italy - Ethiopia defeats Italy in the First Italo-Ethiopian War
1896: Canada - Klondike Gold Rush in Canada
1896: Greece - Olympic Games revived in Athens
1896: Philippines, Spain - Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule
1897: Korea - Gojong, or Emperor Gwangmu, proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire lasts until 1910
1898-1900: China - The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance
1898-1902: Colombia - The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the "Liberales" and "Conservadores", culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903
1898: United States, Cuba, Philippines - The United States gains control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War
1899: England, South Africa - Second Boer War begins, lasting until 1902
1880-1881: England, South Africa - the First Boer War between England and the Dutch-speaking Inhabitants of South Africa
1881-1899: Sudan - The Mahdist War in Sudan
1881: England - First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming, Britain
1882: England, Egypt - The British Invasion and the subsequent occupation of Egypt
1883: Indonesia - Krakatau (often mispelled Krakatoa) volcano explosion in Indonesia (Java and Sumatra)
1884-1885: Africa - The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European "scramble for Africa", attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves
1884-1885: Japan, Korea - The Sino-French War led to the formation of French Indochina
1885: United States - Singer begins production of the "Vibrating Shuttle" which would become the Model T of sewing machines
1886: Russia - Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians, Imam Shamil defeated
1888: Brazil - Slavery banned in Brazil
1888: England - Jack the Ripper is believed to have begun murdering in August and murdered his last victim in November
1889: Brazil - End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1889: France - Eiffel tower was Inaugurated in Paris
1889: India - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community
1890: United States - The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the American Indian Wars, this event represents the end of the American Old West
1891: United States - James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, Invents basketball
1894-1895: Japan, Korea - After the First Sino-Japanese War, China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea
1895-1896: Ethiopia, Italy - Ethiopia defeats Italy in the First Italo-Ethiopian War
1896: Canada - Klondike Gold Rush in Canada
1896: Greece - Olympic Games revived in Athens
1896: Philippines, Spain - Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule
1897: Korea - Gojong, or Emperor Gwangmu, proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire lasts until 1910
1898-1900: China - The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance
1898-1902: Colombia - The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the "Liberales" and "Conservadores", culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903
1898: United States, Cuba, Philippines - The United States gains control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War
1899: England, South Africa - Second Boer War begins, lasting until 1902