It’s been awhile since I reported on this other important yet elusive family reference. But finally, I have an update. As you know from previous entries, I’ve been going through the original Wilson family descendants list to locate someone, anyone, who either a) is still alive and knows where Emmett […]
Statistically, a female child born in 2011, has a 1 out of 3 chance (33.7%) to reach the age of 100; a male child has a 1 out of 4 (26%) chance. A female child born in 1917 had a 1.4% chance of reaching the age of 100; a male […]
I came across something unusual in the continuing search for Emmett Wilson information from his brother A. Max Wilson’s descendants. Let me rephrase that: What I found may not have been all that unusual in the early 1900s, but it is a little unusual today. Let’s take another look at […]
Here’s a list of the Wilson children (from oldest to youngest) and my find/contact progress thus far: Maxwell Augustus Wilson (‘Max’) — eleven children, no contacts yet. Cephas Love Wilson (‘Cephas’) — two children; a son and a daughter. No contacts yet with any of Cephas’ descendants. Percy Brockenbrough Wilson […]
It turns out that I’m not the only one who has sought out information on Emmett Wilson. The letter was sent to Emmett’s sister, Katie. The writer of this letter, Joseph Gregoire de Roulhac Hamilton, was an impressive fellow. He was a professor and historian, and his big project was […]
The high today in D.C. will be about 19 degrees. It will be a good day to do most of my work from indoors; writing time, definitely, because I haven’t gotten any writing done since Thursday. I had hoped to get down to the Archives today; but this week is […]
Folks, for almost three years, I’ve understood Emmett’s full name was Augustus Emmett Wilson. But after reading through the information gathered on my most recent research trip, I’m not so sure. Let me bring you up to speed: Emmett was born in British Honduras in 1882, where his parents were […]
Last week, I mentioned that Katie Wilson Meade’s granddaughter shared a seven-page narrative that Katie wrote about her (and Emmett’s) childhood when they lived in Belize. Katie, Emmett, and Julian were the only Wilson children born in Belize. They emigrated back to the U.S. in 1884. Emmett and Julian were […]
For the record, the Acknowledgements “page” for Emmett’s book is six pages long. But now and then, I do feel tempted just to keep it simple and write something like this. Just kidding. 🙂 Have a good weekend!
I’ve not been posting much in the past week for a few reasons: Mostly, I haven’t had the time with the kids out of school for the past 10 days, managing all of their transportation to and from activities. And, as I was getting ready to head out to a […]
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