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 […]
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 […]
OK. So, you know I went to Charlottesville, Virginia yesterday to visit Katie Wilson Meade’s granddaughter, Elizabeth. It was a great visit. I promise to give you the details about what it was like, but I need to get something out of the way, off my chest first. It’s big. […]
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 […]
Next week is the visit with Katie Wilson Meade’s granddaughter in Charlottesville. I’m doing my homework, preparing questions, and putting together a collection of photos and documents about the Wilson family that she might not have. I’m interested to learn about the dynamic between Katie and her siblings. Was she […]
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 […]
Hello! How was your Christmas? Ours is a rather low-key celebration of the holiday. Typically, we would hunker down around the fireplace with hot chocolate and old movies, but we haven’t had a fire in the hearth in over two weeks, and it was just too darned hot for hot […]
Did you know that there is more than one Emmett Wilson who lived in Pensacola during the turn of the last century? Neither did I — until I found this interesting little article: This article gave me great pause. It was a new article with new information — which is […]
As promised, an update: I reached out to Katie Wilson Meade’s granddaughter Tuesday morning. She responded within a few hours — positively — and is willing to share information and (get this): Photos! Of! Emmett! Wilson! Photos that (in all probability) are those I have not seen! Maybe he’s smiling […]
I’m sitting at the desk, the office is perfectly quiet, I have a draft in front of me to start hacking away at… …and I manage, once again, to get distracted from the writing, and to track down the minutiae of the little thing that piqued my interest! Here’s what […]
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