Russell W. Wilson

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Russell W. Wilson is not in my direct ancestry. He is 1 step removed in the following ways: Brother of John Thomas Wilson Son of Bert Winiford Wilson and Clara Mabel Wimer

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	14 Jun 1920	Slippery Rock Township, Butler Co., PA
Military		WWII, U.S. Army, South Pacific	Purple Heart; wounded at Philippine Islands (Leyte & Mindanao)
Marriage 1	8 Jun 1944		Eloise White
Marriage 2	17 July 1986		Freda R. Hahn Bell
Death	16 Aug 2009	Lickingville, Farmington Twp., Clarion Co. PA (home of his son)
Burial	22 Aug 2009	Sunset Hill Memorial Gardens, Cranberry Twp., Venango Co. PA

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 2                  Generation 3              Generation 4
 
                                                     +-- James Luther Wilson
                                                     |   (1857-1929)
                           +-- Bert Winiford Wilson -+
                           |   (1891-1971)           |
 Russell Winiford Wilson --+                         +-- Elizabeth Ann Stoughton
 (1920-2009)               |                             (1862-1932)
                           +-- Clara Mabel Wimer
                               (1891-1944)
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Children

(all children with Eloise White)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
living son Wilson	M			To
living daughter Wilson	F			To
Richard S. Wilson	M			Linda unknown	no children

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co. PA	born 1920 - 1930
Nickleville, Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA	1930-
Oil City, Venango Co. PA	by 1951 - ~1984	Worked as surveyor, National Fuel
Franklin, Venango Co. PA	~1984	retirement
Sugar Creek Twp, Venango Co. PA	~2007-2009	assisted living center

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1930 United States Federal Census, Richland Township, Venango County, PA, Enumeration District 61-40, Page 6, lines 65-73 lists Birt W. Wilson (sic), 39, married to Clara M. Wilson, 38. They live with six children and a live-in farm laborer: daughter Ruth M. Wilson, 17; son Edwin D., 15; son John T. Wilson, 12; son Russel W. Wilson, 9; son Ray B. Wilson, 6; daughter Allene N. Wilson, 3 years and 10 months; and laborer Lester Lawrence, 43. When Birt W. Wilson and Clara M. Wilson got married, he was 20 and she was 19. All of the children except Allene attended school within the census year. Everyone but Allene can read, write, and speak English. Everyone and their parents were born in PA. Birt W. Wilson's occupation is listed as "Farmer." This census page is dated April 15th, 1930. Note: Lester Lawrence was a bachelor cousin of Bert Wilson's. Bert's mother, Ella, and Les's mother, Annie, were Stoughton sisters.
4	Obituary of Russell W. Wilson, The Derrick, Wed. 19 Aug 2009, pg. 18.
5	Interviews of Russell W. Wilson, 2007-2009, by niece Elizabeth Wilson Williams, and her direct personal knowledge. During the last three years of his life, Russ took his older son and his niece on driving tours of the old Wilson and Wimer family farms in Butler Co. PA, and to visit his Wimer & Wilson cousins in Butler and Indiana counties, PA. During these tours, written notes and voice recordings of his family recollections and relationships were made.