Surname Search: "Wilson"

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Wilson

Related surnames or alternate spellings: Willson

Notable ancestors include:

• Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous

• James Wilson, signer of the Declaration of Independence

• Josiah Wilson, “First Families of Maryland” qualifying ancestor

• Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States

Genealogy websites

• “A Wilson Family History and Genealogy”

• “A Wilson Family tree” (Rootsweb)

• “Ancient Origins of the Wilson Families” Mineralogical Record, PDF

• “Family History of Philip Wilson”

• “The Wilson / Hester Genealogy Site” (Wayback Machine link)

• “The Wilson Ancestors - Graham and Barbara Family History”

• “The Wilson and Croslow Genealogy Home Page” (Wayback Machine link)

• “Wilson Family History” (Rootsweb)

• “Wilson Family History” WilsonFamilyHistory.com

• Watering Our Roots - Wilson Family Ancestry

Message boards

• “Wilson” posts on Ancestry.com Message Boards

• “Wilson” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards

• “Wilson’s in County Cavan” on Rootschat

Social media groups & societies

• The Wilson Association, founded 1903

• Willson / Wilson (geneology group) on Facebook.

• Wilson genealogy, public group on Facebook.

Photographs:

• Adrian Wilson, circa 1949. Online Archive of California.

• Allie Wilson, 1910. Fort Collins History Connection.

• Ann Wilson, The Huntington Library

• Annie Wilson, The Huntington Library

• Barbara Wilson, 1916. Washington State University.

• Charles Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Clive Wilson, California State Library

• Colonel Wilson, of Wilson’s Brigade, 1861. Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• E.M. Wilson, Texas. USC Libraries.

• Earle D. Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Elsie Proctor Wilson, 1912. Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Ernest H. Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Esther M. Wilson, 1892. CSU Chico Digital Collections

• Fanny Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Frances Wilson, 1906. Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Frances Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Frances Wilson., 1890. New York Public Library Digital Collections.

• General James H. Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• George F. Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• George Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Grant Wilson, Colorado Springs High School, ca 1910. Pikes Peak Library District.

• Henry Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Hugh Wilson, CSU Chico Digital Collections

• J.H. Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Jaqueline Wilson, Virginia Wilson, and Dixie.; 1935. Berkeley Library.

• John Bernardo Wilson, The Huntington Library

• John Wilson, ca 1870. CSU Chico Digital Collections

• Joseph J. Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Kit Wilson. History Colorado Online Collection

• Lena Wilson, 1935. Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Lizzie Wilson, 1922. Online Archive of California

• Lottie Wilson. Utah Digital Collections

• Louise Wilson and Joseph Wilson, 1922. UC Berkeley.

• Margaret Wilson, 1890. California State Library

• Marilynn Wilson, California Revealed

• Marjorie Hathaway Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Mary Wilson. New York Heritage Digital Collections.

• Miss Kate Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Nia Wilson. Utah Digital Collections.

• Policewoman Virginia Wilson, ca 1940. Center for Sacramento History.

• Portrait of Amanda Wilson, 1900. CSU Chico Digital Collections

• Portrait of Jack Wilson, ca 1900. CSU Chico Digital Collections

• Portrait of Mrs. Wilson, ca 1890. CSU Chico Digital Collections

• Portrait of Peter Wilson, USC Libraries

• Portrait of William Wilson, 1880. History San Jose.

• Rayma Wilson, 1928. TESSA Digital Collections of the Los Angeles Public Library.

• Robert Wilson, 1940s. Hennepin County Library

• Roy Wilson, 1922. Online Archive of California

• Ruth Wilson Patton, The Huntington Library

• Ruth Wilson, The Huntington Library

• Tom Wilson, 1903-1904. Pikes Peak Library District.

• Virginia Wilson, society, 1936. Berkeley Library.

• W. Forbes Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Wilson family portrait, TESSA Digital Collections of the Los Angeles Public Library

Website and news clippings or blog posts (no paywalls)

• “Identifying John Wilson’s Irish Origins, Part 1: Y-DNA Analysis” Family Locket

• James Wilson Ancestry

• Wilson Family Tree Album Blog

• “The Wilson Family” Hamilton Avenue Road to Freedom

• The Wilson Family, Alyce Wilson

• Wilson Family History, Wendell E. Wilson. The Mineralogical Record.

• Genealogy of Senator Samuel Wilson of Mecklenburg County, NC. North Carolina Genealogy

Artifacts

• Guide to the Thomas E. Wilson Family Collection circa 1850 - 2005. University of Chicago Library

• Luzena Stanley Wilson, ‘49er, memories recalled years later. Library of Congress

• Wilson family papers, 1704 -1884, finding aid from University of Michigan Library

Correspondence and letters

• David E. Wilson, letter to brother, March 14, 1849. Berkeley Library

• Edmund Wilson / William Fenton correspondence. St. Lawrence University

• Hiram S. Wilson Civil War Letters, New York Heritage Digital Collections

• Letter from Daisy Wilson to Frank T. Wilson, 1931. UMass Amherst.

• Wilson, Francis. 1927. Oakland University Libraries.

• Wilson, Thomas. 1939. Internet Archive.

Homes & historical markers

• Charles Wilson House on Wilson Bay, New York Heritage Digital Collections

• Charles H. Wilson House, North Carolina

• The Reuben Wilson Home, New York

• The Wilson House, Arkansas

• The Wilson House, Palo Alto, California

• Wilson Family Home: A Stop on the Underground Railroad

• Wilson House, District of Columbia

Oral Histories

• Alda Wilson Collection - (audio only) Library of Congress

• Gerald Wilson Collection - (audio only) Library of Congress

• Leland P. Wilson, Windsor Historical Society

• Marne Wilson Collection - Library of Congress

• Oral history interview with E. Bright Wilson, Jr. Science History Institute Museum & Library

• Oral Interview - Jim Wilson. California Revealed.

• Ronald Wilson Collection - (audio only) Library of Congress

• Theodore Wilson Collection - (audio only) Library of Congress

• Theo Wilson, journalist - Berkeley Library

Books (Online & In Print)

• Bartlett, Joseph Gardner. “Ancestry and descendants of Rev. John Wilson of Boston, Mass.” Boston, 1907. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Benson, R. Seymour. “Photographic pedigree of the descendants of Isaac & Rachel Wilson, 1740” Middlesbrough, William Appleyard & Sons Limited Printers; 1912. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Justice, Alfred Rudolph. “Wilson and Allied families” Philadelphia, 1929. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• White, John Wilson. “Hugh Wilson and his family” Kansas City, Missouri. Burton Publishing Company., 1918. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Wilson, Chester W. “The Wilson Family” Wichita, Kansas. 1946. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Wilson, Edward. “Wilson family history” Bloomington, IL., 1918. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Wilson, Fred A. “The early history of the Wilson family of Kittery, Maine” Lynn, Mass. John Macfarlane & Co., 1898 (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Wilson, Fred A. “The genealogy of the family of Elihu Parsons Wilson of Kittery, ME” 1894. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Wilson, Fred A. “The genealogy of the family of Nathaniel Wilson of Kittery, ME.” 1894. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Wilson, Harold F. “Notes on the genealogy of the Bethel, Vermont Wilson Family” 1948 (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Wilson, Mary. “History of the John Wilson Family with local sketches” Des Moines, Iowa, Puritan Laboratories, Inc., 1952. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Wilson, R.E. “The Wilson Family” The Courier Co., Ohio, 1931

• Wilson-Thompson Family Association. “Wilson-Thompson Families, being an account of the descendants of John Wilson of County Atrim, Ireland, whose two sons, John and William, founded homes in Bucks County, and of Elizabeth Mc Graudy Thompson…” Intelligencer Print, Doylestown, Pa., 1916 (Full view on Internet Archive)

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