Individual Details

Louis Antone Wilson

(3 Jul 1910 - 18 Jan 1950)

Louis Antone Wilson, AKA Louie. He was a Bantam weight boxer of some notoriety. He was known as "Pee Wee Wilson". I found a great article from Feb. 3, 1932 in the Kansas City Star. It even has his picture. The jest was that Pee Wee of Detroit would get a 2nd chance at Tommy Maroon in an 8-round special event. He floored Maroon in the first round at their previous bout. However, since that fight, Louie fractured his left arm in his final Detroit fight. He came to KC to live with his brother Leonard at the Woolf farm while he healed. He was hoping for a comeback but I don't think it happened. He had a 3-year career and they called him a crowd-pleaser.
http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/103644
Pee Wee Wilson global ID103644
role boxer
bouts 30
rounds 206
KOs 20%
status inactive
nationality USA
debut 1929-06-03
division bantamweight
residence Detroit, Michigan, USA

Events

Birth3 Jul 1910Hyde County, South Dakota
Census (family)-shared1915(Edgar John Wilson and Susan Jerusha Haines) Highmore, Hyde County, South Dakota
Census (family)-shared19 Jan 1920(Edgar John Wilson and Susan Jerusha Haines) Fremont, Fayette County, Iowa
Census-shared2 Apr 1930(Susan Jerusha Haines) Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Census (family)-shared16 Apr 1940(Glenn Lloyd Wilson and Eva) North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
Death18 Jan 1950Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
BurialTabor Cemetery, Mills County, Iowa

Families

FatherEdgar John Wilson (1868 - 1925)
MotherSusan Jerusha Haines (1870 - 1956)
SiblingGuy Melville Wilson (1890 - 1932)
SiblingFannie Adele Wilson (1893 - 1980)
SiblingClifford Claude Wilson (1895 - 1937)
SiblingJames Bruce Wilson (1896 - 1978)
SiblingEva May Wilson (1898 - 1988)
SiblingRolland Albert Wilson (1901 - 1915)
SiblingHubert Jerome Wilson (1903 - )
SiblingBessie June Wilson (1904 - 1980)
SiblingGilbert Eugene Wilson (1907 - 1994)
SiblingLeonard Joseph Haines Wilson (1908 - 1965)
SiblingGlenn Lloyd Wilson (1912 - 1981)

Notes

Census (family)-shared

Cards 61-72 have all of Edgar and Susie's family except for Guy and Rolland.

Census (family)-shared

E J Wilson M 52 Iowa - Farmer
Wife Susie Wilson F 50 Iowa
Son Herbert Wilson M 17 Iowa - Laborer, home farm
Daughter Bessie Wilson F 15 Iowa
Son Gilbert Wilson M 13 Iowa
Son Leonard Wilson M 12 Iowa
Son Louis Wilson M 8 Iowa
Son Glen Wilson M 6 Iowa

Census-shared

Susan J Wilson Head F 59 Iowa
Guy M Wilson Son M 40 Iowa
Hubert Wilson Son M 26 Iowa - Headlamp checker, auto factory
Louis Wilson Son M 19 South Dakota - Prize fighter
Glenn Wilson Son M 18 South Dakota - Press operator, auto factory

Living in the home of James Wood.

Census (family)-shared

Glen Wilson Head M 28 South Dakota - Race horse trainer
Eva Wilson Wife F 29 Nebraska
Louis Wilson Brother M 30 South Dakota - Stable boy
Robert Farmer Lodger M 16 Iowa - Jockey

Burial

Latitude 40.903889
Longitude -95.679169

Endnotes

1. "South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births 1843-1914 and Marriages 1950-2014," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDD-WWK5 : 2 September 2015), Louis Wilson, 03 Jul 1910; citing Birth, Hyde, South Dakota, United States, South Dakota Department of Health, Pierre; FHL microfilm .

2. "South Dakota State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMHY-SW9 : 16 November 2014), E J Wilson; citing State Historical Society, Pierre; FHL microfilm 2,368,058..

3. "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8B5-CV4 : accessed 05 Mar 2014), E J Wilson, Fremont, Fayette, Iowa, United States; citing sheet , family 123, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1820489..

4. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X795-1FQ : accessed 23 January 2017), Guy M Wilson in household of Susan J Wilson, Detroit (Districts 1073-1094), Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1093, sheet 2B, line 89, family 58, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1050; FHL microfilm 2,340,785..

5. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ23-N16 : accessed 24 January 2017), Glen Wilson, Ward 2, North Little Rock, Hill Township, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-106A, sheet 62B, line 53, family 527, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 169..

6. "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFWG-CFY : 12 December 2014), Lewis Or Louis Antone Wilson, 18 Jan 1950; citing Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,972,935..

7. Find A Grave Memorial# 15039366.

8. "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTW3-SJG : 24 June 2015), Louis Wilson, died 18 Jan 1950; citing BillionGraves(http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Tabor Cemetery, Tabor, Mills, Iowa, United States..