Individual Details

Alice B. Wilson

(19 Dec 1874 - 20 Feb 1973)

"Alice lived well into her nineties," according to William Spear. "Alice Wilson grew up in Fremont... Alice appears to have been slightly cross eyed? And in those days that amounted to a serious handicap..she was thus the  “maiden aunt” as was sometimes said of unmarried female family members back in the day...as a kid all I remember was that she was in some sort of remote facility..akin to a retirement home...could of been Oregon but I want to say Montana? Teacher of Truth? Hmmm. Sounds more like my sister. ...anyway, unmarried, lucid and friendly enough but no one paid much attention to her...almost as if she was kind of warehoused, but in a humane fashion? Maybe she was unbalanced in someway?"

Evidence has come to light that Alice was living with her cousin, Annie L. Beermaker, who had married James Abraham Leiter on 14 May 1883 in Saunders County, Nebraska. Annie was a daughter of Rebecca A.Wilson and John Beermaker, and Rebecca was a daughter of our common ancestors, Thomas and Jane Wilson of Yelvertoft, Northamptonshire, England, who had immigrated to Lorain County, Ohio, in 1830.
Alice B. Wilson and her cousin, Annie L. Leiter, appear together in the 1910 and 1920 census records of Spokane, Washington. Mr. Leiter is working in a hardware store, and Alice is working in a dry goods store. If this is our Alice B.Wilson from Nebraska, then she remained in Spokane, where in 1930 she was working as a clerk for the railroad, and it is probably her living in Eugene, Lane County, Oregon in 1940 claiming to be a “truth teacher.” She died 20 Feb 1973 in Lane County, Oregon, at the age of 98. The death record states that this Alice Wilson was born 19 Dec 1874.
This evidence fits well with other facts that are already known about the family and also reveals more about Rebecca Wilson and her descendants.

Events

Birth19 Dec 1874Dodge County, Nebraska
Census (family)-shared17 Jun 1880(Thomas Wilson Jr. and Martha Blood Glidden) Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska
Census (family)-shared11 Jun 1885(N. Knox and Martha Blood Glidden) Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska
Census (family)-shared2 Jun 1900(Edward McGraw Spear and Lucia Mary Wilson) Genoa, Nance County, Nebraska
Census (family)-shared26 Apr 1910(James Abraham Leiter and Annie L. Beermaker) Spokane, Spokane County, Washington
Census (family)-shared12 Jan 1920(James Abraham Leiter and Annie L. Beermaker) Spokane, Spokane County, Washington
Census3 Apr 1930Spokane, Spokane County, Washington
Census4 Apr 1940Eugene, Lane County, Oregon
Death20 Feb 1973Lane County, Oregon

Families

FatherThomas Wilson Jr. (1834 - 1884)
MotherMartha Blood Glidden (1842 - 1896)
SiblingWallace H. Wilson (1867 - 1940)
SiblingCassie M. Wilson (1870 - 1871)
SiblingLucia Mary Wilson (1872 - 1963)

Notes

Census (family)-shared

Thomas Wilson M 46 Ohio, United States
Wife Martha Wilson F 39 Ohio, United States
Son Walace Wilson M 12 Nebraska, United States
Daughter Lou Wilson F 7 Nebraska, United States
Daughter Alice Wilson F 5 Nebraska, United States
Other Barbra Brolish F 14 Czechoslovakia

Census (family)-shared

N Knox M 62 New York - Carpenter
M B Knox Wife F 43 Ohio - Keeps house
W Wilson Stepson M 17 Nebraska - at home
L Wilson Stepdaughter F 12 Nebraska
A Wilson Stepdaughter F 10 Nebraska
C Knox Boarder F 33 New York - Teaching

Census (family)-shared

Edward Spees Head M 39 Wisconsin - Merchant
Lucia M Spees Wife F 28 Nebraska
Fred L Spees Son M 8 Nebraska
Allen E Spees Son M 6 Nebraska
Wallace E Spees Son M 4 Nebraska
Allice B Wilson Sister-in-law F 26 Nebraska

Census (family)-shared

James A Leiter Head M 55 Maryland - Salesman, hardware
Annie L Leiter Wife F 49 Iowa
Max Leiter Son M 23 Nebraska - Shipping clerk, wholesale hardware
Alice B Wilson Cousin F 35 Nebraska - Manager, Notice Dept., dry goods

Census (family)-shared

James A Leiter Head M 65 Maryland - Bookkeeper, wholesale hardware
Annie L Leiter Wife F 59 Iowa
Max Leiter Son M 33 Nebraska - Bookkeeper, wholesale hardware
Alice B Wilson Cousin F 45 Nebraska - Saleslady, retail dry goods store

Census

Bertha Rowan Head F 45 Pennsylvania - Manager, apartments
Alice B Wilson Boarder F 54 Nebraska - Clerk, railroad

Census

Alice B Wilson Head F 65 Nebraska - Truth teacher
Mary White Roommate F 40 Oklahoma - Buyer, drug store

Death

Last Place of Residence: Lane County, Oregon (Eugene)

Endnotes

1. "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8YC-HMM : accessed 05 Mar 2014), Thomas Wilson, Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, United States; citing sheet 433D, family 0, NARA microfilm publication T9-0746.

2. "Nebraska, State Census, 1885", index and images,?FamilySearch?(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X3XL-KXB : accessed 30 Aug 2014), L Wilson in entry for N Knox, 1885..

3. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3BX-9MT : accessed 5 October 2017), Lucia M Spees in household of Edward Spees, Genoa Township Genoa village, Nance, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 146, sheet 3B, family 65, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,935..

4. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGJY-34G : accessed 13 April 2019), Max Leiter in household of James A Leiter, Spokane Ward 4, Spokane, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 186, sheet 11A, family 296, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1671; FHL microfilm 1,375,684..

5. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHFC-NS9 : accessed 13 April 2019), Max Leiter in household of James A Leiter, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States; citing ED 243, sheet 9A, line 27, family 234, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1942; FHL microfilm 1,821,942..

6. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCQ4-YCL : accessed 13 April 2019), Alice B Wilson in household of Bertha Rowan, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 93, sheet 2A, line 19, family 133, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2518; FHL microfilm 2,342,252..

7. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRR1-RPB : 14 March 2018), Alice B Wilson, Ward 3, Eugene, Eugene Election Precinct 8, Lane, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 20-49A, sheet 2A, line 12, family 36, 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 3368..

8. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3VY-2N1 : 20 May 2014), Alice Wilson, Feb 1973; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing)..

9. "Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZW6-MRB : 11 December 2014), Alice B Wilson, 20 Feb 1973; from "Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing Lane, Oregon, certificate number 73-02526, Oregon State Archives and Records Center, Salem..