Ida Jeanette Wilson

Ida Jeanette Wilson

Ida Jeanette Wilson Chapin, 1876-1955

• Father: William Simpson Wilson b. 9 February 1854, d. 19 April 1911
• Mother: Kate DeYoung b. 13 August 1853, d. 30 January 1941

• Ida Jeanette Wilson was born on 30 May 1876 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
• William Simpson Wilson and Kate DeYoung appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 1580 Main Street and an infant daughter, born February 1880, is recorded but struck through, apparently having died (?). Other members of the household included Ida Jeanette Wilson, Margaret Blanche Wilson.
• William Simpson Wilson and Kate DeYoung appeared in the New York state census of 16 February 1892 in Buffalo, New York. Other members of the household included Ida Jeanette Wilson, Margaret Blanche Wilson, Grace M. Wilson, William Edward Wilson, Hannah Heath Wilson, Kate R. Wilson and Charles A. Wilson.
• She was a clerk, according to the 1892 census.
• She married George Alfred Chapin, son of Herbert Chapin and Emma Crittendon, on 1 January 1897 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at home of M/M Peter Wilson of Richmond Avenue, R Chapin family history, newspaper wedding announcement, Ida Wilson family bible, names signed Alfrid Chapin, Ida Jenet Wiilson; witness H W Chapin presumed to be George's father Herbert The marriage was witnessed by William Simpson Wilson and Herbert Chapin.
• Ida Jeanette Wilson and George Alfred Chapin were living in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 116 Hawley Street after their marriage.
• William Simpson Wilson and Kate DeYoung appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 30 Maywood. Other members of the household included Ida Jeanette Wilson, Grace M. Wilson, William Edward Wilson, Hannah Heath Wilson, Kate R. Wilson, Charles A. Wilson, Herbert Longsdale Wilson and Harriet C. Wilson. Daughter Grace also is enumerated in the household of her sister Margaret Devine.
• George Alfred Chapin and Ida Jeanette Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 637 Grant Street. Other members of the household included William Alfrid Chapin, Ralph Herbert Chapin and Herbert Chapin.
• George Alfred Chapin and Ida Jeanette Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 243 Crowley Avenue. Other members of the household included William Alfrid Chapin, Ralph Herbert Chapin, Dorothy May Chapin, George Alfred Chapin Jr., Harold Ross Chapin, Paul Westley Chapin, Ida Cathern Chapin, Chester Edwin Chapin, Margaret Chapin and Viola Jennet Chapin.
• George Alfred Chapin and Ida Jeanette Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Buffalo, New York, at 243 Crowley Avenue. Other members of the household included Paul Westley Chapin, Ida Cathern Chapin, Chester Edwin Chapin, Margaret Chapin, Viola Jennet Chapin, Harold Smith, Dorothy May Chapin and Irving George Smith.
• She was managing a florist shop, according to the the 1930 census.
• Ida Jeanette Wilson became a widow at the 22 May 1940 death of her husband George Alfred Chapin.
• The following appeared in The Buffalo News: [Died] Katie DeYoung Wilson, Jan. 30, 1941, wife of the late William S. Wilson, mother of Mrs. Ida Chapin, Mrs. Margaret DeVine, Mrs. Thomas Benton, William, Mrs. Jacob Mertz, Herbert L. Wilson of Buffalo, N.Y., and Mrs. Edward Brown of Toronto, Ont., and the late Charles A. and Mrs. Harriet Hodge. Funeral from the home of her son, Herbert L. Wilson, 159 Virgil ave., Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Friends invited. Lockport papers please copy.
• She married Charles Schawel.
• The following appeared on 17 May 1954 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: [Died] Infant Ross Smith of 74 Broad St., Salamanca, N. Y., suddenly in Buffalo, May 15, 1954, at 2061 Fillmore Ave., beloved son of Robert and Kathlyn Ross Smith; grandson of Mrs. Ann Ross and Mr. and Mrs. Russell McClure; great-grandson of Mrs. Ida Schawel. Funeral from the Nagel Funeral Home Inc., 587 East Delavan Ave., Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock.
• Ida Jeanette Wilson died on 20 November 1955 at age 79 in Kenmore, Erie County, New York.

• Last Edited: 26 Nov 2015

• Charts: Descendants of WILSON Peter & Margaret Simpson