Adnia A. Fisher

Adnia A. Fisher

Adnia A Fisher Wilson, 1867-1954

• Father: Nelson Fisher b. September 1827

• Adnia A. Fisher was born on 8 February 1867 in New York.
• She married James L. Wilson, son of Peter M. Wilson and Margaret Simpson, circa 1884.
• James L. Wilson and Adnia A. Fisher appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 184 Garner Avenue. Other members of the household included Roy Peter Wilson, James L. Craig Wilson and Nelson Fisher.
• James L. Wilson and Adnia A. Fisher appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1905 in Buffalo, New York, at 184 Garner Avenue. Other members of the household included Roy Peter Wilson, James L. Craig Wilson and Agnes V. Wilson.
• James L. Wilson and Adnia A. Fisher appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 408 Hoyt Street. Other members of the household included James L. Craig Wilson.
• About 1911, likely in honor of the new fourth generation, a Wilson family photo was taken of Adnia, son Roy, James, Roy's wife Winifred, James' mother Margaret Simpson Wilson holding great granddaughter Hazel, and James' son Craig kneeling beside her.
• James L. Wilson and Adnia A. Fisher appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 282 Grant Street.
• Adnia A. Fisher became a widow at the 7 November 1924 death of her husband James L. Wilson.
• The following appeared on 8 November 1924 in The Buffalo Morning Express: [Died] Suddenly, in Buffalo, on Nov. 7, 1924, James L. Wilson, beloved husband of Adnia A. (nee Fisher), father of Roy P. and J. L. Craig Wilson, son of the late Peter and Margaret Wilson, brother of Thomas and Robert Wilson, Mrs. J. H. Brauer and Mrs. A. Nichols. Funeral from the family home, 282 Grant street, on Monday afternoon, Nov. 10, at 2:30 o’clock and Bethlehem Presbyterian church at 3 o’clock. Friends invited to attend. Interment at Forest Lawn. Deceased was a charter member of Crescent lodge No. 551, I.O.O.F. Mount Clement lodge No. 364, Knights of Pythias.
• Adnia A. Fisher appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 250 Wellington Avenue living alone, with one male lodger.
• The following appeared on 20 August 1953 in The Hamburg Sun: Funeral services will be held this afternoon for J. L. Craig Wilson who died at his home in West Lane Drive, Wanakah, on Monday. Mr. Wilson was a plumbing and heating contractor in Buffalo for many years and had lived in Wanakah for eleven years.
       He leaves surviving his wife, Mrs. Ella Gifford Wilson, and his mother, Mrs. James L. Wilson. He was the brother of the late Roy P. Wilson. Mr. Wilson was a member of the Mercy Club.
       Interment will be in Prospect Lawn Cemetery with the Rev. P. W. Meisenheimer officiating.
• Adnia A. Fisher died on 19 October 1954 at age 87.
• She was interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
• A single grave marker identifies the graves of Peter M. Wilson and Margaret Simpson and Adnia A. Fisher, Jean Craig Wilson, James L. Wilson and Christina S. Wilson.

• Last Edited: 19 Jun 2012

• Charts: Descendants of WILSON Peter & Margaret Simpson