Kate R. Wilson
b. 20 November 1888, d. 1 February 1957
- Father: William Simpson Wilson b. 9 February 1854, d. 19 April 1911
- Mother: Kate DeYoung b. 13 August 1853, d. 30 January 1941
- Kate R. Wilson was born on 20 November 1888 in New York.
- She was known as Kitty.
- William Simpson Wilson and Kate DeYoung appeared in the New York state census of 16 February 1892 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York. Other members of the household included Kate R. Wilson, Ida Jeanette Wilson, Margaret Blanche Wilson, Grace M. Wilson, William Edward Wilson, Hannah Heath Wilson and Charles A. Wilson.
- 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 Kate R. Wilson, Ida Jeanette Wilson, Grace M. Wilson, William Edward Wilson, Hannah Heath Wilson, Charles A. Wilson, Herbert Longsdale Wilson and Harriet C. Wilson. Daughter Grace also is enumerated in the household of her sister Margaret Devine.
- She married Jacob Arnold Mertz, son of Jacob Mertz and Louisa (?), circa 1909.
- Jacob Arnold Mertz and Kate R. Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at Kensington Avenue.
- Jacob Arnold Mertz and Kate R. Wilson appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1915 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 16 Appenheimer Avenue. Other members of the household included Jacob Herbert Mertz, James Albert Mertz and Alice Harriet Mertz.
- Jacob Arnold Mertz registered for the draft on 5 January 1917 in Erie County, New York, while living with his wife and four children at 300 Kensington Avenue in Buffalo, employed there as a driver.
- Jacob Arnold Mertz and Kate R. Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 709 Riley Street enumerated at the same address as Kate's mother.. Other members of the household included Alice Harriet Mertz, Jacob Herbert Mertz, James Albert Mertz, George W. Mertz and Ralph Robert Mertz.
- Jacob Arnold Mertz and Kate R. Wilson appeared in the Minnesota state census of 1 April 1925 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 32 Roetzer Street. Other members of the household included Alice Harriet Mertz, Jacob Herbert Mertz, James Albert Mertz, George W. Mertz, Ralph Robert Mertz and Louise Emma Mertz.
- Jacob Arnold Mertz and Kate R. Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 24 Latour Street. Other members of the household included Jacob Herbert Mertz, James Albert Mertz, George W. Mertz, Ralph Robert Mertz and Louise Emma Mertz.
- Jacob Arnold Mertz and Kate R. Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 942 Northampton Street. Other members of the household included James Albert Mertz, George W. Mertz, Ralph Robert Mertz and Louise Emma Mertz.
- 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.
- Kate R. Wilson died on 1 February 1957 at age 68.
- Jacob Arnold Mertz became a widower at her death.
- She was interred at White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Amherst, Erie County, New York.
- Last Edited: 26 Nov 2015
Family: Jacob Arnold Mertz b. 17 June 1887, d. 26 October 1962
- Alice Harriet Mertz+ b. 16 January 1911, d. 7 July 1977
- Jacob Herbert Mertz b. 8 August 1912, d. 18 February 1993
- James Albert Mertz b. 6 August 1914, d. 31 March 1989
- George W. Mertz b. circa 1917
- Ralph Robert Mertz+ b. 5 April 1919, d. 21 November 1971
- Louise Emma Mertz b. 18 May 1921, d. 13 March 2000