Harriet C. Wilson

Harriet C. Wilson

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

• Harriet C. Wilson was born in January 1898 in New York.
• 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 Harriet C. Wilson, Ida Jeanette Wilson, Grace M. Wilson, William Edward Wilson, Hannah Heath Wilson, Kate R. Wilson, Charles A. Wilson and Herbert Longsdale Wilson. Daughter Grace also is enumerated in the household of her sister Margaret Devine.
• William Simpson Wilson and Kate DeYoung appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 153 Howell Street enumerated next to daughter Ida Chapin.. Other members of the household included Harriet C. Wilson, William Edward Wilson, Charles A. Wilson and Herbert Longsdale Wilson.
• William Edward Wilson appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1915 in Buffalo, New York, at 153 Howell Street. Other members of the household included Harriet C. Wilson, Kate DeYoung, Charles A. Wilson and Herbert Longsdale Wilson.
• She married Arthur James Hodge, son of James M. Hodge and Mattie (?), on 24 February 1917.
• Arthur James Hodge registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Erie County, New York, while living with his wife Harriet at 153 Howell in Buffalo, and employed there as an electrician by the Bison Electric Company at 97 Park.
• Harriet C. Wilson died on 6 October 1918 at age 20 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 94 Garner Avenue.
• Arthur James Hodge became a widower at her death.
• The following appeared in a Buffalo newspaper: [Died] At family residence, No. 94 Garner avenue, October 16, 1918, Harriet Wilson, wife of Arthur Hodge, daughter of Mrs. Kate and the late William S. Wilson, sister of Mrs. George Chapin, Mrs. Charles Devine, Mrs. Thomas Benton, Mrs. Edward Brown, Mrs. Jacob Mertz, William, Herbert and the late Charles Wilson. Funeral private.
• The following appeared in a Buffalo newspaper: In sad and loving memory of our dear daughter and sister, Harriett C. Wilson, who passed away one year ago today, October 16th, 1918.
       Peacefully you're sleeping in that silent grave,
       Silently we're grieving for that smiling face.
       But our Lord He called you just to take you home.
       But we're glad to know you're resting in your heavenly home.
  Mother, Sisters, Brothers and Baby Winifred.
• 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.

• Last Edited: 3 Aug 2013

• Charts: Descendants of WILSON Peter & Margaret Simpson