William Edward Wilson

b. 18 August 1883, d. 19 April 1957

William Edward Wilson, 1883-1957
  • William Edward Wilson was born on 18 August 1883 in New York or possibly 1882.
  • 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 William Edward Wilson, Ida Jeanette Wilson, Margaret Blanche Wilson, Grace M. Wilson, Hannah Heath Wilson, Kate R. 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 William Edward Wilson, Ida Jeanette Wilson, Grace M. 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.
  • 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 William Edward Wilson, Charles A. Wilson, Herbert Longsdale Wilson and Harriet C. Wilson.
  • He was a machinist for a telephone works, according to the 1910 census.
  • He officially witnessed the death of William Simpson Wilson on 19 April 1911 at 153 Howell in Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
  • 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 Kate DeYoung, Charles A. Wilson, Herbert Longsdale Wilson and Harriet C. Wilson.
  • He was a tool maker, according to the 1915 census.
  • He married Mary Gale Graham, daughter of Joseph Mitchell Graham and Elizabeth Richardson, on 14 July 1916.
  • William Edward Wilson registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Erie County, New York, while living with his wife Mary at 48 Prospect in Kenmore, and employed in Buffalo as a tool foreman at Ericsson Manufacturing Company, 1100 Military
    Road.
  • William Edward Wilson and Mary Gale Graham appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Kenmore, Erie County, New York, at 48 Prospect Avenue. Other members of the household included Jean Wilson.
  • He was an inspector in a magneto factory, according to the 1920 census.
  • William Edward Wilson and Mary Gale Graham appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1925 in Kenmore, Erie County, New York, at 48 North End Avenue. Other members of the household included Jean Wilson.
  • He was a tool maker, according to the 1925 census.
  • William Edward Wilson and Mary Gale Graham appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Kenmore, New York, at 48 North End Avenue. Other members of the household included Jean Wilson.
  • He was a school department machinist, according to the 1930 census.
  • William E. Wilson was photographed in the family garden in their Kenmore back yard, July 1935.
  • William Edward Wilson and Mary Gale Graham appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Kenmore, New York, at 48 North End Avenue.
  • He was employed as a public school custodian/engineer, according to the 1940 census.
  • 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.
  • William Edward Wilson died on 19 April 1957 at age 73 in New York.
  • Mary Gale Graham became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at Hackensack Cemetery, Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey.
  • The following appeared on 20 April 1957 in the Buffalo Evening News: William E. Wilson, 74, of 48 North End Ave., Kenmore, collapsed and died Friday (April 19, 1957) while at work in the Kenmore Baptist Church, where he was custodian.
         Born in Buffalo, Mr. Wilson formerly was custodian for about 28 years at Lindbergh Elementary School, Kenmore, and at one time he was employed by the Erickson Manufacturing Co. He was a member of the Buffalo Consistory and Occidental Lodge 766, F&AM.
         Mr. Wilson is survived by his wife, the former Mary G. Graham; a daughter, Mrs. Jean Schablik of Clifton, N. J; a brother, Herbert L. Wilson of Lockport, and two sisters, Mrs. Margaret DeVine of Buffalo, and Mrs. Free Brown of Toronto.
  • A single grave marker identifies the graves of William Edward Wilson and Mary Gale Graham.
  • Last Edited: 16 Jul 2013

Family: Mary Gale Graham b. circa 1890, d. circa 1983