Helen A. Leete Wilson

Helen A. Leete Wilson

• Father: Edward Wilson b. August 1848, d. 12 January 1921
• Mother: Harriet Leete b. 1846, d. 4 June 1926

• Helen A. Leete Wilson was born on 15 January 1880 in New York.
• She married Hugh Friedrich Vining, son of Reginald Vining and Anna Thompson, on 6 March 1913 in Lockport, Niagara County, New York, by license issued the 1st, with David A. Pitt officiating.. Witneses were Irene L. G. Wilson and Helen's brother Gerard Wilson..
• Hugh Friedrich Vining and Helen A. Leete Wilson appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1915 in Newfane, Niagara County, New York, at Turnpike Road. Other members of the household included James Edward Vining.
• Hugh Friedrich Vining and Helen A. Leete Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Lockport Township, Niagara County, New York, at Turnpike Road. Other members of the household included James Edward Vining. Also in the household was one elderly hired farm laborer.
• The following appeared on 13 January 1921 in the Buffalo Evening News: (Lockport, Jan. 13) The funeral of Edward Wilson, age 73, retired farmer of the town of Lockport, who died yesterday, will take place Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with burial in Glenwood cemetery. For 47 years he lived in Niagara county. Mr. Wilson leaves his wife, Harriet; four daughters and two sons, Mrs. Hugh Vining of Warren's Corners, Althea of North Tonawanda, Irene of Lockport, John of Wright's Station, Gerard and Florence, at home; also one brother, Alexander Wilson of Flint, Mich.
• Hugh Friedrich Vining and Helen A. Leete Wilson appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1925 in Lockport, Niagara County, New York, at Million Dollar Highway. Other members of the household included James Edward Vining.
• The following appeared on 5 June 1926 in the Lockport Union-Sun & Journal: Harriet Leete Wilson, 79 years old, widow of Edward Wilson, died last evening at her home, on the Leete road, town of Lockport, after a long illness with paralysis. She was born in Battle Creek, Mich., but had lived in the town of Lockport for sixty years.
       Surviving are one son and four daughters, John L., Florence M. and Irene Wilson, at home, Mrs. Hugh Vining of Warrens Corners and Althea L. Wilson of North Tonawanda; also one sister, Mrs. P. B. Mitchell of Battle Creek, Mich. The funeral services will be held at the home on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, standard time. Burial will be in Glenwood cemetery.
• Hugh Friedrich Vining and Helen A. Leete Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Lockport Township, Niagara County, New York, at Million Dollar Highway. Other members of the household included James Edward Vining.
• Hugh Friedrich Vining and Helen A. Leete Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Newfane, Niagara County, New York, at Million Dollar Highway. Other members of the household included James Edward Vining.
• Helen A. Leete Wilson died on 25 November 1943 at age 63 in Lockport, New York.
• Hugh Friedrich Vining became a widower at her death.
• She was interred at North Ridge Cemetery, Ransomville, Niagara County, New York.
• The following appeared on 26 November 1943 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: (Lockport) Services for Mrs. Helen L. Vining, 64, wife of Hugh F. Vining, who died Thursday at her home, Turnpike road, Town of Lockport, will be conducted tomorrow at 3 o'clock at the Wilson homestead, Leete road, Town of Lockport. Burial will be in North Ridge cemetery. Mrs. Vining is survived by her husband; two sons, James E. and Hugh F. Vining, Jr., at home; one brother and three sisters, John L., Florence M. and Althea L. Wilson, Town of Lockport, and Irene Wilson, city.
• The following appeared on 16 April 1953 in the Lockport Union-Sun & Journal: A home economics teacher in Lockport schools for about 35 years, Miss Irene Wilson, of 342 Washburn St., died this morning.
       Miss Wilson died at her birthplace, the family homestead on Leete Road, Town of Lockport, where she had been staying for the past five weeks.
       She was the daughter of Edward and Harriet Leete Wilson. A graduate of Lockport High School and Rochester Mechanics Institute, she taught in Pittsburgh for about four years before returning to Lockport.
       She is survived by one brother and one sister, John L. and Florence M. Wilson and two nephews, James and Hugh Vining, all of Town of Lockport.
       Services will be held at the Wilson home Saturday at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Harleigh M. Rosenberger, pastor of the Baptist Church, of which she was a member, will officiate. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery.

• Last Edited: 16 Aug 2015