Wilson Family Project

🔵 Joseph Evart Wilson

Age: 80y, 3m, 16d

Son of Edmund Holloway Wilson and Mary Jane Conant

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📆 Events

👩‍❤️‍👨 Relationships

🟣 Orpha Ann Hyde, b. 24 OCT 1886

Events

Children With Orpha Ann Hyde

• 🔵 Clifford Lynn Wilson, b. 23 APR 1904
• 🔵 James Wilson, b. 1905
• 🔵 Phillip F Wilson, b. 23 JUL 1905
• 🔵 Joseph Earl Wilson, b. 03 JUL 1906
• 🔵 Lawrence A. Wilson, b. 15 JUN 1911
• 🔵 Fletcher Maxwell Wilson, b. 03 JUN 1913
• 🟣 Living Person

📝 Notes

Joseph lists himself as "widowed" in the 1930 census, even though his former wife who divorced him for "extreme cruetly" was still alive.

📰 Event Sources

Birth, May 1871

• Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950

Residence, Jun 1880

• 1880 US Census

Residence, 1894

• 1894 Michigan State Census

Name: Evert J Wilson
Sex: Male
Age: 23
Residence Place: Tyrone, Kent, Michigan, United States
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Event Type: Census
Event Place: Tyrone, Kent, Michigan, United States
Event Place (Original): Tyrone, Kent, Michigan, United States
Line Number: 16
Page Number: 49
Microfilm Number: 984228
Indexing Batch: N04014-5

Household members:
Edmund Wilson, M, 65
Mary Wilson, F, 62
Evert J. Wilson, M, 23

Residence, 14 JUN 1900

• 1900 US Census

Name: Joseph E Wilson
Age: 29
Birth Date: May 1871
Birthplace: Michigan, USA
Home in 1900: Tyrone, Kent, Michigan
Sheet Number: 12
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 163
Family Number: 163
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Edmond H Wilson
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts, USA
Mother's Birthplace: New York, USA
Occupation: Farmer
Months Not Employed: 0
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
House Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: F
Farm or House: F

Household members

• Edmond H Wilson, 70
• Joseph E Wilson, 29

Marriage, 14 AUG 1903

• Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952

Name: Orpha A Hyde
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Year: abt 1887
Birth Place: Michigan
Marriage Date: 14 Aug 1903
Marriage Place: Newaygo, Newaygo, Michigan, USA
Age: 16
Residence Place: Grant T P
Father: John L Hyde
Mother: M J Siddall
Spouse: Joseph E Wilson
Spouse Gender: Male
Spouse Race: White
Spouse Age: 32
Spouse Birth Place: Michigan
Spouse Residence Place: Grant T P
Spouse Father: E H Wilson
Spouse Mother: Mary Conant
Record Number: 2569
Film: 79
Film Description: 1903 Menominee - 1903 Washtenaw

Residence, 08 MAY 1910

• 1910 US Census

Name: Joseph Wilson
Age in 1910: 37
Birth Date: 1873
Birthplace: Michigan
Home in 1910: Tyrone, Kent, Michigan, USA
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: Farm
Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Free
Farm or House: House
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 7
Out of Work: N
Number of Weeks Out of Work: 0

Household members:

• Joseph Nelson, 37, Head
• Orpha Wilson, 24, Wife
• Clifford Wilson, 6, Son
• Joseph Wilson, 3, Son
• Edd Wilson, 81, Father

Divorce, 05 FEB 1920

• Michigan, Divorce Records, 1897-1952

Name: Joseph E Wilson
Marriage Date: 14 Aug 1903
Marriage Place: Newaggo Michigan
Decree Date: 5 Feb 1920
Decree Place: Kent
Spouse Name: Orpha A Wilson
Cause: Extreme Cruelty
State File Number: 22418
Divorce Status: Granted

Residence, 03 APR 1930

• 1930 US Census

Name: Joseph E Wilson
Birth Year: 1872
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age in 1930: 58
Birthplace: Michigan
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Head
Homemaker?: Yes
Home in 1930: Precinct 5, Rio Grande, Colorado, USA
Map of Home: Precinct 5,Rio Grande,Colorado
Street Address: Experiment Station Road
Dwelling Number: 11
Family Number: 12
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Home Value: 15.
Radio Set: No
Age at First Marriage: 32
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Farm laborer
Industry: Farm
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker

Household members (Name: Age)
Joseph E Wilson: 58
Maxwell Wilson: 17

Residence, 1935

• 1940 US Census

Residence, 22 APR 1940

• 1940 US Census

Name: Joseph Wilson
Respondent: Yes
Age: 72
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Michigan
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan
House Number: 335 1/2
Inferred Residence in 1935: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan
Residence in 1935: Grand Rapids
Sheet Number: 6A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 151
House Owned or Rented: Rented
Value of Home: 10
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 4th grade
Income Other Sources: Yes

Only member listed in household

Residence, 18 APR 1950

• 1950 US Census

Name: Joseph E Wilson
Age: 79
Birth Date: abt 1871
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Place: Michigan
Marital Status: Divorced
Relation to Head of House: Head
Residence Date: 1950
Home in 1950: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
Street Name: Broadway
Apartment Number: 411
Dwelling Number: 402
Farm: No
Acres: No
Inferred Previous Residence Place:
Father Birth Place: USA
Mother Birth Place: USA
Occupation Category: Unable to Work
Same House: Yes
Veteran: No

Living with two other elderly men listed as partners, all of whom are also unable to work.

Death, 16 AUG 1951

• The Grand Rapids Herald - 8/17/1951

WILSON -- Joseph E. Wilson, aged 80, of 416 Third St. NW., passed awaysuddenly Thursday evening at Butterworth Hospital. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. George Andrew Cree; four sons, Clifford L., Joseph E. Wilson, Jr., Lawrence A. and Fletcher M. Wilson, all of Grand Rapids; fourteen grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Mr. Wilson reposes at the VanStrien-Alman Funeral Home, where services will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Interment Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens.

• Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950

Name: Joseph Evart Wilson Sr
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Divorced
Birth Date: May, 1871
Birth Place: Ottawa County, Michigan
Death Date: 16 Aug 1951
Death Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
Death Age: 80
File Number: 053241
Father: Edmund E Wilson
Mother: Mary Conant