Thomas Lord Wilson
and Anna Rebecca Chapman
and their descendents
contributed by Pat Nelson
According to his death
certificate, Thomas Lord Wilson was born
4 October 1858 to Henry Wilson and Dicy Williams.
Thomas married Anna/Annie Rebecca Chapman on
17 September 1878 in Greene County,
Tennessee. According to
an early census, Annie was born in June of 1861 in Alabama,
but both of her parents were born in North Carolina.
However, the delayed birth certificate of one of her children said she
had been born in Nasheville, North
Carolina. (There is a
Nashville just east of Raleigh.)
Both Thomas and Annie were classified on the 1880 census as mulatto.
Thomas Wilson worked at a
variety of jobs during his lifetime. In 1880, he was listed
as “farming this season.” In 1900, he worked as a day
laborer; in 1910, he was a teamster for a coal bunker; and in 1920, he was a
watchman for a railroad company. He also relocated several
times:
1870
Greeneville Post Office, CD#24, Greene County,
Tennessee (with his parents)
1880
District 3, Precinct 5,
Collin
County,
Texas
1900
725 Franklin Avenue, San Diego
City,
San Diego County,
California
1910
761 Franklin Avenue, San Diego
City,
San Diego County,
California
1920
2265 Kearney Avenue,
San Diego
City,
San Diego County,
California
Thomas Lord
Wilson died 16 December 1922
at 2265
San Diego, San
Diego County, California, and was
buried 23 December 1922 at
Mt.
Hope
Cemetery. In
1930, Anna R. Wilson, widowed, was found living with her son Dennis B. Wilson,
who was also widowed, and Dennis’ son Thomas R. Wilson at
848 Olive Avenue,
Coronado City, San Diego,
California. Anna was working as a
dressmaker for a private family. It has not been determined
when Anna Rebecca Chapman Wilson died.
The
Children and Grandchildren of Thomas L. and Anna Chapman Wilson
Thomas and Anna
Wilson stated on the 1900 and 1910 census that they had three children and that
all were still alive. Those children were:
Dennis B. Wilson
born 28 June 1879 in
Tennessee (from WWI Draft
Registration)
Walter Leroy
Wilson born 14 November of 1881 one mile north of Plano,
Texas
Bertha Alma
Wilson born
30 October 1883 in
Texas
Dennis
B. Wilson and Evelyn
Dennis B. Wilson,
the eldest child of Thomas and Anna Chapman Wilson, married his wife Evelyn, who
was born in Iowa, about 1908.
On the 1910 census, they were living in
Coronado
City, San Diego,
California, and Dennis was working as a chauffeur for a
private family.
On his 1918 World
War I Draft Registration card, Dennis listed his address as
848 Olive Avenue, Coronado.
He gave his occupation as a driller’s helper, Union Iron Works,
Alameda,
California.
In 1920, Dennis
was again working as a chauffeur for a private family. He
and Evelyn Wilson were living at 848 Palm Avenue,
Coronado City,
San Diego County,
California. Evelyn’s
widowed mother, Parthenia Reynolds, was also living with the family.
Parthenia stated that she was born about 1855 in
Ohio, and that her parents were
also from Ohio.
The entire family was classified as mulatto.
In 1930, Dennis
was living at 848 Olive, Coronado,
San Diego County,
California. His mother
Anna was living with him, as was his son Thomas. His wife
Evelyn must have died between the 1920 and 1930 censuses, because Dennis was
listed as a widower.
Dennis B. Wilson
died 22 July 1950.
His death certificate gave
June 26, 1881, as his birthday, which is a slightly
different date than Dennis gave on his WWI Draft Registration card.
He must have remarried after 1930; the informant on his death certificate
was his wife Anita S. Wilson. Dennis was still living at
848 Olive Avenue,
Coronado, San Diego,
California, and his occupation was given as private
chauffeur. Curiously, his race was listed as white.
Dennis was buried in
Mt.
Hope
Cemetery.
Walter Leroy Wilson
In 1900, Walter
L. Wilson, the second child of Thomas and Anna Chapman Wilson, was single,
living with his parents and doing day labor. In 1910, he was
still single, but now was living in San Francisco
City, San
Francisco County, California,
working as a chauffeur. He has not been located on the 1920
census, but in 1952, a Walter Wilson was the informant on Bertha Wilson’s death
certificate.
Bertha Alma Wilson Underwood
Bertha Alma
Wilson, the youngest child of Thomas and Anna Chapman Wilson, was living with
her parents and working as a hairdresser in a ladies’ beauty shop in 1910.
She has not been
located on the 1920 census. However, on her death
certificate on 19 October 1952,
she was listed as Bertha Alma Underwood, widowed. Bertha was
self-employed as a beautician and living at 3609 Budlong is
Los Angeles, California.
She was buried on 23 October
1952
in Paradise
Cemetery.
Surname Index
Recommended Citation:
"Thomas Wilson & Anna Chapman,"
EARLY SETTLERS OF COLLIN
COUNTY." Collin County, Texas History and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends
of Plano Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
[Accessed Fri February 13, 2004 ].
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