Kate De Young

Kate De Young

Kate De Young Wilson, 1853-1941

• Father: Joseph De Young b. c 1817, d. bt 1870 - 1880
• Mother: Hannah (?) b. c 1828

• Kate De Young was born on 13 August 1853 in New York.
• She was the daughter of Joseph De Young and Hannah (?).
• She enumerated in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in the household of Joseph De Young and Hannah (?) in Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
• She and Edward De Young and Edward Sniggs were enumerated in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in the household of Joseph De Young and Hannah (?) in Buffalo, New York; and also Sallie Ballow (age 40).
• She married William Simpson Wilson, son of Peter M. Wilson and Margaret Simpson, on 2 November 1875 in Buffalo, New York.
• Kate De Young and William Simpson Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 1580 Main Street and an infant daughter, born February 1880, is recorded but struck through, apparently having died (?). Other members of the household included Ida Jeanette Wilson and Margaret B. Wilson.
• Kate De Young and William Simpson Wilson appeared in the New York state census of 16 February 1892 in Buffalo, New York. Other members of the household included Ida Jeanette Wilson, Margaret B. Wilson, Grace M. Wilson, William Edward Wilson, Hannah Heath Wilson, Kate Wilson and Charles A. Wilson.
• Kate De Young and William Simpson Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 30 Maywood and daughter Grace is also enumerated in the household of her sister Margaret Devine.. Other members of the household included Ida Jeanette Wilson, Grace M. Wilson, William Edward Wilson, Hannah Heath Wilson, Kate Wilson, Charles A. Wilson, Herbert L. Wilson and Harriet Wilson.
• Kate De Young and William Simpson Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 153 Howell Street living next to daughter Ida Chapin.. Other members of the household included William Edward Wilson, Charles A. Wilson, Herbert L. Wilson and Harriet Wilson.
• Kate De Young became a widow at the 19 April 1911 death of her husband William Simpson Wilson.
• Kate De Young appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 709 Riley Street living at the same address as Kate's daughter Kate Mertz and family.. Other members of the household included Herbert L. Wilson.
• She and Francis W. DeVine, Lester Charles DeVine, Ruth E. DeVine, Edward J. DeVine and Herbert L. Wilson were enumerated in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in the household of Charles John DeVine and Margaret B. Wilson in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 13 Hartman Place.
• Kate De Young died on 30 January 1941 at age 87 in New York.
• The following appeared in the Buffalo News: 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: 28 Sep 2009