Hugh Wilson

b. 23 March 1885, d. 25 March 1947

Hugh H Wilson, 1885-1947
  • Hugh Wilson was born on 23 March 1885 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
  • He was known as Gilt or Huie.
  • Robert Thomas Wilson and Margaret Adams appeared in the New York state census of 16 February 1892 in Boston, Erie County, New York. Other members of the household included Hugh Wilson, Margaret L. Wilson, Agnes V. Wilson and Peter MacIntosh Wilson. Also in the household was Archie Walker, age 17.
  • Robert Thomas Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Newfane, Niagara County, New York. Other members of the household included Hugh Wilson, Margaret L. Wilson, Peter MacIntosh Wilson, Agnes V. Wilson, James L. Wilson and Roberta Wilson.
  • He was working on the farm, according to the 1900 census.
  • Robert Thomas Wilson appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1905 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 310 Bird Avenue. Other members of the household included Hugh Wilson, Alice Maude Philpott, James L. Wilson, Roberta Wilson, Alice May Staley and Edna Florence Staley. Daughter Agnes was enumerated in the household of her uncle James Wilson in Buffalo.
  • He was a carpenter, according to the 1905 census.
  • Robert Thomas Wilson and Alice Maude Philpott appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Royalton Township, Niagara County, New York, at Lewiston Road. Other members of the household included Hugh Wilson, James L. Wilson, Roberta Wilson, Alice May Staley and Edna Florence Staley.
  • He was a farm laborer, according to the 1910 census.
  • Hugh Wilson appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1915 in Royalton, Niagara County, New York, enumerated as a servant in the household of farmer Howard A Munzel.
  • He was employed as a farm hand, according to the 1915 census.
  • Hugh Wilson registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Lockport, Niagara County, New York, while living in Gasport and employed there as a farmer by Howard Munzel.
  • Hugh Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Newfane, Niagara County, New York, at Ridge Road living as a hired man in the household of his employer, farmer Charles Thompson.
  • Hugh Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Wilson, Niagara County, New York, at Randall Road a farm laborer, lodging in the household of his employer, farmer Chester Demmin.
  • Robert Wilson's five children and his only living sibling gathered in Lockport when he and Alice visited from California during the summer of 1937.
  • Hugh Wilson died on 25 March 1947 at age 62 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at New York State Hospital where he had been a patient since November 1945 . He was cremated at the Buffalo Crematory of Forest Lawn Cemetery, but not interred there.
  • His remains were cremated at Forest Lawn, but the cemetery has no record of his burial there.
  • Last Edited: 22 Jan 2017