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Note: (Research):Resided at 6 Richard Lane Uncasville, CT 06382-1907
From: AR12451245@aol.com Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 9:14 AM To: twoodmt@gmail.com; geoffrey.thompson@sbcglobal.net Subject: Geneology
Hi Geoff and Cathy,
A brief history of my family: After serving 3 years in the Army, I used the GI bill to go to college. I graduated from Wentworth Institute in Boston in 1959. I eventually moved to Connecticut to take a job with the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics here in Groton. They make submarines, including the Nautilus, the first nuclear powered sub. I retired in 1999 after 35 years.
I married my first wife, Mary Ann, in 1960. We had 3 kids together: Anne Marie, born in 1963, Rick, born in 1964, and Alan, born in 1967. After the kids left the nest Mary Ann and I divorced in 1987. Two years later I married by second wife, Mary, who had two kids aged 13 and 9 from her first marriage. They, too, are now out on their own.
Anne Marie has 3 girls: Kellianne, Kristin, and Caisie. Kristin is now pregnant with my first great-grandchild. They all live within 30 miles of me. Rick has 2 teenage boys: Ricky and Steven, and lives here in Montville. Alan visited Virginia Beach after high school, fell in love with place, and decided to go to school at Old Dominion University, where he graduated in 1991. He is now married and lives in Richmond, Va, and has a 2 year old son, who is now kind of special. You see, Alan was always fascinated with the story of my great-grandfather who changed his name to join the Confederate Army in the Civil War (that's the story my father told me), and was in communications with Mary Ann Stanley when she was doing her research. So when his son was born he named him Brodie Pray Wilson. To my knowledge, he is the only descendent in the Wilson family that will carry on our ancestral name.
Geoff, the only pictures I have of Fronie are the same ones you have from Mary Ann. For some reason, I could not open the files with the pictures you sent me of your family. Please try again.
Cathy, from your father's story of my grandfather, James, I now understand why my mother never mentioned him. I do not know where in Ireland either grandparent came from. I do know that Nana Concannon did die shortly after I moved to Connecticut in 1964.
Dick Wilson Summerville, S.C. - Richard L. Wilson of Summerville, S.C., and Freedom, N.H., passed away on July 8, 2016.
He was born in Waltham, Mass., on March 2, 1934.
He was predeceased by is his parents, Edward S. Wilson and Kathryn R. O'Connor.
Richard served three years in the U.S. Army and was graduate of Wentworth Institute in Boston. He retired from General Dynamics Electric Boat Division in 1999 after 35 years of service.
Richard was active in the community of Montville, first in the Jaycees and was their Man of the Year for 1969-1970, also as a lifetime member of the Montville Lions Club and was the recipient of Ambassador of Sight for 2015, the Connecticut Knight of the Blind and the highest award given, Melvin Jones Fellow. He was the first and last chairman of the Montville Harvest Festival. Richard served on the Board of Selectmen/Town Council from 1983-1993 and was the first council chairman for the Town of Montville. He was a Justice of the Peace from 1971-2015, and served on the Montville Republican Town Committee from 1968-2015. He served on the Sewer and Water Pollution Authority from 1973-1993. He also served on two charter revision commissions and was the head moderator for many of the town elections.
Richard was an avid train buff and a model railroader. He and his wife never took a vacation unless there were trains and National Parks involved.
Richard is survived by his wife of 27 years, Mary Clark-Wilson; and his children, AnneMarie Wilson Wright of North Stonington, Richard M. Wilson of Montville, Alan D. Wilson (Mish) of Richmond, Va., Adam C. Clark (Janet) of Marion Ill., and Kathryn Roosevelt (Nickolas) of West Ashley, S.C.; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a sister, Julie Chisholm of Millis, Mass.; and two brothers, Edward S. Wilson of Millbury, Mass., and David Wilson of Nashua, N.H.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 23, 2016, at St. John's Catholic Church, Maple Ave., in Montville, and a reception will follow at the VFW Hall, Raymond Hill Road, Montville.
Arrangements are being made by Simplicity Lowcountry Cremation and Burial Services in North Charleston, S.C.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Visiting Nurse Association of Southeastern Connecticut, 403 N. Frontage Road, Waterford, CT 06385. Published in The Day on July 17, 2016
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