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Note: The following comments derive from Billee Wilson Hornbeek, a descendant of George Henry Wilson and his first wife, Phoebe Sullivan. I, Samuel William Aylesworth, copied this information from the following family-tree located at that time within Genealogy.com. Subsequently, I was able to locate and contact Billee, and we have shared many emails during the past many year. The comments copied are as follows:
[Descendants of William Wilson Sr.FTW]
[Br'f8derbund WFT Vol. 16, Ed. 1, Tree #1183, Date of Import: Oct 25, 2003]
"George was born at home, in Dorchester Station, Ontario. Zelma (his daughter by Emily, second wife of George) related to us that the family story is that the first kerosene lamp in the county was used by the Dr. during the delivery.
In 1885 George emigrated to the US.
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United States of America, State of North Dakota
Second Judicial District, Towner County
George H. Wilson personally appeared before the subscriber, the Clerk of the District Court in and for the County of Towner, Second Judicial District, State of (North is crossed out) Dakota (^written in longhand) Territory, being a Court of Record, and made oath that he was born in (England written in longhand & crossed out) Canada on or about the year Eighteen Hundred and Sixty Three and that he emigrated to the United States and landed at the port of Port Huron on or about the month of March in the year eighteen Hundred and Eighty five that it is his bonafide intention to become a Citizen of the United States and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatsoever, and particularly to The Queen of England whereof he is a subject, and that he will support the Constitution and Government of the United States.
George H. Wilson
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 27th day of March 1885
Albert M. Powell
Clerk of the District Court in and for Towner County, D.F.
Chas H. Eusign Deputy
State of North Dakota, County of Towner
I, EG Hausau (Hausan?), Clerk of the District Court within and for the County of Towner, Second Judicial District, State of North Dakota, certify the above to be a true transcript of the record as the same remains in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at my office in Cando, ND on this 10th day of March, 1893
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I was told my my Uncle Alvin Wilson, that he came with the "Dumphies" (his spelling). He had no idea who these people were, but from another entry in the Towner Co. history I believe that they were taking groups of Canadians to the US.
It is hard to believe that Grandad only arrived in the US in March of 1885 as he is listed in the 1885 Census of Dakota Territory as a single farmer, head of household,living in Hansboro (homesteading) and there was no railroad into Hansboro at that time. The other noteworthy thing about the census record and subsequent records is that George was lying about his age. He gave his birthdate as 1863 and he was born in December of 1864. This allowed him to homestead a year earlier than he would have been able to. That lie followed him to his grave - his age on the tombstone is 1 year too old. The humorous thing about all this is that it forced his parents to lie about the date of their marriage, and so they celebrated their 50th anniversary a year early. This was a blessing, as by their real 50th Jane was dead.
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For some reason I was down at Grandpa's and Grandma's during Grandpa's last illness. I can remember him sitting in his big chair crying, kind of a dry sobbing sound. I was embarrased by this and got up to leave the room. Al took me back and told me I should spend some time with my Grandad. I wish someone had explained to me just what was going on. I might have been better able to cope. He died shortly thereafter. I can remember that we got the news in a letter, or a telegram brought by the mailman (we had no telephone). We were living at Gunter, OR at the time. Dad caught a ride with the mailman the next day and went to Mapleton(Rainrock) for the funeral."
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In an email dated January 30th, 2010, Billee Wilson Hornbeek shared the following comments with me, SWA:
"1. George Wilson married Phoebe Sullivan on Xmas Day of 1890 in Crystal City Manitoba. They moved to Cando, ND where George worked in the livery stable.
2. In 1900 Phoebe, child Lila and child Freddie all died of typhoid & are buried in the Cando Cemetery w/one headstone.
3. Phoebe's Mother, Aurilla (Hunt) Sullivan and Phoebe's youngest sister, Emily came back from Georgia to take care of George's kids (Edna, Edith and my dad, Clarence Cecil Wilson). After a while Aurilla went home, leaving Emily - and Aurilla told Emily she should marry George - which she did & they had Zelma, Alvin, Arthur, Russell, Ralph and Merle & Earle (Earle died at 2 years).
Aurilla was the daughter of Cyrus Hunt and Lucinda Rose. Cyrus was the son of John Hunt and Phoebe Bigle. Cyrus was born in Poughkeepsie, NY in 1804.
Aurilla Hunt was married to Robert Sullivan - he was the son of John Sullivan and Mary Ann___________. (I've chosen note to include a portion of the email here. SWA, January 30, 2010.) .................
[Here, let me paraphrase an earlier part of Billee's email: 'Some time ago, as I was researching the Youngs I noted that Kathrine had a younger sister, Mary Ann and speculated about that to someone. Someone picked it up and it now often printed as 'fact'. However, it has not yet been proven.']
Since that time, I have found a couple of references to another Mary Ann Young - probably a youger sister to John Young. Think she was slipped on board to help take care of the children of John & Katrine. She sort of drops out of sight after the landing. I have searched and searched. Just a couple of tantilizing glimpses. She shows up in one of the Messes on board, separate from Mary Ann (also called Margaret), the child of John & Katrine. "
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I'll continue to research this information. (SWA, January 30, 2010)
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The following comments were sent to Samuel William Aylesworth by email by Billee Wilson HOORNBEEK on Feb 4, 2010:
"When the Great Northern RR reached Great Falls, Montana George Wilson [Billee's grandfather] quit working as a teamster and returned to his homestead in Hansboro, ND. Just before Xmas he went to Crystal City, Man. and married Phoebe [Sullivan]. The means he had known the family before.
One family story, told by Flossie, has it that Robert [Sullivan, father of Phoebe] had worked as a blacksmith on the Great Northern to Crystal City, but not, I would think ,much further . George didn't start working for the RR until after 1885 and we know that Robert and Aurilla [Sullivan, the parents of Phoebe] and family were in Crystal City by '73 when Emily was born. So, [this timeline] ...doesn't make any sense. There is too much time elapsing between the times [the two men, Robert and his son George] ... worked [for the the Railroad].
Anyhow, George and Phoebe settled in Cando, ND where George worked for a livery stable - learning his trade - then he bought out the stable in Hansboro after Phoebe's death and when he married Emily [Sullivan, Phoebe's sister] they settled in Hansboro. How and where did he meet Phoebe? He couldn't have just dashed north in his one horse open sleigh, snatch her up and ride south into the USA. He had been west on the RR for at least 4 years. I called the Great Northern RR History museum and they were very nice, but had no records of old employees and very little about the month to month progress of the RR construction from that time period.
The fall of 1900 was terrible for the family, losing 3 family members. In the process, my Dad's birthdate was forgotten [i.e. the birthday of Clarence Cecil WILSON] . The Aunts all knew he had been born in the fall of '96 but couldn't agree on a month or a date. So, his favorite aunt and uncle, Wm and Clara Wilson were both born on Aug. 6 and so he took that date as his birthday also."
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