John Henry WILSON

1869 - 1929  (59 years)

• Name	John Henry WILSON  [1]
  Born	13 Apr 1869	Ottewell Settlement, Amabel, Bruce, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Mar 1929	North Keppel, Grey, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  	He died of a heart attack. "He lay down on the couch in the kitchen after supper while Lillian was working beside him and went to sleep".(Personal communication) "March 14, 1920: Died, on Thursday last, John H. WILSON of Keppel, son of the late Samuel WILSON. Born 60 yrs ago in Ottewell Settlement in Amabel, moved to Keppel 9 years ago, married 33 yrs. ago to Alice WOODMAN, daughter of Late Rev. & Mrs. Wm. WOODMAN. Four children were born, Bert in Detroit & Ernest at home; 2 daughters, Effie teaching school in Toronto & Lillian at home. Also leaves 1 brother, James of Amabel on the old homestead, 4 sisters; Mrs. James ROWE of Detroit; Mrs. Karl BROADFOOT of Allenford; Mrs. Frank MCLACHLIN of London & Miss Ruby who lives with brother, James. Buried Bayview".(Wiarton Echo)
  Buried	Bayview Cemetery, Wiarton, Grey, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5]
  	Address: Bayview Cemetery Wiarton, Grey Co., Ontario Canada
  	Buried, section 2, no. 250, with his wife, her parents, and her sister, Laura.
  Notes	Biography written by written by their son, Ernest Woodman WILSON. "My Dad (John Henry) planted an orchard on our farm. We always had plenty of apples and cherries. Our maple bush was tapped each Spring to make our year's supply of maple syrup. A stone fireplace was built in the bush for boiling down the sap in a big black iron kettle. The syrup was cleaned and finished at the house. I remember the drainer that was tied between two chairs where the syrup dripped through, clear and delicious. Then Mother sealed it in jars and stored them in the cool cellar. Our buildings were built rather far from the road, on a gravel ridge. Our drilled well was just outside the house and it provided us with plenty of cool, clear water for the house and the barn. A gas engine at the barn pumped the water from the well into a tank near the well and from there it was piped to the stable. The gas engine also drove a line shaft in the barn with three pulleys that ran the grain chopper, strawcutter and buzzsaw. There was also a shaft in the root-house that ran the turnip and mangel pulper. We had a team of horses for the farm work and a driver for the buggy or cutter. The buggy had fancy fringes on the side edges of the top. The cutter had a set of chiming bells on the shafts. My Dad built a wooden silo at the barn to store corn for feeding the cattle; I believe it was one of the first silos in the area. My mother and father worked very industriously on that farm. We raised cattle, pigs and poultry (hens, turkeys and ducks). The farm was not all work; we had fun too. One winter Bert (John Albert) and I (Ernest WOODMAN) built a snowhouse in the bush. We set rabbit snares in the doorway. When we caught the rabbits we skinned and cleaned them. Then mother made delicious rabbit pie for us. Dad and Uncle Jim often took us fishing in our rowboat on Boat Lake. We caught pike, perch, bass and even sunfish there. At Christmas we often went to Wiarton to mother's home. If there was snow we went in the sleigh. If the roads were bare, Bert and I walked the four miles and my parents and sisters rode in the buggy. My Dad helped build the telephone line from the county line to the Ottewell Settlement. During the last few years that we lived there we had a rural mailman. Our address then was R.R. 3 Wiarton and it was a new experience to get the mail from our box at the road. Our farm was quite close to Grandfather (Samuel) and Grandmother WILSON's home. I have memories of many happy days there". [4]
  Person ID	I756	Nosworthy
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	Samuel WILSON,   b. 18 May 1836, Ireland ,   d. 10 Dec 1906, Clavering, Bruce, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Ann WILSON,   b. 2 Apr 1846, Stephens Twp., Huron, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Mar 1918, Clavering, Bruce, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Married	4 Mar 1868	Centralia, Huron, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Family ID	F858	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Brown WOODMAN,   b. 14 Aug 1866, Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Apr 1926, North Keppel, Grey, Ontario, Canada  (Age 59 years)
  Married	23 Dec 1896	Hepworth, Bruce, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	John Henry WILSON, age 27 years, Bachelor, residing in Amabel, Ontario, Farmer, son of Samuel WILSON and Ann WILSON; and Alice Brown WOODMAN, age 30, Spinster, residing in Wiarton, Ontario, daughter of Rev. Wm. WOODMAN and Mary, married 23 December 1896 at Hepworth. Witnesses: Jas. WILSON; Amabel; M? WILSON, Amabel.(Marriage registration) [1]
  Address	1901  [6]
  	Amabel (Saugren Indian Reserve), Ontario
  	They were living beside John WILSON's parents and family.
  Address	1911	Amabel, Bruce, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Address	1920  [2]
  	Keppel, Ontario
  Children	1. Alice Effie WILSON,   b. 2 Jun 1901, Wiarton, Bruce, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Nov 1965, Wiarton, Bruce, Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)   2. John Albert WILSON,   b. 24 Apr 1904, Wiarton, Bruce, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Mar 1965, Saanich, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 60 years)   3. Ernest Woodman WILSON,   b. 29 Jul 1905, Wiarton, Bruce, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada   4. Annie Lillian "Lillian" WILSON,   b. 21 Dec 1909, Amabel, Bruce, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 May 1960, Meaford, Grey, Ontario, Canada  (Age 50 years)
  Photos		Wilson family John Wilson with his wife, Alice, and their two daughters.
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2008
  Family ID	F203	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  WOODMAN WILSON WILLIAM WOODMAN 1821-1900 MARY His wife 1827-1911 LAURA JANE 1861-1945 JOHN WILSON 1869-1929 ALICE His wife 1866-1926 ALICE EFFIE 1900-1965

  
  

• Sources

  [S109] Civil Marriage Registration. [S217] Newspaper. [S209] Photograph. [S676] Personal communication. [S216] Cemetery Transcripts. [S53] Census of Canada, 1901, (31 March 1901). [S308] Census of Canada, 1911, (1 June 1911).