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WILSON, George Augustus
1834 - 1911 (76 years) Has 34 ancestors and 9 descendants in this family tree.
1805 - 1855 (50 years)-
Name WILSON, George Augustus Birth 15 Nov 1834 Downham Market, Norfolk, England 
Gender Male Burial Jul 1911 Melrose City, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Death 6 Jul 1911 Melrose City, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Person ID I3763 Edgoose Last Modified 8 Feb 2026
Father WILSON, Frederick, b. 1812, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire d. 25 Jan 1893, Dorking, Surrey, England (Age 81 years) Mother EDGOOSE, Susanna, b. 1805, West Walton, Norfolk d. 31 Dec 1855, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England (Age 50 years) Marriage 1 Aug 1831 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire Family ID F3267 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family WHITE, Ruth, b. 9 Sep 1838, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 26 Oct 1858 St. Marylebone, Middlesex, England Children 1. WILSON, Elizabeth Susanna, b. 1859, Bow, Middlesex, England d. 7 Apr 1862, Bow, Middlesex, England (Age 3 years)2. WILSON, Catherine Helen, b. 1861, Bow, Middlesex, England d. 1941, Melrose City, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 80 years)3. WILSON, Alice Mary, b. 1863, Bow, Middlesex, England d. 1897, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA (Age 34 years)4. WILSON, Clara Augusta, b. 1867, Bow, Middlesex, England d. 8 Dec 1939 (Age 72 years)5. WILSON, Frederick George James, b. Apr 1870, Bow, Middlesex, England d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F1750 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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GEORGE AUGUSTUS WILSON 1834-1911
According to the US Federal Census in 1900 George Augustus WILSON was born in November 1834. Find-A-Grave.com via Ancestry records his birth on 15 Nvember 1834, son of Frederick WILSON and Elizabeth OLDFIELD.
He was baptised at Downham Market, Norfolk, on 14 December 1834, son of Frederic (sic) WILSON, hairdresser, and his wife Susanna née EDGOOSE.
(FreeReg)
In 1841 Frederick and Susanna were living at Bridge Street, Downham, Norfolk:
*Frederic (sic) WILSON, aged 25, hairdresser, N (Not born in Norfolk);
Susanna WILSON, aged 30, Y (Yes, born in Norfolk);
George WILSON, aged 7, Y;
Susanna WILSON, aged 5, Y;
Elizath WILSON, aged 2 months, Y.
(HO107/754/9/19)
The 1851 census of Magdalen Street, Cambridge St. Peter, Cambridgeshire:
Frederick WILSON, head, aged 38, hairdresser, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
Susannah WILSON, wife, aged 43, hairdresser's wife;
*George WILSON, son, aged 16, errand boy;
Susannah WILSON, daughter, aged 14, milliner;
Frederick WILSON, son, aged 12, scholar;
Elizabeth WILSON, daughter, aged 9, scholar
Separate family:
Sarah Ann BROWNING, wife, married, aged 33, dressmaker, born at Wisbech;
Frederick BROWNING, son, aged 4, scholar, born at Brighton, Sussex.
(HO/107/1760/912B)
George Augustus WILSON married Ruth WHITE at St. Marylebone, Middlesex, on 26 October 1858. Ruth was a minor, a spinster from St. Marylebone, daughter of James WHITE, baker. George was a bachelor of full age, a St. Marylebone hairdresser, son of Fredk. WILSON hairdresser. Witnesses were Henery ROWLEY and Sarah Jones
(GRO December Q 1858 Marylebone 1a 746).
NOTE: According to the US Federal Census for 1900 he and Ruth had been married for 42 years.
The 1861 census of 2 Back Street, Bow St. Mary, Middlesex:
George A. WILSON, head, aged 25, married, hairdresser, born at Downham, Norfolk.
(RG9/303/13/20)
The 1871 census of 1 Devons Road, Bromley St. Leonard, London:
*George A. WILSON, head, aged 36, hairdresser, born at Downham, Suffolk (sic);
Ruth WILSON, wife, aged 32, born in Cambridgeshire;
Catherine WILSON, daughter, aged 10, scholar, born at Bow, Middlesex;
Alice WILSON, daughter, aged 7, scholar, born at Bow;
Clara WILSON, daughter, aged 4, born at Bow;
Frederick WILSON, son, aged 11 months, born at Bow;
Ellen MILLS, servant, aged 14, born at Bow, Middlesex.
(RG10/569/16/39)
The family emigrated to the USA in 1875 (source: US Federal Census 1900)
They appear in the 1880 US Federal Census at Eighth Street, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts:
George A. WILSON, aged 45, barber, born in England;
*Ruth WILSON, wife, aged 40, keeping house, born in England;
Kate A. WILSON, daughter, aged 19, (illegible) Rolls, born in England;
Alice M. WILSON, daughter, aged 16, (illegible) Rolls, born in England;
Clara A. WILSON, daughter, aged 13, at school, born in England;
Frederick WILSON, son, aged 10, at school, born in England.
The 1900 US Federal Census of Park Street, Somerville City Ward 6, Middlesex County, Massachusetts:
Frederic (?) T. WILSON, head, aged 30, born April 1970 in England, married 1 year, machinist, immigrated 1875, naturalised;
Elizabeth J. WILSON, wife, aged 19, born in August 1880 in Massachusetts of Nova Scotian parents, married 1 year, 1 child, 1 child living;
Newton A. WILSON, son, aged 11 months, born June 1899 in Massachusetts;
*George A. WILSON, father, aged 65, born in November 1834 in England, married 42 years, barber, immigrated 1875, alien;
Ruth WILSON, mother, aged 62, born September 1837 in England, married 42 years, 5 children, 3 living, immigrated 1875.
The 1910 US Federal Census of 95 Malvern Street, Melrose Ward 7, Middlesex County, Massachusetts:
Charles H. LITTLE, head, aged 51, married 20 years, born in Massachusetts of Massachusetts born parents, pattern maker on own account;
Catherine H. LITTLE, wife, aged 49, married 20 years, 2 children both living, born in England of English born parents, immigrated 1875;
Blanche M. LITTLE, daughter, aged 15, single, born in Massachusetts of Massachusetts and English born parents;
Charles C. LITTLE, son, aged 14, single, born in Massachusetts of Massachusetts and English born parents;
*George A. WILSON, father-in-law, aged 75, married 51 years, born in England of English born parents, immigrated 1875, alien;
Ruth WILSON, mother-in-law, aged 71, married 51 years, born in England of English born parents, immigrated 1875.
George Augustus WILSON was born on 15 November 1834 and died aged 76 at Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA, on 6 July 1911. He was buried in Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose.
(Find A Grave via www.ancestry.co.uk)
NOTES & QUERIES:
The death of a George Augustus WILSON in the town of Peabody, Massachusetts, was registered in 1906.
(Massachusetts Archives Volume 73 Page 14)
(revised 04.05.2019)