When Laura Wilson was born on 23 December 1826, in Fairfax, Franklin, Vermont, United States, her father, Amos Wilson, was 27 and her mother, Elizabeth P. Wright, was 20. She married Allen McKain on 30 May 1893, in Vicksburg, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Michigan, United States in 1870. She died on 9 June 1892, in Pavilion, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Pavilion Township, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States.
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English: from the Middle English personal name Will + patronymic -son ‘son of Will’. Will was a very common medieval short form of William . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
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