Martha Caroline Wilson

Brief Life History of Martha Caroline

When Martha Caroline Wilson was born on 27 September 1874, in Plato, Texas, Missouri, United States, her father, Thomas Jefferson Wilson, was 38 and her mother, Mary Jane Guthrie, was 33. She married John Albert Pond II on 3 November 1895, in Plato, Texas, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Montrose, Colorado, United States in 1920 and Temescal Judicial Township, Riverside, California, United States in 1940. She died on 10 December 1953, in Riverside, Riverside, California, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Riverside, Riverside, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Albert Pond II
1874–1949
Martha Caroline Wilson
1874–1953
Marriage: 3 November 1895
Cecil Evert Pond
1896–1974
Eva Jane Pond
1898–1980
Nettie May Pond
1901–1983
Albert Lee Pond
1903–1987
Emmet Wilson Pond
1905–1979
Kenneth Vernon Pond
1909–1989
Herbert Hadley Pond
1911–1989
Martha Caroline Pond
1913–1913

Sources (14)

  • Martha Pond in household of John A Pond, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Martha Wilson, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Martha Caroline Wilson Pond, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1882

Historical Boundaries: 1882; Gunnison, Colorado, United States 1883: Montrose, Colorado, United States

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

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.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Grandma Martha and son, Daniel David Reed

When Martha Caroline was four months into her 15th birthday, she became pregnant from a union with John Thompson Reed. He was 31 years old, recently widowed and the brother to her sister, Sarah's hus …

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