Brief Life History of Jonathon Edwin
When Jonathon Edwin Wilson was born on 31 December 1919, in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri, United States, his father, Arthur Wilson, was 39 and his mother, Josephine Zelianne Brothers, was 37. He married Rosalee Pearl Wilson on 29 June 1940, in Woodward, Oklahoma, United States. He lived in May, Harper, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. He died on 16 April 1985, in Corning, Tehama, California, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Tehama Cemetery, Tehama, Tehama, California, United States.
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- Johnathan Willson in household of Arthur Willson, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Johnathon Edwin Wilson - Government record: birth-name: Johnathon Edwin Wilson
- Jonathan Edward Wilson, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
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1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1921 · Tulsa Race Massacre
By 1921, Tulsa was a booming city with a population of over one hundred thousand, with ten thousand African Americans in the Greenwood District. Crime rates in Tulsa soared and vigilantism was present. An incident occurred with Dick Rowland, an African American shoe shiner, and Sara Page, a white elevator operator. Reports claim Rowland stepped on Page’s foot and she let out a scream. The newspaper reported Rowland attempted to rape Page. Rowland was arrested and white vigilantes demanded the sheriff to hand over Rowland for lynching. An armed group of African American men went to the courthouse to aid in protecting Rowland from the mob. The group was turned away and a shot was fired between the white and African American groups, which ignited a riot. While buildings in Tulsa were burned, a major effort by whites focused mainly on the Greenwood District which was burned to the ground and many were shot. Over 30 people were killed and many were injured in the riots.
1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
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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