Louella Caster

20 January 1880–10 July 1936 (Age 56)
Forward Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life Summary of Louella

When Louella Caster was born on 20 January 1880, in Forward Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Uriah Castor, was 26 and her mother, Virginia J. Mitchell, was 25. She married John David Wilson on 22 December 1897, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Elizabeth, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. She died on 10 July 1936, in McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Elizabeth, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

John David Wilson
1876–1964
Louella Caster
1880–1936
Marriage: 22 December 1897
Renetta Virginia Wilson
1903–1989
William Marcellus Wilson
1910–1911
Mary Elizabeth Wilson
1907–1991
Alice Luella Wilson
1916–2001
Hazel M. Wilson
1920–2021

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    22 December 1897Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
    • Children

    (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

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    World Events (8)

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
    Age 1
    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
    1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
    Age 2
    A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
    Age 16
    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: variant of Castor .German: variant of Kaster 1 and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.Americanized form of German Kaster 2.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Castor

    Sources (12)

    • Leulla Wilson in household of John Wilson, "United States Census, 1930"
    • Luella Caster in entry for John A Wiley and Alice Wilson, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
    • Louella Wilson in household of John Wilson, "United States Census, 1900"

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