Gussie Alma DuBose

Brief Life History of Gussie Alma

When Gussie Alma DuBose was born on 13 June 1880, in Choctaw, Alabama, United States, her father, Zachariah Ellison Dubose, was 31 and her mother, Catherine Jane Shoemaker, was 30. She married John Clarence Wilson about 1898. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in United States in 1949 and Election Precinct 6 York, Sumter, Alabama, United States in 1950. She died on 8 March 1976, in York, Sumter, Alabama, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in York, Sumter, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Clarence Wilson
1875–1960
Gussie Alma DuBose
1880–1976
Marriage: about 1898
Gavin Clarence Wilson
1899–1969
Leo Olice Wilson
1901–1972
Gilford Audley Wilson
1905–1990
Walter De Miller Wilson
1908–1985
Alice Leigh Wilson
1910–2002
Woodrow Wilson
1912–1968
Margaret L. Wilson
1916–1980
John Hatchet Wilson
1920–2007
Joe M Wilson
1922–

Sources (17)

  • Gussie D Wilson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Alma Dubose, "Alabama, County Birth Registers, 1881-1939"
  • Gussie Wilson, "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

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

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.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

Altered form of French Dubois and of its cognate Dubosc. Compare Debose .

History: This surname is listed (in the form Du Bose) in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors (along with its original form Du Bosc) and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina.

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

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