Mabel Egenice Mesmore Wilson

Brief Life History of Mabel Egenice Mesmore

When Mabel Egenice Mesmore Wilson was born on 29 September 1877, in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada, her father, William Shire Wilson, was 29 and her mother, Mary Ellen Knapp, was 31. She married Harry Beales on 14 April 1894, in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in New York City, New York, United States in 1920 and Hastings-on-Hudson, Greenburgh, Westchester, New York, United States in 1930. She died on 3 September 1930, in Kiryas Pupa Cemetery, Ossining Town, Westchester, New York, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, Mount Pleasant, Westchester, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harry Beales
1873–1959
Mabel Egenice Mesmore Wilson
1877–1930
Marriage: 14 April 1894
William Harry Beales
1894–1963

Sources (10)

  • Mabel Finerby in household of William Finerby, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Mabel Egenice Mesmore Wilson, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
  • Mabel Wilson, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"

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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.

1883 · Mining Boom

In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.

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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