Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameWalter Victor WILSON 
957
957Birth20 Jan 1891, Vallejo, Solano, California23, p G28
Death21 Jun 1948, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California23, p G28 Age: 57
EducationBA, Undergraduate Law, 1911, Stanford University958
NicknameDick577, p 5
FatherHenry WILSON (1846-1906)
MotherAnne Mabel WALTER (1862-1945)
Individual Notes
• His [John Fensley Wilson] father also attended Stanford, but he may not have graduated.959
• Walter Wilson, better known to his friends as “Dick” was a star of last year’s freshman football team, winning his class numerals at the breakaway position. He was a member of the University Glee club and registered in the prelegal department. He is a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.960
• Funeral services for Walter V. Wilson of Palo Alto will be held tomorrow at 3 p.m. in All Saints’ Episcopal Church.
Mr. Wilson, 57, passed away Monday evening at Palo Alto Hospital. He is survived by a son, John F. Wilson of Long Beach, and two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Ann Kraynick of Salinas, and Sarah F. Wilson of Palo Alto.
Interment will be in Alta Mesa Memorial Park.961
• Walter Wilson, better known to his friends as “Dick” was a star of last year’s freshman football team, winning his class numerals at the breakaway position. He was a member of the University Glee club and registered in the prelegal department. He is a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.960
• Funeral services for Walter V. Wilson of Palo Alto will be held tomorrow at 3 p.m. in All Saints’ Episcopal Church.
Mr. Wilson, 57, passed away Monday evening at Palo Alto Hospital. He is survived by a son, John F. Wilson of Long Beach, and two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Ann Kraynick of Salinas, and Sarah F. Wilson of Palo Alto.
Interment will be in Alta Mesa Memorial Park.961
Census
• 1900 Census: Vallejo, Solano, California. Age 9, b Jan 1891, CA. Father b Ireland; mother b CA.555
• 1940 Census: Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California. Age 49, b CA. Same house. No employment given. Note: also living in the household are a nurse and a maid.962
• 1940 Census: Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California. Age 49, b CA. Same house. No employment given. Note: also living in the household are a nurse and a maid.962
Research
• Could not find in 1920 & 1930 censuses; Ancestry.com, 12 Nov 2005; 12 Jun 2007.
Spouses
Birth25 Oct 1892, Washington963
Death15 Mar 1943, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California23, p G28,963, date & county only Age: 50
EducationBA, History, 1911, Stanford University958
FlagsMayflower Descendant
FatherJohn Fensley SOULE (1857-)
MotherRuth D. SCHOFIELD (1862-)
Individual Notes
• The bride is the daughter of J. F. Soule of 1801 Central avenue, Alameda, a wholesale lumber dealer, with offices in San Francisco. She was one of the most popular girls in college last year and was active in the affairs of her class, being a member of the sophomore play committee and the Schubert club, registered in the history department.960
Census
• 1900 Census: Hoquiam, Chehalis, Washington. Age 8, b Oct 1891, WA. Father b PA; mother b MI.964
• 1940 Census: Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California. Age 48, b WA. Same house.962
• 1940 Census: Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California. Age 48, b WA. Same house.962
Marriage27 Feb 1912, Redwood City, San Mateo, California23, p G28,960, states Monday, 26 February
Marriage Notes
• [excerpts] STANFORD UNIVERSITY, March 5––Undergraduate circles were stirred today by the news of the elopement and marriage Monday at Redwood City of Miss Ruth Soule of Alameda and Walter Victor Wilson of Vallejo, two students of the sophomore class.
The secret was kept until today, when it became known to the friends of the couple on the campus.
Neither bride nor groom was registered in the university this semester, but Wilson has been employed by a real estate firm in Palo Alto and Miss Soule has been a frequent visitor at the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority house, of which sorority she is a member. She was on the campus Sunday, but gave no hint to her sorority sisters of the fact that she had been married nearly a week.960
The secret was kept until today, when it became known to the friends of the couple on the campus.
Neither bride nor groom was registered in the university this semester, but Wilson has been employed by a real estate firm in Palo Alto and Miss Soule has been a frequent visitor at the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority house, of which sorority she is a member. She was on the campus Sunday, but gave no hint to her sorority sisters of the fact that she had been married nearly a week.960
ChildrenJohn Fensley (1918-1994)
Ruth Ann (1922-1987)
Sarah Follansbee (1928-1981)