Great Grandma Annabelle Simms Wilson. I can see me in the background. This was taken at our house in Liberty in the dining room after Grandpa Norman Wilson had died and we had moved to Topeka. You can see our old wallpaper in the dining room. Also notice the stove behind grandma that we would sit in front of every morning when we were little. Grandma moved into our house for a short time after we moved
Norman and Annabelle Thanksgiving 1952. We always went to visit on Thanksgiving. Grandma would fix a huge meal and let us have whatever we wanted. We would always try for 2 desserts and she was always willing to accommodate unless mom caught us.
All family except Madge and Everette sometime during the week of March 24, 1952. I haven't done my genealogy on Madge and Everette.
The Wilson Brothers.
Norman Wilson baby picture.
This was probably taken Thanksgiving 1956 and developed in 1957.
Obituary of James Albert Simms.
This was Annie Simms Wilson's brother. I remember her talking about her brother Albert.
I also found where a Sam Simms had died. I don't know how he was related to Grandma, Anna Belle Simms Wilson:
___ Simms died Mar 21 Monday
burried 26 Mar
Sam Simms
Drown Mar 20, 1938
Thurs.
Mother
A precious one from
us has gone
A voice we loved is
stilled
A place is vacant
in our home
Which never can be
filled
God in His wisdom
has recalled
the boda his love
had given
and though the body
slumbers here
Think I heard he drowned in the pond at their farm. It was iced over and he fell through.
This picture was taken in our dining room in Liberty, Missouri. 219 Suddarth Street. After we moved to Topeka, Grandma moved into our old house for a short time. Anyone remember the wall paper in the background? I don't know who the 2 boys are, but I think they relatives on Norman Wilson's side.
Annie Wilson picture taken at our house in Topeka on West 28th Street. Notice the ceramic fish on the end table. I still have it if anyone is interested.
This is Norman Wilson with Great Grandma Annie Wilson at their house in Wakenda, MO. Wakenda is located in Carroll County. Grover Carroll Wilson was born on Great Grandma Wilson's birthday, March 15, 1928. Now you know where dad got his middle name. Grandma was born Mar 15, 1886. Dad was born Mar 15, 1928. Grandma died April 2, 1974 at the age of 88. Dad died April 5, 2013 at the age of 85.
Norman Wilson. I remember this bed being in their living room at their house in Wakenda. They didn't have a bathroom, just an outhouse. I remember Larry and I pumping water in a bucket and carrying it in the house. Norm was born in 1882 and died in 1961 at age 79 from Cancer. He is not our biological grandfather though. He was 4 years older than Great grandma Wilson. She married him when Eugene Wilson was about 2 1/2. Norm raised Eugene as his own, but I never found any adoption papers. Eugene's biological father was Floyd Wiggins. The family always spoke highly of Norm and Annie Simms Wilson.
These are the Wilson Brothers
Norman had 2 sisters and 4 brothers: Nellie Wilson Brookover, Herbert Wilson, Mollie Wilson Wintry, Frank Wilson (he died single), Oliver Wilson and Logan Wilson. Logan had a son names Sam Wilson. Carol Wilson said she was riding with Sam in the early 90;s when he told mom about Myrtle and Logan. Annie and Norman Wilson. They never had any biological children together.
William Norman Wilson: Born Sept 28, 1883 and died June 1961.
Anna Belle Simms: Born Mar 15, 1886 and died April 2, 1974.
Norman had 2 sisters and 4 brothers: Nellie Wilson Brookover, Herbert Wilson, Mollie Wilson Wintry, Frank Wilson (he died single), Oliver Wilson and Logan Wilson. Logan had a son names Sam Wilson.
This is Annie after Norman Wilson died. He died of cancer. I remember making dresses for grandma and curling her hair on brush rollers. She was very very hard of hearing so I don't remember having any conversations with her. My dad, Grover Wilson and his sister Barbara, always spoke very highly of great grandma. My dad said they pretty much raised him.
I found this record on Ancestry. Probably a home birth June 1888. This would have been a brother to Anna Belle Simms.
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Grover Carroll Wilson (Mar 15, 1928- April 5, 2012)
Floyd Wiggins
William Edgar Wiggins 1879-1939. He would be Grover's uncle and Floyd Wiggins brother.
Another picture of Floyd Wiggins
Here are some of Great Grandma Annabelle Simms Wilson's recipes:
I just found this in with the recipes. I have no idea what it means.
Marriage license of Norman Wilson and Anna Simms on Feb 18, 1909. Gene would have been about 2 years plus 6 weeks. They were married at Valley Memorial Church. I don't know if that was in Wakenda or not but they lived in Carroll county, MO. I notice they got their license in Jackson County. So it is possible the adoption records are there also. Just needs more research.
This is Norman Wilson's registration form. He was 35 years old. He registered Sept 11, 1918. WWI started July 28, 1914 till November 11, 1918.
During WWI there were 3 registrations. The first, on June 5, 1917 for all men between the ages of 21 and 31. The 2nd, on June 3, 1918, registered those who attained age 21 after June 5, 1917, (A supplemental registration was held on August 24, 1918, for those becoming 21 years old after June 5, 1918. This was included in the second registration.) The third registration was held on September 12, 1918, for men age 18 through 45. Grandpa Norman Wilson was in this 3rd registration. It doesn't appear he has ever been drafted.
Wilson Side:
Myrtle Frances Wilson
DOB April 29, 1908 in Holden, Mo
Death August 7, 2001
Hutton & McElwain Funeral Home
Macon, Missouri
Woodlawn Cemetery- Macon, Missouri
Casketbearers:
Harry Rhodes
Eric Halsema
Russell Goosey
David Goosey
Eugene Perry Wilson
DOB Dec. 27, 1906 in Wakenda
Son of Anna Belle Simms Wilson. Anna Belle was engaged to Floyd Wiggins but he jilted her and broke her heart. Anna Belle married Norman Wilson when Eugene was 2 years plus 6 weeks old.
(Real father was Floyd Wiggins who owned a liquor store in Lebonon, or Joplin. Mo.) Floyd's dad’s name might have been Warren) Grover (My dad) said he met Floyd once. Eugene introduced him to Grover when he came home from the service. He said, “this is your granddad”. Grover said, “I got a granddad.” Meaning Norman Wilson. That was the one and only time Grover met his biological granddad. I tried to discuss some of my research with my Aunt Barbara. She was open and talked about losing Grandma's engagement ring and how no one recognized Floyd as a relative or grandfather. I asked if she had any adoption papers and she did not. About a week after our conversation I received a letter from Aunt Barbara telling me not to ever contact her again and made sure I knew her daddy was not a bastard. Just to be clear; I recognize Grandpa Norm Wilson as my grandfather but I am also interested in the facts and the genealogy.
I know some relatives from the Wiggins family were at Grandpa's (Eugene) funeral.
Death April 16, 1983
Resided in Excello, MO where he was in the wholesale fish business
Buried in Mt. Salem Cemetery north of Jacksonville
Myrtle and Eugene were married Mar 17, 1927 in Sedalia, Mo and had 2 children:
Grover Wilson
Barbara Jean Birch- She was married to George (Buster) Murray. She divorced Buster when he was running around. Remarried a guy named Birch. She was his 4th wife and she thought she was his 2nd. So she divorced him and took Buster back and she took care of him till he died. He left her everything.
Apparently Myrtle and Gene didn’t have much of a marriage. Carol Wilson (daughter-in-law) says she never remembers them being happy. Mom said Grandma had affairs. She was going to run off with Dad’s Great? Uncles son. It was Logan Wilson’s son who was supposedly having the affair. Norm was Grover’s grandpa but not biological. Mom was riding with Sam Wilson and his wife in the early “90’s. They said they were going to run off together.
Mother of Eugene: Anna Belle Simms Wilson
Mother and Father of Anna Belle Simms: Perry Green Sims- died Mar 23, 1930 and Laura Belle Maddux Simms: died Jan 13, 1911
Brothers and sisters of Anna Belle Simms Wilson who was Born Mar 15, 1886,
died April 2, 1974:
James Albert Simms: Born Aug 19, 1876 and died at the age of 92 in 1968. He married Eva Belle West Nov. 24, 1898 and had 8 children. 5 survived. Elva Harper of Kansas City, Oliver Simms of Carrollton, Thomas Simms of Kansas City, Randall Simms of Carrollton, and Mable Atherton of Wakenda. He lost 2 sons and a daughter in infancy. He was buried at Oak Hill cemetery.
Lizzie Jamerson (Sarah Elizabeth Simms) She must have had a daughter that married a Jerry Ryan. I thought her name was Nola and I babysat for them when I was about 10.
Johnnie, Willie, Nellie, Oliver and Eddie all died when they were infants.
Lizzie Jamerson (Sarah Elizabeth Simms)( Parents lived in Wakenda, Mo and her grandfather had been the first telegraph operator): Married Henry Jamerson, Deepwater. He was reared near Bosworth)
Lizzie and Henry had 5 living children and 3 died in infancy and two were twins: I remember hearing the story that when the twins were delivered they were alive but very very small. Grandma said they just wrapped them up in a newspaper because they couldn’t save them anyway. She said they were still moving.
Mrs. Nellie Chaney of Deepwater
Forrest Jamerson Of Lone Jack. One of his son’s was Kenneth Jamerson
Mrs. Katherine Ryan Topeka, Kansas
Mrs. Melba Ralston, Chicago, Ill
Mrs. Madge Baker, Columbia S. C
Baker and Ralston are twins.
Mother and Father Of Perry Green Simms: Colonel William Simms and Nancy?
Mother and Father of Laura Belle Maddux: Joe Maddux and Henrietta White?
Eugene was just over 2 year old when Anna and Norman were married.
Norman and Anna were married Feb 18, 1907, but at is written over and looks like 1909. Eugene Wilson was born Dec. 27, 1906.
William Norman Wilson (born Sept 28, 1882) was not really related, but his mother and father were Clara Belle Warren Wilson (died July 27, 1935) Henry Wilson (died Mar 28, 1936 or 1937)
Clara Belle Warren’s father was George Warren
Henry Wilson’s father was Peter Henry Wilson and mother was Clara Belle Warren. Clara Belle Warren Wilson” father was George Warren
Norman’s brothers and sisters were: Nellie Brookover, Herbert Wilson, Mollie Wintry, Frank Wilson (died single), Oliver Wilson, Logan Wilson
OK Warren was a brother of Clara Belle Warren Wilson. He was rich and lived around Excelsior Springs.
Myrtle Frances Wilson’s father and mother were
Alva Robert Newton Johnson (Newt) Born Oct 20, 1864 in Rockford, Indiana and died in Osceola, Missouri, Sept 5, 1948. He may have been Indian or Norwegian. Grover thinks Newt is ½ Cherokee. It has been thought that Newt’s mother was Cherokee
Alva Robert Newton Johnson Had a brother named Henry Johnson. They called him Wild Henry. He was a scout of the Army and maybe with the Ute Indian. There is a picture of him in the Indian Museum South of Grand Junction on west side of Highway on the south wall.
Myrtle had 3 sisters: Sarah (born 1902) was the oldest and died young?
Martha, and May.
Martha lives in Oregon and must have married someone named Sparks. She had 4 children: Lola May, Wilma (raised Apaloosa horses), Jim Sparks, and William (died young?)
Lola May Married Virgil Perry: Their children are: Zardi Perry, Betty Jo Austin (died) Mary Margaret (died)
Mother was Rhoda Belle Hubbbard Johnson, born June 20, 1884 in Slater, Mo. She was French or Spanish.
Alva (Newt) and Rhoda were married July 27, 1899 in Warrenburg, Mo and she died June 22, 1922 in Carrollton, Mo on N. Folger Street.
Alva’s (Newt) father and mother were Newly Johnson and Martha Myrell Burkhart Johnson. Alva’s mother died in Osceola, MO. Their 1st child was born in Tenn in 1852.
Rhoda Belle Hubbard Johnson’s father was Frank Hubbard who died in Salsbury, MO
Rhoda’s mother was May Belle Cox Hubbard and died in Carrollton, MO
May Belle Cox Hubbard’s father was Edmond Cox and was a state senator of Missouri
May Belle Cox Hubbard’s mother was Mary Jane Thomas Cox
Sam Simms drowned in a pond 3/20/1936. This must be one of Albert Simms sons.
This was on the back of what must have been his memory card given by the funeral home:
Mother
A precious one from us has gone
A voice we loved is stilled
A place is vacant in our home
While never can be filled
God in His wisdom has recalled
The bode his love had given
And though the body slumbers here
The soul is safe in heaven
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