Wilson family
Family
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Amos Bacon Papers
Collection — Othertype SC-005
Identifier: SFHL-SC-005
Abstract
Correspondence includes letters written by Amos W. Bacon of Philadelphia to his children, to Samuel W. Bacon from his father and brother while he was at Westtown School, and a love letter from Thomas Bacon to his future wife, Elizabeth Hall. Also contains the probate copy of the will of Charles West, Elizabeth Hall's copy book, the journal of Jane Wilson Bacon, and genealogical material on the entire family.
Dates:
1795-1902
Rankin Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1132
Abstract
The case of James Rankin, a loyalist during the American Revolution, whose estate was confiscated and sold. Rankin's heirs sued for restitution and won.
Dates:
1804-1894
Reifsnyder - Gillam Genealogical Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-129
Abstract
These genealogical papers on the Reifsnyder and Gillam families and collateral lines were collected by Howard Reifsnyder of Philadelphia and Langhorne, Pa. Most of the research was done by Ann Lane Scolley, dated 1901. Howard Reifsnyder was married in 1891 to Hannah Gillam, a descendant of a long-time Quaker family. Families in these genealogical papers are Pennsylvania Quakers, including Gillam, Conrad/Kunders, Lloyd, Wilson, Preston, and some Welsh research.. Pennsylvania German families...
Dates:
1900-1902
Donald Carre Turner Genealogical Research Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-201
Abstract
Donald Carré Turner (1909-1989) was a construction executive, a genealogist, and an alumnus of Swarthmore College. After his retirement in 1972, Turner devoted much of his time to genealogy. The Turner family was from the Eastern Shore of Maryland and came to this country from England in the seventeenth century. Earlier generations were members of Third Haven and Cecil Monthly Meetings. Lineal surnames include Carré, Birch, Caulk, Betterton, Wilson, Jefferey, Homestead, Course, Sinclair,...
Dates:
1856-1990
Photographs from the E. Raymond Wilson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-067
Abstract
E. Raymond Wilson (1896-1987), a Quaker peace lobbyist, helped found the Friends Committee on National Legislation in 1943 and served as its Executive Secretary until 1962. He also helped organize the Committee on Militarism in Education in 1925. From 1931 to 1943, he served as Field and Education Secretary of the Peace Section of the American Friends Service Committee. He was the author of two books. This collection of photographs contains family photographs, greeting cards, and newspaper...
Dates:
1930 - 1981
Hannah Wilson papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-344
Abstract
Primarily manuscript letters addressed to Hannah Wilson of Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, a member of Gwynedd Monthly Meeting. Most of the correspondents were family and friends of the Wilson, Schofield, and Williams families. The letters contain family news with reference to social and political concerns including slavery and abolition. The letters were transcribed and published with annotations. The collection also contains photographs of the Mills family (Hannah's...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1836 - 1860; 1795 - 1920
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- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 2
- Germans -- Pennsylvania 1
- Photography 1
- Quaker women -- 19th century -- Correspondence 1
- Quakers -- Family relationships 1
- Quakers -- Genealogy 1
- Quakers -- Maryland -- Baltimore 1
- Quakers -- Maryland -- Kent County 1
- Quakers -- Maryland -- Talbot County 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Social life and customs 1
- Quakers -- Portraits 1
- clippings (information artifacts) 1
- correspondence 1
- family papers 1
- genealogies (histories) 1
- legal documents 1
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