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Family History & Genealogy

The Wilson Family

4,850 documented Wilson ancestors — traced through census, vital, cemetery, and newspaper records. Every name below is a real person in the public record.

4,850Documented ancestors
1770Earliest record
10Generations
The name

Origin & meaning of Wilson

English & Scottish patronymic — 'son of Will' (William).

Documented across the American record; part of a growing network of family histories.

Documented families

Wilson families we’ve reconstructed

Real Wilson family groups pieced together from the public record — parents, spouse, and children, each with the source that proves it. Recognize your line? Tap a family and we’ll start your documented tree from it.

William Wilsond. 1864
Fayette County, Ohio
parentsJoshua Wilson
William Wilson ⚭ Sally St. Tee
childrenJames Wilson · Mary Wilson · Sarah Wilson · Lucinda Wilson · Sophia Wilson · Margaret Wilson · William Wilson · John Wilson · George Wilson
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Robert Mitchell Wilson1770 – 1835
Kentucky, United States → Indiana, United States
Robert Mitchell Wilson ⚭ Polly Mitchel
childrenPoliny Wilson · Lucinda Wilson · Newton B Wilson · Adeline Wilson · Madaline Wilson · Robert V Wilson · Joseph Logan Wilson · Sarah Jane Wilson · Sarah Jane Wilson
Thomas Wilson1803 – 1877
Pennsylvania → Ohio
Thomas Wilson ⚭ Elizabeth Leas
childrenLydia Wilson · William M. Wilson · John L. Wilson · Eli Wilson · Theodore Wilson · F. J. Wilson · Augustus N. Wilson · Jane Wilson
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Martha Vale Wilsondate unknown
Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania
parentsSanford Wilson & Letitia Clark
Martha Vale Wilson ⚭ John McCrea Brainard
childrenJustin Brainard · Walter L. Brainard · Frank S. Brainard · Elmer E. Brainard · Mabel Alice Brainard · Emma Vale Brainard
Keziah Wilsondate unknown
parentsSamuel Wilson
Keziah Wilson ⚭ Thomas J. Morgan
childrenWilliam Morgan · Isaac Morgan · Sarah Morgan · Harriet Morgan · Lavina Morgan
Macdonald Wilsondate unknown
Atlanta, Georgia
Macdonald Wilson ⚭ Sydney Leonard
childrenCharles Wilson · Fannie R. Wilson · Addie Wilson · Mollie M. Wilson · Edwin G. Wilson
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James Wilsonb. 1847
Elgin, Northern Scotland
parentsJames Wilson & Jessie Stuart
James Wilson ⚭ Elizabeth Douglas (m. 1 Nov 1872
childrenMary Rankin Wilson · Jeanie Wilson · William Douglas Wilson · Ethel Swan Wilson
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Newton B Wilson1808 – 1883
Kentucky, United States → Blakesburg, Wapello
parentsRobert Mitchell Wilson & Polly Mitchel
Newton B Wilson ⚭ Hannah Galey
childrenSusan Wilson · zeralda jane wilson · William S Wilson
George P. Wilsonb. 1841
Norfolk County, Massachusetts
parentsEnoch Wilson & Sally St. Tee
George P. Wilson ⚭ Mary Potter (m. 1863, Elizabeth Doyle (of Woodhull
childrenFred Wilson · John L. Wilson · George E. Wilson
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Jennie L. Wilsondate unknown
parentsTheodore Wilson & Jane Wilson
Jennie L. Wilson ⚭ George Bennett (married 1872)
childrenBessie A. Bennett · Emma Louisa Bennett · Samuel Wilson Bennett
Alice C. Wilsondate unknown
Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Alice C. Wilson ⚭ J. C. Mitchell
childrenMrs. Lynn Williams · Mark Mitchell · Paul Mitchell
Sally Wilsondate unknown
Wayne County, Indiana
Sally Wilson ⚭ James N. Shumate (m. 1882)
childrenNellie Shumate · Edna Shumate · Corine Shumate

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The documented line

Wilson ancestors in the record

Deceased Wilson ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.

William Wilson was born in 1837 — of fighting age when the Civil War draft came. Did he go? The record can tell you. Trace this line →
Robert Mitchell Wilson
1770 – 1835
Kentucky, United States
m. Polly Mitchel
Andrew Porter Wilson
1801 – 1852
Kentucky
m. Sarah Allen
Poliny Wilson
b. 1803
Wapello, Iowa
Thomas Wilson
1803 – 1877
Pennsylvania
m. Elizabeth Leas
Lucinda Wilson
1805 – 1880
Virginia, United States
Newton B Wilson
1808 – 1883
Kentucky, United States
m. Hannah Galey
Adeline Wilson
1810 – 1893
Jefferson, Kentucky
Madaline Wilson
1810 – 1812
Kentucky, United States
Robert V Wilson
1814 – 1859
Kentucky, United States
Joseph Logan Wilson
b. 1817
Kentucky, United States
Sarah Jane Wilson
b. 1823
Eli Wilson
b. 1823
Fayette County, Ohio
m. Catharine Tracy
James Wilson
1825 – 1892
m. Ann Painter, Betty Dowden
Mary Wilson
b. 1827
James F. Wilson
1828 – 1895
Fairfield
Sarah Wilson
b. 1829
m. John Ushkin
Lucinda Wilson
b. 1831
m. James Tracy
Sophia Wilson
1833 – 1874
m. Daniel Anderson
Levi Ellis Wilson
1833 – 1916
Iowa
Ibbie McColm Wilson
1834 – 1908
Oxford
Margaret Wilson
1835 – 1864
m. William Tracy
James Wilson
1835 – 1920
Traer
William Wilson
b. 1837
m. Jane Longfellow
David O. Wilson
b. 1837
Rockbridge County, Virginia
Lucy Wilson
1837 – 1922
Iowa
John Wilson
b. 1839
Mary J. Wilson
b. 1840
Harrison Township, Darke County, Ohio
m. Plowman (married name Mrs. Mary J. Plowman)
George P. Wilson
b. 1841
Norfolk County, Massachusetts
m. Mary Potter (m. 1863, Elizabeth Doyle (of Woodhull
Susan F Wilson
1842 – 1905
Indiana, USA
m. Daniel Rhoads
Augustus N. Wilson
b. 1842
Ohio
Joseph Wilson
b. 1843
Ross County, Ohio
James Wilson
b. 1847
Elgin, Northern Scotland
m. Elizabeth Douglas (m. 1 Nov 1872
zeralda jane Wilson
1849 – 1922
Indiana, United States
Mary Wilson
d. 1853
Virginia
m. Hugh Nelson
Huron S. Wilson
b. 1856
Vanlue, Hancock County, Ohio
William S Wilson
b. 1860
Indiana, United States
David We Wilson
d. 1861
Linn County, Iowa
Martha Wilson
d. 1862
Iowa
Taylor Wilson
1862 – 1919
Iowa
Lewis Pe Wilson
d. 1863
Iowa
William Wilson
d. 1864
Fayette County, Ohio
m. Sally St. Tee
Minnie Wilson
1865 – 1955
Iowa
Frances Wilson
1865 – 1969
Iowa
Lillian May Wilson
1865 – 1957
Pleasant Plain
Nellie Wilson
1867 – 1970
Iowa
Mary Wilson
1867 – 1966
Iowa
Ada L Wilson
1869 – 1966
Iowa
Phidela Wilson
1870 – 1940
Iowa
Elmina Wilson
1870 – 1918
Harper
Sarah J Wilson
1871 – 1966
Iowa
Maude Wilson
1871 – 1972
Iowa
Joseph F Wilson
1872 – 1968
Iowa
Daisy Wilson
1872 – 1970
Iowa
Peter Wilson
1872 – 1968
Iowa
Eliza Wilson
1872 – 1970
Iowa
Rachel Wilson
1872 – 1966
Iowa
Alva Wilson
1873 – 1963
Iowa
Olga Wilson
1873 – 1967
Iowa
Judson Wilson
1873 – 1965
Iowa
Hattie Wilson
1873 – 1964
Iowa
Eva B Wilson
1873 – 1967
Iowa
Alda Heaton Wilson
1873 – 1960
Harper
James Wilson
1874 – 1965
Iowa
Hattie Wilson
1874 – 1967
Iowa
Julia Wilson
1874 – 1963
Iowa
Sam Wilson
1874 – 1964
Iowa
Eva E Wilson
1874 – 1971
Iowa
Ernest Wilson
1875 – 1963
Iowa
Reginald Wilson
1875 – 1968
Iowa
Amanda Wilson
1875 – 1974
Iowa
George Wilson
1875 – 1972
Iowa
Emma Wilson
1875 – 1967
Iowa
Edna Wilson
1875 – 1978
Iowa
Edward Wilson
1875 – 1965
Iowa
James Wilson
1875 – 1974
Iowa
Cora M Wilson
1875 – 1966
Iowa
Harry Wilson
1875 – 1963
Iowa
Ida Wilson
1875 – 1968
Iowa
Charles Wilson
1875 – 1970
Iowa
Henry Wilson
1875 – 1971
Iowa
James Wilson
1875 – 1969
Iowa
Samuel Wilson
1875 – 1974
Iowa
Florence Wilson
1876 – 1969
Iowa
Birdie Wilson
1876 – 1974
Iowa
Mary K Wilson
1876 – 1969
Iowa
Ida Wilson
1876 – 1969
Iowa
James Wilson
1876 – 1967
Iowa
Edward Wilson
1876 – 1967
Iowa
Lulu Wilson
1876 – 1980
Iowa
Mary Wilson
1876 – 1967
Iowa
Harry Wilson
1876 – 1970
Iowa
Jennie Wilson
1876 – 1973
Iowa
William Wilson
1876 – 1973
Iowa
Harry Wilson
1876 – 1965
Iowa
William Wilson
1876 – 1963
Iowa
Maude Wilson
1876 – 1972
Iowa
Richard Wilson
1876 – 1963
Iowa
Ida B Wilson
1876 – 1973
Iowa
Mortimer Wilson
1876 – 1932
Chariton
Ben F. Wilson
1876 – 1930
Corning
Sarah Wilson
d. 1877
Kenton, Ohio
m. Rev. Thomas H. Wilson
Anna Wilson
1877 – 1968
Iowa
Lillie Wilson
1877 – 1970
Iowa
Robert Wilson
1877 – 1969
Iowa
Victor Wilson
1877 – 1963
Iowa
Lillie Wilson
1877 – 1974
Iowa
Hattie Wilson
1877 – 1969
Iowa
William Wilson
1878 – 1970
Iowa
Nellie Wilson
1878 – 1978
Iowa
Mary Wilson
1878 – 1968
Iowa
Maria Wilson
1878 – 1969
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Catherine Wilson
1878 – 1976
Iowa
William Wilson
1878 – 1966
Iowa
Dora A Wilson
1878 – 1966
Iowa
John Wilson
1878 – 1964
Iowa
Emma Wilson
1878 – 1967
Iowa
Clarence L Wilson
1878 – 1971
Iowa
Della Wilson
1878 – 1971
Iowa
Carlton Wilson
1878 – 1967
Iowa
Sam Wilson
1878 – 1965
Iowa
Robert Wilson
1878 – 1971
Iowa
Mane Wilson
1878 – 1963
Iowa
Levi Wilson
1878 – 1968
Iowa
Vibekke Wilson
1878 – 1970
Iowa
Gertrude Wilson
1879 – 1975
Iowa
Frank Wilson
1879 – 1963
Iowa
Actor Wilson
1879 – 1973
Iowa
James Wilson
1879 – 1961
Iowa
James Wilson
1879 – 1964
Iowa
Josephine Wilson
1879 – 1965
Iowa
Lawrence P Wilson
1879 – 1963
Iowa
Harold Wilson
1879 – 1965
Iowa
Albert Wilson
1879 – 1968
Iowa
Harvey Wilson
1879 – 1968
Iowa
David Wilson
1879 – 1974
Iowa
Maude Wilson
1879 – 1973
Iowa
John Wilson
1879 – 1964
Iowa
Ollie Wilson
1879 – 1966
Iowa
Lou Wilson
1879 – 1970
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Matthew Wilson
1879 – 1972
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Fred Wilson
1880 – 1968
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Warren Wilson
1880 – 1971
Iowa
Julia Wilson
1880 – 1977
Iowa
Joseph H Wilson
1880 – 1971
Iowa
Byrdie Wilson
1880 – 1972
Iowa
Doris Wilson
1880 – 1974
Iowa
Frank Wilson
1880 – 1967
Iowa
Cornelia Wilson
1880 – 1969
Iowa
Bertha Wilson
1880 – 1981
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Pearl Wilson
1880 – 1964
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Jennie Wilson
1880 – 1974
Iowa
Harold Wilson
1880 – 1971
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Albert Wilson
1880 – 1977
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Daisy Wilson
1880 – 1975
Iowa
Myra Wilson
1880 – 1965
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Bert Wilson
1880 – 1985
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Maude Wilson
1880 – 1974
Iowa
Frank Wilson
1880 – 1964
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Mollie Wilson
1880 – 1964
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Andy Wilson
1880 – 1971
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Elwood Wilson
1880 – 1966
Iowa
James Wilson
1880 – 1967
Iowa
Leona M Wilson
1880 – 1967
Iowa
Ira Bishop Wilson
1880 – 1950
Bedford
Bert Wilson
1881 – 1973
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Elizabeth Wilson
1881 – 1966
Iowa
Pearl Wilson
1881 – 1968
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Hattie Wilson
1881 – 1967
Iowa
Minnie Wilson
1881 – 1967
Iowa
Martha Wilson
1881 – 1972
Iowa
Rollie Wilson
1881 – 1970
Iowa
Vance Wilson
1881 – 1967
Iowa
Mary Wilson
1881 – 1971
Iowa
Jennie Wilson
1881 – 1968
Iowa
Pauline Wilson
1881 – 1973
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Anna Wilson
1881 – 1977
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Peter Wilson
1881 – 1976
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Iva Wilson
1881 – 1974
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Joe Wilson
1881 – 1968
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Muriel Wilson
1881 – 1969
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Mae Wilson
1881 – 1969
Iowa
Della Wilson
1881 – 1977
Iowa
Chancellor Wilson
1881 – 1969
Iowa
Anna Wilson
1881 – 1966
Iowa
Clarence Wilson
1881 – 1975
Iowa
Arthur Wilson
1881 – 1966
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Clara Wilson
1881 – 1970
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Irving Wilson
1881 – 1963
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Clyde Wilson
1882 – 1973
Iowa
Zilpah A Wilson
1882 – 1969
Iowa
Bert Wilson
1882 – 1965
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Clyde Wilson
1882 – 1963
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Anna Wilson
1882 – 1969
Iowa
Nellie Wilson
1882 – 1966
Iowa
Hortense Wilson
1882 – 1975
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Walter Wilson
1882 – 1964
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William Wilson
1882 – 1966
Iowa
Charles Wilson
1882 – 1972
Iowa
Charles Wilson
1882 – 1970
Iowa
Julia Wilson
1882 – 1978
Iowa
Bessie Wilson
1882 – 1972
Iowa
Grace Wilson
1882 – 1970
Iowa
Fannie Wilson
1882 – 1964
Iowa
West Wilson
1882 – 1970
Iowa
Arthur Wilson
1882 – 1974
Iowa
Stella J Wilson
1882 – 1966
Iowa
Raymond Wilson
1882 – 1974
Iowa
James Wilson
1882 – 1971
Iowa
Emma Wilson
1882 – 1978
Iowa
John Wilson
1882 – 1973
Iowa
Albert Wilson
1882 – 1970
Iowa
Margaret Wilson
1882 – 1973
Traer
William Wilson
1883 – 1969
Iowa
Thomas Wilson
1883 – 1971
Iowa
Arthur Wilson
1883 – 1976
Iowa
Herbert Wilson
1883 – 1976
Iowa
Robert Wilson
1883 – 1978
Iowa
Charles Wilson
1883 – 1966
Iowa
Daisy M Wilson
1883 – 1968
Iowa
Flora Wilson
1883 – 1981
Iowa
Lyman Wilson
1883 – 1973
Iowa
James Wilson
1883 – 1970
Iowa
Helen Wilson
1883 – 1968
Iowa
Alma Wilson
1883 – 1968
Iowa
Jessie Wilson
1883 – 1971
Iowa
Rhoda Wilson
1883 – 1971
Iowa
Minnie Wilson
1883 – 1966
Iowa
Dora Wilson
1883 – 1986
Iowa
Robert Wilson
1883 – 1967
Iowa
Tom Wilson
1883 – 1977
Iowa
Lisettia Wilson
1883 – 1983
Iowa
Frank L Wilson
1883 – 1966
Iowa
Clarence Wilson
1883 – 1972
Iowa
Mabel Wilson
1883 – 1967
Iowa
Giles Wilson
1883 – 1964
Iowa
Bert Wilson
1883 – 1965
Iowa
Lula Wilson
1883 – 1965
Iowa
Henry Wilson
1883 – 1964
Iowa
Charles Wilson
1883 – 1964
Iowa
Eddie Wilson
1883 – 1968
Iowa
Karl Wilson
1883 – 1977
Iowa
Maude Wilson
1883 – 1967
Iowa
Margaret Wilson
1883 – 1971
Iowa
Knute Wilson
1883 – 1980
Iowa
Jessie Wilson
1883 – 1975
Iowa
Sada Wilson
1883 – 1965
Iowa
Maggie Wilson
1883 – 1968
Iowa
Erven Wilson
b. 1884
Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio
William Wilson
1884 – 1974
Iowa
Bernard Wilson
1884 – 1967
Iowa
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Common questions

Wilson genealogy — FAQ

Where does the Wilson surname come from?

English & Scottish patronymic — 'son of Will' (William).

How far back does the Wilson family tree go?

The documented line here reaches back to 1770. Most Wilson lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.

Are living Wilson family members listed here?

No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.

Is this my Wilson family?

If a name here matches your family, it may well be. A full documented build confirms exactly how your line connects.

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