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Arthur Egerton WILLSON, .iii

Male 1872 - Aft 1910  (> 38 years)


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  • Name Arthur Egerton WILLSON 
    Suffix .iii 
    Born 1 Mar 1872  Saint Louis, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Aft 25 Jul 1910  Aberdeen, Grays Harbor Co., Washington Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • /resided.
    Person ID I1053  Richard Patterson NJ & ON
    Last Modified 9 Sep 2018 

    Father John C WILLSON, .9
              b. 18 Dec 1831, Newtonbrook (Toronto), York Twp., York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 15 Jan 1900, St. Louis, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Marion WOODRUFF
              b. 6 Oct 1842, Beaumon, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 21 Mar 1902, Saint Louis, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Married 10 Aug 1865  Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F322  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mitta BASKETT
              b. 1 Mar 1875, Summerville, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 30 Sep 1903  Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 9 Sep 2018 
    Family ID F743  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • . 1871 Lovell's Cdn. Dominion Directory,
      Willowdale: A village in the Twp. of York, west riding in the county of York. Distant from Thornhill, a station of the Northern railway, 5 miles, from Toronto 9 miles, fare 25¢ Mail daily, Population about 150. Wilson Egerton, farmer.

      . 1908 Aug 3 - A E Willson, telephone manager, bought 2 lots at Roosevelt Beach last week.

      . 1908 Jul 9 The PacificTelephone & Telegraph co. will forever keep pace with the rapid growth & development of the Grays Harbor country & will continue to maintain the excellent reputation they now enjoy for service & reliability. They will in the future, as they have in the past, cater to the public in every way & furnish unsurpassed service at the lowest possible rates. Mr A E Willson, the local manager, will leave nothing undone which is in his power to render satisfaction & which will add to the popularity of this most worthy institution. Signed, Pacific Tel. & Tel. Co.

      . 1908 Dec 21 - Mr Mrs A E Willson went to Seattle Saturday for a short visit.
      . 1908 Dec 24, chamber o Commerce held meeting Tues. night. FC Wilson of the telephone complaint committee reported his committee unable to meet, owing o divergence of opinion regarding the service. manager Willson was present & said his company would soon have such improvements made as would give south Aberdeen better service & the committee was continued.
      . Shortage not shown. At the hearing of Arthur E Willson, former telephone manger, who is charged with being short in his cash accounts with the company, took place before Jude Bush, Tues. & occupied most of the day. The prosecution rests upon showing a defalcation, while Willson claims to have vouchers for all moneys expended by him, some of which he had neglected to send to the main office, consequently received no credit for them. Pending the overhauling of a mass of vouchers, Judge Bush continued the hearing for 2 weeks.
      . 1910 Feb 28 - Preliminary hearing of A E Willson, charged with embezzlement by the telephone company, was again postponed until Mar 4th.

      . 1910 Jul 25 - Superior Court, Real Essayer transfers & misc. instruments filed with County Auditor: Arthur Willson Vs. Pacific Tel & Tel. Co., Cause removed to federal court.
      Ref: Aberdeen Herald newspaper, Washington. - - -