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Francis Camp FRANK WILLSON

Male 1889 - 1960  (71 years)


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  • Name Francis Camp FRANK WILLSON 
    Born 4 Feb 1889  Troy, Rensselaer Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 5 Mar 1960  Melrose, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1019 Main St. Aged 71y 1m 1d.
    Buried 8 Mar 1960  Oakwood Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Troy, NY.
    Person ID I1230  John Willson, Piscataway, NJ and Ontario Family Tree
    Last Modified 13 Nov 2017 

    Father Walter Vanderheyden WILLSON
              b. 26 Apr 1858, Troy, Rensselaer Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 24 Oct 1930, Vergennes, Addison Co., Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother SUSANnah M IRVING
              b. Aug 1858, Waterford, Saratoga Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 21 Jun 1912  (Age 53 years) 
    Married 1882 
    Family ID F425  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marguerite PFENNING
              b. 1889, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1985, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years) 
    Children 
     1. (Living) WILLSON
    Last Modified 9 Aug 2020 
    Family ID F879  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Obituary 1:
      . Funeral Held For Famed Book Dealer. The funeral of Frank C Willson of Melrose, Mass, native Trojan & nationally known collect & dealer in are books was held at 2 pm yesterday, from Connolly & Gaudreau Funeral Home at Melrose. Interment will take place today in the family plot in Oakwood Cemetery where the first burials of members of his family took place 100 years ago.
      He was the son of the late Water Vanderheyden Willson & Sussanne I Willson of this city & at the grandson of Jacob M Vanderheydeenb, a prominent Trojan of a century ago.
      Willson, who owned one of the nation's finest private collections of Mark Twain, collapsed & died Saturday while walking near his home.
      A founder of the Antiquarian Booksellers Assn. of America, Willson son sold a formidable collection of aviation books to Henry Ford.
      Willson is survived by his wife, the former Margarete Pfenning of Melrose & a son, Derek Willson of Beverly Mass.

      Obituary 2:
      . Frank C Willson Rites In Melrose Tomorrow
      Funeral services for Frank C Willson of 1019 Main St., Melrose, book dealer & book collector, will be held tomorrow. He collapsed & died Saturday while walking near his home.
      Ref: Boston Herald Newspaper, Published 1960 Mar 7. - - -