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- Son of Sarah Lundy & Joshua Wilson.
Born & died on W half Lot 27, Con 4 West, Vaughan Twp.
. 1862 Nov 14, Whitchurch Agricultural Society Show, Aurora, 800 Entries:
Fowls, Pair Geese, 2nd, J. Willson; Carpet Rug, 1st prize, J. Willson.
Ref: York Herald Newspaper.
Note: J Wilson could also been his father.
. 1911 Oct 27 - Mr. Joshua Willson visited Mr. Jos. Mowder of Glasgow, Ontario, over Sunday.
1914 Oct 9 - Mr & Mrs. Jos. Powder of Uxbridge Twp. visited Mr & Mrs. Joshua Wilson during the Fair.
. 1915 Jun 4 - Mr Jos Mowder & wife of Uxbridge Township spent the weekend with Mr & Mrs Joshua Wilson, Monday being his 84th birthday. [1831]
Ref: Newmarket Era Newspaper.
. 1900 Sep 21- Ribs Broken - On Tuesday morning Mr. Joshua Wilson, on the 4th Con. of Whitchurch, when to the stable for milk, when a cow became frightened & kicked at him so viciously that she broke 2 ribs & otherwise bruised this severely. Medical assistance was procured & at last accounts was doing nicely.
Ref: Newmarket Era Newspaper.
. Obituary: The Late Joshua Wilson
There passed away at the age of 85, on Thursday, Jan 13th, in the person of Mr. Joshua Wilson, one of the oldest & most widely known of the old time yeomen of Whitchurch Township, where he was widely known for 60 years as a progressive & successful farmer.
Mr Wilson born on May 31st, 1831, was the second son of the late Joshua Wilson, Sr., one of a family of 11 children, who with their father, a New Brunswick, Shipbuilder, & their mother emigrated from that province to Whitchurch Township in 1811.
Young Joshua, following the vocation of his father, & commencing on the homestead farm, ultimately added to his holding the 200 acres on the opposite side of Union Street, where he erected the substantial residence & farm buildings now owned by Mr. Mordecai Starr.
Mr Wilson married in 1861 Miss Mary Walks of Whitby, who with his sons, James Albert of Toronto, Edgar of Roblin, Man., & Mrs. Ella M. McConochie of Aurora, survive to mourn the loss of a kind & ever thoughtful husband & parent. Another son, Arthur E., met with a tragic death by lightning in 1903, while working in a field on the homestead.
Mr Wilson whilst never holding or aspiring to any municipal office, showed much interest in public affairs, & was one of the first members of the North York Liberal Association, in whose interest he was indefatigable worker, being always known as a staunch & unswerving Liberal & an untiring worker throughout each & every party campaign.
Coming to reside in Newmarket some 12 years ago [1904], our aged & esteemed friend owes his death evidently to a fall on one of our icy pavements in December last.
We have seldom had, as a resident, an citizen whose unostentatious liberality was more generally acknowledged than the late Mr. Wilson. Appeals for charity, education & Red Cross purposes always elicited from him instant & invariably a liberal contributor.
The funeral service on Saturday afternoon last, from his late residence, Huron St., was conducted by his late Pastor, Rev. A. Young of the Friends Church & remains placed in Newmarket Cemetery.
(noted at the bottom "Joshua Willson II Bible now owned by the Mowder family Stouffville).
Ref: Newmarket Era Newspaper, published 1916 Jan 16.
Transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -
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1831 - 1916 (84 years)