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WILSON, Catherine Helen
1861 - 1941 (80 years) Has 38 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.
1834 - 1911 (76 years)-
Name WILSON, Catherine Helen Birth 1861 Bow, Middlesex, England 
Gender Female Death 1941 Melrose City, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Person ID I4159 Edgoose Last Modified 6 Feb 2026
Father WILSON, George Augustus, b. 15 Nov 1834, Downham Market, Norfolk, England d. 6 Jul 1911, Melrose City, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 76 years) Mother WHITE, Ruth, b. 9 Sep 1838, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 26 Oct 1858 St. Marylebone, Middlesex, England Family ID F1750 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family LITTLE, Charles Hall d. 1925, Melrose City, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Marriage 21 Oct 1889 Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA Children 1. LITTLE, Blanche, b. Abt 1895, Massachusetts, USA d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. LITTLE, Charles Edmund, b. 1896, Massachusetts, USA d. 1971, Melrose City, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 75 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F3027 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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CATHERINE or KATE HELENE WILSON 1861-1941
The birth of a Catherine Helene WILSON was registered in 1861.
(GRO March Q 1861 Poplar 1c 600)
The 1861 census of By the Turnpike, Mulbarton, Norfolk:
William Grey (sic), head, aged 55, coachman, born in Cambridge;
Elizabeth Grey (sic), wife, aged 52, born in Cambridge;
Ruth Wilson, daughter, aged 22, married, visitor, born in Cambridge;
Elizabeth S. WILSON, grandchild, aged 18 months, visitor, born at Bow, Middlesex;
*Catherine H. WILSON, grandchild, aged 3 months, visitor, born at Bow, Middlesex;
(RG9/1224/62/4)
The 1871 census of 1 Devons Road, Bromley St. Leonard, London:
George A. WILSON, head, aged 36, hairdresser, born at Downham, Suffolk (sic);
Ruth WILSON, wife, aged 32, born in Cambridgeshire;
*Catherine WILSON, daughter, aged 10, scholar, born at Bow, Middlesex;
Alice WILSON, daughter, aged 7, scholar, born at Bow;
Clara WILSON, daughter, aged 4, born at Bow;
Frederick WILSON, son, aged 11 months, born at Bow;
Ellen MILLS, servant, aged 14, born at Bow, Middlesex.
(RG10/569/16/39)
The family emigrated to the USA in 1875.
(source: US Federal Census 1900)
They appear in the 1880 US Federal Census at Eighth Street, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts:
George A. WILSON, aged 45, barber, born in England;
Ruth WILSON, wife, aged 40, keeping house, born in England;
*Kate A. WILSON, daughter, aged 19, window roles, born in England;
Alice M. WILSON, daughter, aged 16, window roles, born in England;
Clara A. WILSON, daughter, aged 13, at school, born in England;
Frederick WILSON, son, aged 10, at school, born in England.
Charles H. LITTLE of Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA, a 31 year old pattern maker, born in Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, son of Edmund O. LITTLE and his wife Rebecca W. LITTLE, was married in the City of Chelsea on 21 October 1889 to 28 year old Catherine H. WILSON of Boston, Massachusetts, the English born daughter of George A. and Ruth Wilson.
(Massachusetts Marriage Records 1840-1915 via www.ancestry.co.uk)
The 1910 US Federal Census of 95 Malvern Street, Melrose Ward 7, Middlesex County, Massachusetts:
Charles H. LITTLE, head, aged 51, married 20 years, born in Massachusetts of Massachusetts born parents, pattern maker on own account;
*Catherine H. LITTLE, wife, aged 49, married 20 years, 2 children both living, born in England of English born parents, immigrated 1875;
Blanche M. LITTLE, daughter, aged 15, single, born in Massachusetts of Massachusetts and English born parents;
Charles C. LITTLE, son, aged 14, single, born in Massachusetts of Massachusetts and English born parents;
George A. WILSON, father-in-law, aged 75, married 51 years, born in England of English born parents, immigrated 1875, alien;
Ruth WILSON, mother-in-law, aged 71, married 51 years, born in England of English born parents, immigrated 1875.
The 1920 US Federal Census of 95 Malvern Street, Melrose City, Middlesex County, Massachusetts:
Charles H. LITTLE, head, house owned but mortgaged, aged 61, married, born in Massachusetts of Massachusetts born parents;
*Catherine LITTLE, wife, aged 59, immigrated 1875, naturalised 1889, born in England of English born parents;
Blanche LITTLE, daughter, aged 25, single, born in Massachusets of Massachusetts and English born parents, musician in an orchestra;
Charles E. LITTLE, son, aged 24, single, born in Massachusetts of Massachusetts and English born parents, modelmaker in shipyard;
Ruth WILSON, mother-in-law, aged 81, widow, arrived 1875, alien, born in England of English born parents.
(Enumerated 9 and 10 January 1920)
From the US Federal Census of 95 Malvern Street, Melrose City, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA:
*Catherine H. LITTLE, head, house owned value $7000, owned a radio set, aged 69, widow, born in England of English born parents, immigrated 1875, alien;
Blanche M. LITTLE, daughter, aged 35, single, born in Massachusetts of Massachusetts and England born parents, clerk, electric light company;
C. Edmund LITTLE, son, aged 34, single, born in Massachusetts of Massachusetts and English born parents, superintendant [illegible], veteran of W.W.;
Annie M. SCOTT, boarder, aged 61, widow, born in Massachusetts of Maine born parents.
A Catherine H. (WILSON) LITTLE died at Melrose City, Middlesex County, Massachussets, USA, in 1941. She was buried in Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose.
(Ancestry: Massachusetts Death Index 1901-1980, Volume 58 Page 550)
(Ancestry: Find A Grave)
(revised 04.05.2019)