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Maria Courtney Wilson

Birth	:	8 Oct 1824 County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Death	:	16 Nov 1901 Muscatine County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Lettsville Cemetery, Letts, Louisa County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.3278800, -91.2287400
Description	:	Maria Courtney Wilson's family and ancestors are described in "History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical" (1911), page 35, in an entry on her son, JOHN C. (Courtney) WILSON. This is the first part of that biography, with bracketed explanatory notes: John C. Wilson, a successful shoe merchant of Muscatine, his store being at No. 127 East Second Street, has been engaged in the sale of shoes here for the past thirty-seven years. His birth occurred in Verner's Bridge, County Armagh, Ireland, on the 15th of May, 1854, his parents being John and Marie (Courtney) Wilson, who were... Read More	Maria Courtney Wilson's family and ancestors are described in "History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical" (1911), page 35, in an entry on her son, JOHN C. (Courtney) WILSON. This is the first part of that biography, with bracketed explanatory notes: John C. Wilson, a successful shoe merchant of Muscatine, his store being at No. 127 East Second Street, has been engaged in the sale of shoes here for the past thirty-seven years. His birth occurred in Verner's Bridge, County Armagh, Ireland, on the 15th of May, 1854, his parents being John and Marie (Courtney) Wilson, who were likewise natives of the Emerald isle and were of English and Scotch descent respectively. William Wilson, the paternal grandfather, was born in England and was a butcher by trade. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Ann Long, was of Scotch lineage. They died in Ireland and were buried at New Mills, County Tyrone, William Wilson being seventy-four years old at the time of his death, while his wife attained the age of seventy-one. Their children were eleven in number, as follows: William, Edward, Christopher, John, James, Jane, Ann, Margaret, Maria, Eliza and one who died in infancy. Christopher Courtney, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was a native of Scotland and in early life accompanied his parents on their removal to Ireland, being reared to manhood in County Armagh. He followed farming and stock-raising throughout his active business career and passed away in County Armagh at the venerable age of ninety-one years. Unto him and his wife were born five children, namely: Sarah, Margaret, Robert, Marie and Thomas. John Wilson, the father of John C. Wilson, crossed the Atlantic to the United States in 1874 and made his way direct to Louisa county, Iowa, settling on a farm which he had purchased prior to his arrival in this state. He was successfully engaged in business as a farmer and stock-raiser during his active life and at one time owned five farms in Louisa county, which went to his children. From 1891 until his death the parents made their home with John C. in Muscatine. The father [John Wilson] passed away October 7, 1908, and was buried at Letts, Iowa, on the ninety-fourth anniversary of his birth October 9. While still a resident of Ireland, in his younger days, he belonged to the militia known as the Yeomen or Home Guards. The demise of his wife [Maria Courtney Wilson] occurred in 1901, when she was seventy-seven years of age. They were originally Episcopalians in religious faith but after coming to the United States joined the Methodist church, there being no church of the Episcopal denomination in their home locality. They reared a family of four children, as follows: Robert, who resides near Letts, Iowa; William, living in Letts, Iowa; John C., of this review; and Lizzie, the wife of John C. Neil, of Lyndon, Kansas. John C. Wilson was reared on the home farm in County Armagh, Ireland, and obtained his education in the schools of that place. When fifteen years of age he began clerking in a general store at Tullyrone, being thus employed for three years and ten months. In 1873, when a young man of nineteen years, he set sail for the United States and on the 19th of August arrrived in Muscatine, Iowa. He at once began clerking in the same building where he now conducts business on his own account, selling shoes for W. H. Stewart.

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Maria Courtney Wilson's memorial is located at: Lettsville Cemetery, Letts, Louisa County, USA.
When did Maria Courtney Wilson death?
Maria Courtney Wilson death on 16 Nov 1901 in Muscatine County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 41.3278800
Longitude: -91.2287400

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

John Wilson

(1813 - 1907)

Siblings

Sarah Elizabeth Courtney Neill

(1811 - 1896)

Margaret Ann Courtney Turkington

(1812 - 1889)

Robert William Courtney

(1821 - 1904)

Children

Robert Wilson

(1846 - 1922)

William Wilson

(1849 - 1932)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Lettsville Cemetery
Letts, Louisa County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3278800, -91.2287400

2. Wagner Cemetery
Letts, Louisa County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3335991, -91.1986008

3. Concord Cemetery
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4. Newell Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2921982, -91.2544022

5. Kiser Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.3657990, -91.1905975

6. Cranston Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.3792000, -91.2506027

7. Edgington Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.3583589, -91.3001551

8. Ardon Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.3849983, -91.1958008

9. Grandview Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2783012, -91.1742020

10. Thompson Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2633018, -91.2260971

11. Oak Grove Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.3897018, -91.2861023

12. Indian Creek Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2552986, -91.2593994

13. Schmeltzer Cemetery
Conesville, Muscatine County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3580000, -91.3220000

14. Cedar-Bethel Cemetery
Fredonia, Louisa County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3272018, -91.3302994

15. Houtz Cemetery
Muscatine County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4150009, -91.1999969

16. Mount Hope Cemetery
Grandview, Louisa County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2374992, -91.2157974

17. Saint Johns Cemetery
Muscatine County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4199982, -91.2144012

18. Island Cemetery
Fruitland, Muscatine County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3588982, -91.1117020

19. Fredonia Cemetery
Fredonia, Louisa County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2771988, -91.3339005

20. Conesville Cemetery
Conesville, Muscatine County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3867000, -91.3392000

21. Louisa County Farm Cemetery
Port Louisa, Louisa County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2326470, -91.1708070

22. Hardman Cemetery
Wapello, Louisa County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2250294, -91.1862609

23. Brockway Cemetery
Conesville, Muscatine County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4063988, -91.3300018

24. High Prairie Cemetery
Muscatine, Muscatine County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4284000, -91.1660000