Dolores M. Wilson^[1]

1922 - 2018  (95 years)

• Name	Dolores M. Wilson
  Birth	18 Apr 1922	Parker, Turner County, South Dakota, USA   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Address	Delores M. Watson
  	Address: 7918 SE King RD, #11 Portland, OR 97222
  Occupation	Retired Buyer - Penny's
  Phone	(503)-353-9176
  Residence	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
  _UID	707787E2819E41E1A6F300FAEC75E71783C9
  Death	2018	, , Oregon, USA
  Person ID	I445	Larry and Jane's Family Tree
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2018

  
  

  Father	Adelbert Leo Wilson,   b. 29 Jul 1876, New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Dakota Village d. 6 Apr 1951, Williams, Lake Of The Woods County, Minnesota, USA (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Gertrude B. Murray,   b. 13 Jan 1881, Parker, Turner County, South Dakota, USA d. 31 Dec 1977, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	23 Oct 1901	Parker, Turner County, South Dakota, USA   [3]
  		Dell and Getrude Wilson's Children L to R boys: Edward, Lyle, Archie Wilson. Front: Florence Postmarked Parker, South Dakota Feb. 23, 1913
  Family ID	F93	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ralph Woodfin Watson,   b. 16 Nov 1916, Norton, , North Carolina, USA d. 18 Jan 2005, , Clackamas County, Oregon, USA (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	15 Oct 1942	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F234	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2019

  
  

• Photos		Delores (Wilson) Watson
  		Adelbert and Gertrude (Murray) Wilson and Family) Left to right in front: "Delores, Uncle Del, Aunt Gertie, Florence". Left to right in rear: "Lyle, Ed, Archie, Clarence (Bud) Wilson". "Williams, MN"

  
  

• Notes

  Excerpt: Letter from Delores Watson to Larry Wilson, 12/2/1992 In early summer of 1942 my sister, Florence Evenson and her husband Harry, came to Portland, Oregon to work in the shipyards. They left their two daughters with my mother and me to care for until they could get situated in the city of Portland. They traveled by auto, bringing their son, Harold, with them. At that time, my father owned an eighty-acre farm five and one half miles north of Williams, MN. We, like so many people living in the rural areas, left home and hearth to seek work in the industrial war boom of the big cities. My father, Del Wilson, preceded my mother and me to the west coast and was working in Seattle, Washington. In late July 1942, my sister and her husband were settled in Portland and wanted mother and me to bring the two girls (Lois and Joyce) to Portland. There was a Mr. Harry Denton in the Williams area who was using his truck to take passengers to the west coast and haul produce back to the Williams area. My mother, Lois, Joyce and I along with female members of three other families settled ourselves comfortably in the back of Mr. Denton's truck (it resembled a modern U-Haul truck)and headed west. I quit my job as a waitress earning $12.00 every two weeks. Upon arriving in Portland, obtained a job cleaning passenger railroad cars earning $4.00 per day. For this 20 year old, I felt as though I was on "cloud 9". My husband Ralph, is from Norton, N. C. He had lived on the west coast since 1936 but only a few months in Portland. We met through a mutual acquaintence. A short, fast courtship as many were in those days, we were married in Portland on October 15, 1942. We recently celebrated our fiftieth wedding anniversary. Uncle John Wilson's son Woody and his wife Margaret were among our guests.

  
  

• Sources

  [S31] Don Rathbun, Rathbun, Don. [S564] Virnig, Shirley: Letter 10-21-91. [S32] Florence Evenson 1-28-92.