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James Ray Wilson 1945–2016 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Jul 1945

Birth Location: Collin, Texas, USA

Death Date: 1 Nov 2016

Death Location: Florence, Mississippi

Father: James Wilson

Mother: Sara Murphy

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James Ray Wilson was born in 1945 in Collin, Texas, USA, the child of James Roland Wilson And Sara Delilla Murphy. In 1950, James Ray Wilson resided in McKinney, Collin, Texas, USA. James Ray Wilson married Rita Shirleen Davis, and had children including Karen Lea Wilson, Stephanie Rae Wilson. James Ray Wilson passed away in 2016 in Florence, Mississippi.

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Biography

  • James Ray Wilson was born in 1945 in Collin, Texas, USA, the child of James Roland Wilson And Sara Delilla Murphy.
  • In 1950, James Ray Wilson resided in McKinney, Collin, Texas, USA.
  • James Ray Wilson married Rita Shirleen Davis, and had children including Karen Lea Wilson, Stephanie Rae Wilson.
  • James Ray Wilson passed away in 2016 in Florence, Mississippi.

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James Wilson's Ancestors

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James Wilson
1945–2016
Birth Place: Collin, Texas, USA
Parents
James Roland Wilson
1927–1978
McKinney, Collin County, Texas, United States of America
Sara (Delilla) Murphy
1929–2019
McKinney, Collin, Texas, USA
Grandparents
Veretta (W) Wilson
1879–1953
Hardinsburg, Breckinridge, Kentucky, USA
Eva (Lona) Dunn
1885–1944
Mississippi, USA
Great-Grandparents
Roland Wilson
1838–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Millington Wilson
1802–1870
Nancy Simmons
1805–1893

James Wilson's Timeline

3 Records

1945
20 Jul 1945
Birth of James Ray Wilson in Collin, Texas, USA
Collin, Texas, USA
1950
1950
Age 5
James Ray Wilson resided here in McKinney, Collin, Texas, USA
McKinney, Collin, Texas, USA
2016
1 Nov 2016
Age 71
Death of James Ray Wilson in Florence, Mississippi
Florence, Mississippi

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Jul 1945
    Event Place: Collin, Texas, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current, Tributes; Publication Place: Mississippi, USA
    [2] Texas, Birth Index
    [3] 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: McKinney, Collin, Texas; Roll: 4788; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 43-16

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: McKinney, Collin, Texas, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: McKinney, Collin, Texas; Roll: 4788; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 43-16

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Nov 2016
    Event Place: Florence, Mississippi
    Record Source: U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current, Tributes; Publication Place: Mississippi, USA

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