Wilson Family Reunion
2010 Trivia Game with Answers
This game has been modified from its original form in order to remove references to living people.
1. Are any branches of the Wilson family related to any of the following people?
a. Susan Brownell Anthony - Women's Rights Movement Leader
b. Franklin Delano Roosevelt - President of the United States
c. Thomas Alva Edison - Inventor
d. Clarence Darrow - Attorney and opponent of William Jennings Bryant in the "Scopes Monkey Trial"
e. Millard Fillmore - President of the United States
Answers:
a. Yes. Susan Brownell Anthony and Edith Amanda Cook, wife of Frank Bodendorfer Wilson, and William Harley Cook, husband of Florence May Wilson, are all descendants of Philip and Sarah (Odding) Sherman. Therefore, all descendants of Frank and Edith (Cook) Wilson and of William and Florence (Wilson) Cook are related to Susan Brownell Anthony.
b. Yes. Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Levi Pawling, husband of Jane Wilson, are both descendants of Jan Barentsen and Jacomyntje (Slecht) Kuntz. Therefore, all descendants of Levi and Jane (Wilson) Pawling are related to Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
c. Yes. Thomas Alva Edison and Ruth Lamira Tappen, first wife of William Armour Wilson, are both descendants of David and Elizabeth (Swaine) Ogden. Therefore, all descendants of William and Ruth (Tappen) Wilson are related to Thomas Alva Edison.
d. Yes. Clarence Darrow and Emily C Cole, wife of John Alexander Wilson (son of Stephen Melvin Wilson), are both descendants of Christopher and Elizabeth (Packer) Darrow. Therefore, all descendants of John and Emily (Cole) Wilson are related to Clarence Darrow.
e. Yes. Millard Fillmore and Millard Wetherald Coates, husband of Arlene Elizabeth Wilson, were both descendants of Dr Abiathar and Tabitha (Hopkins) Millard. Therefore, all descendants of Millard and Arlene (Wilson) Coates are related to Millard Fillmore.
2. Which Wilson family member was a Quaker preacher?
a. Francis James Chamberlain
b. Hezekiah E Wilson
c. Alexander Wilson Jr
d. Levi Henry Davis
Answer:
c. Alexander Wilson Jr trained to be a Presbyterian minister, but, after marrying Eunice Charlotte Seeley, who was a Quaker, he read her books and became a Quaker preacher instead.
3. In 1921-22, Benjamin Ernest Wilson, son of William Armour Wilson, and his wife, Mary Catherine (Smoyer) Wilson, made a cross-country road trip. Which of the following families that they visited on that trip are Wilson descendants? Which families are not Wilson descendants, but had family members who married into the Wilson family?
a. The families of Hugh, Silas, and Horace Chapman in Oklahoma
b. The family of Clarence Capen in Michigan
c. The family of Ruth Lamira Campbell in Missouri
d. The family of Pawling Alexander Morey in Missouri
e. The family of William Mace Painter in Arizona
f. The family of Juliet Hill in Missouri
g. The family of Marcus E Harger in Michigan
h. The family of Leonard Thomas Sintzel in California
i. The family of Augustus W Chamberlain in Michigan
j. The family of Stephen Melvin Wilson in California
Answers:
a. Wilson descendants - Hugh, Silas, and Horace Chapman were sons of Elizabeth J (Wilson) Chapman.
b. Connected by marriage - Clarence Alvin Capen was the brother of Willis R Capen, husband of Eunice Eleanor "Ellen" (Wilson) Capen.
c. Wilson descendants - Ruth Lamira (Wilson) Campbell was the daughter of William Armour Wilson.
d. Wilson descendants - Pawling Alexander Morey was the son of Amanda (Pawling) Morey.
e. Connected by marriage - William Mace Painter was the father of Juanita (Painter) Campbell, wife of William Ephraim Campbell.
f. Wilson descendants - Juliet M (Wilson) Hill was the daughter of William Armour Wilson.
g. Wilson descendants - Marcus E "Mark" Harger was the son of Eunice Eleanor (Wilson) Harger.
h. Connected by marriage - Leonard Thomas Sintzel was the first cousin of Mary Barbara (Sinsel) Wilson, second wife of William Armour Wilson.
i. Wilson descendants - Augustus W Chamberlain was the son of Cynthia (Wilson) Chamberlain.
j. Wilson descendants - Stephen Melvin Wilson was the son of William Armour Wilson.
4. Which Wilson family member reputedly once owned 11,000 acres of land?
a. Lewis Abel Bradley
b. Stephen Melvin Wilson, son of Alexander Wilson Jr
c. William Denzel "Peter Jack" Wilson
d. None of the above
Answer:
b. According to Landmarks of Niagara County, New York, edited by William Pool, D Mason & Co., Syracuse, NY, 1897, pages 812-13, Stephen Melvin Wilson at one time owned 11,000 acres of land in Niagara County, New York, including the land which is now the Singer Farms on Lake Road, USA, NY, Niagara, Wilson.
5. Which Wilson descendant served in which branch of the service?
William Frank Arlingon
Richard Walter Wilson
Donald Wilson Mead
Stephen Augustus Morey
Robert Eugene Nelson
Air Force
Ambulance Corps
Army Air Corps
Marine Corps
Navy
Answers:
William Frank Arlington served in the US Air Force.
Richard Walter Wilson served in the US Navy.
Donald Wilson Mead served in the US Army Air Corps.
Stephen Augustus Morey served in the Ambulance Corps.
Robert Eugene Nelson served in the US Marine Corps.
6. Which female Wilson descendant held which job?
Lucile Frances Wilson
Juliet Martha Wilson
Dorothy June (Wilson) Kounin
Amanda (Pawling) Morey
Velma Jean Laird
Cora Chamberlain
Concert pianist and music teacher
Jungian analyst
Nurse
Stay at home mom
Teacher
Telephone operator
Answers:
Lucile Frances Wilson was a concert pianist and music teacher.
Juliet Martha Wilson was a nurse.
Dorothy June (Wilson) Kounin was a Jungian analyst.
Amanda Pawling Morey was a stay at home mom.
Velma Jean Laird was a teacher.
Cora Chamberlain was a telephone operator
7. Which Wilson family member or family branch is the current custodian of a family heirloom of a tea chest that was stolen from Jane (Armour) (Wilson) Moffit, and returned to her by British General John Burgoyne after Jane rode into the British camp at Saratoga, New York, and demanded the return of her property?
a. Fern Eleanor (Cook) Lynn
b. The Flinders family
c. The Miller family of Oregon
d. Shirley Ruth (Wilson) Belfield
e. The Goff family of Missouri
f. There is no such family heirloom
Answer:
A member of the Flinders family, descendants of Jane (Wilson) Pawling, is the current custodian of this tea chest.
8. Which male Wilson descendant held which job?
Armour Wilson Hill
Charles Farnsworth Kinzly
Clifford Byrle Baker
William Tappen Wilson
William Armour Wilson
Dale Joseph Flinders
Glenn William Wilson
Jesse Thompson Morey
Marvin Howard Chamberlain
Branch manager, International Harvester Company
Electrician for the Union Pacific Railroad
Farmer
Horse trader
Mail carrier
Meterologist and Colonel, US Air Force
Mayor, City of Detroit, Michigan
Newspaper editor
Teacher and Superintendent of Schools
Answers:
Armour Wilson Hill was a US mail carrier.
Charles Farnsworth Kinzly was a newspaper editor.
Clifford Byrle Baker was an electrician for the Union Pacific Railroad.
William Tappen Wilson was a horse and mule breeder and trader.
William Armour Wilson was a farmer.
Dale Joseph Flinders was career Air Force and a meterologist.
Glenn William Wilson was a branch manager for International Harvester Company.
Jesse Thompson Morey was a teacher and superintendent of schools in Nebraska.
Marvin Howard "MH" Chamberlain was the Mayor of the City of Detroit, Michigan, in 1886-1887.
9. Alexander Wilson Jr's wife was Eunice Charlotte Seeley. Which of the following couples were Eunice's parents?
a. Stephen Seeley and Ruth Odell
b. Hezekiah Seeley and Joanna Beardsley
c. Nathaniel Seeley and Elizabeth Jackson
d. Nathaniel Seeley and Hannah Odell
e. Nathaniel Seeley and Hannah Bennett
f. Nathaniel Seeley and Mary Turney
g. Robert Seeley and Mary Heath Mason
h. William Seeley and Grace Pret
i. Thomas Seeley and Elizabeth Mitchell
j. William Seelie and Elizabeth
Answer:
a. Eunice's parents were Stephen Seeley and Ruth Odell. However, Stephen Seeley's parents were Hezekiah Seeley and Joanna Beardsley. Each male Seeley in the answers is the son of the couple immediately following.