The Family

The Thomas E. Wilson Family Collection contains information about two generations of the Wilson family and their spouses.

Black-and-white formal photograph of multiple generations of the Wilson family, presumably in a sitting room at Edellyn Farms. Pictured are Thomas E. Wilson, Elizabeth Foss Wilson, Helen Wilson Williams, Harry Julius Williams, Edward Foss Wilson, Pauline Wyman Wilson, three adult daughters of Helen and Harry, and two small boys of Edward Foss Wilson and Pauline Wyman Wilson. All are dressed up, and are paying attention to the two boys who are reading aloud from a book. The room is paneled in dark wood, and a Christmas wreath hangs over a large stone fireplace. There is a full bookcase to the left of the fireplace, and a painted portrait of Thomas E. Wilson hanging on the adjacent wall.
Three generations of the Wilson family at Edellyn Farm home, circa 1950s
Thomas E. Wilson Family Collection, Box 29, Folder 10, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.

Wilson Family Tree

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Black-and-white formal photographic portrait of Thomas E. Wilson, circa 1930s. He has short white hair and is wearing a suit and tie.

Thomas E. Wilson (1868-1958)
Black-and-white formal photographic portrait of Elizabeth Foss Wilson, circa 1930s. She has short, curly, white hair and is wearing a light colored dress with a large corsage on her left shoulder.

Elizabeth Foss Wilson (1873-1967)

Black-and-white formal photographic portrait of Helen Wilson Williams, circa 1910s-1920s. She is a young, white woman with dark hair that is pinned up. She is wearing a light-colored dress and looking directly into the camera.

Helen Wilson Williams (1900-1995)
Black-and-white formal photographic portrait of Edward Foss Wilson, circa 1927-1934. He has short dark hair and is wearing a suit and tie.

Edward Foss Wilson (1905-1994)
Black-and-white formal photographic portrait of Pauline Wyman Wilson, circa 1920s. She has short, dark, marcelled hair.

Pauline Wyman Wilson (1905-1985)