Ancestry of
Brian Wilson

Co-Founder of The Beach Boys

William Henry Wilson

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• • Great-grandfather of Brian Wilson — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 8 
  • Father:
  • George Washington Wilson 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Bailey   
  • Birth Date:
  • 27 Apr 1863 
  • Birth Location:
  • Reedsville, Meigs, Ohio 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 30 Mar 1948 
  • Death Location:
  • Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Fairlawn Burial Park, Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Alta Lenora Chitwood
  • Marriage Date:
  • 10 Oct 1884 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Marion County, Illinois 
  • Child:

  William Coral "Buddy" Wilson (Ahnentafel No:4 )

• Sources for William Henry Wilson

  • ¹ Federal Census, CA, San Diego County, 1910, Escondido, E.D. 131, Sheet 3A, Image 5 of 45.
  • ² Federal Census, IL, Marion County, 1880, Carrigan, E.D. 121, p. 6, Image 6 of 18.
  • ³ Federal Census, OH, Meigs County, 1870, Olive, p. 47, Image 44 of 45.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, KS, Reno County, 1900, Hutchinson Ward 3, E.D. 205, Sheet 7B, Image 14 of 25.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 11/18/2016).
  • ⁶ Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940, Marriage record for W. H. Wilson and Alta L. Chitwood.
  • ⁷ Meggison, Michael Thomas, "#71 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: The Immediate New England and Royal Ancestry of the Beach Boys", (accessed 11/18/2016).
  • ⁸ Peterson, Olive Chaffin, et. al., Abner Chaffin of Jackson County, Tennessee and Sons Bailaam, Elias, Joseph, William: An Account of the Migrations . . ., Bountiful, Utah: Typed manuscript (1966), 22.

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