World War 1 Avenue of Honour (35 trees)
Booroopki, West Wimmera, Victoria, Australia

WILSON, Peter Leslie
Pte 3410, 39th Battalion, AIF

Tree No 35, planted 28 August, 1918
Tree Planter: Mr W M JONES


Pte P L WILSON and Pte J J WILSON appear to be cousins. Peter Leslie WILSON appears to be a member of the following family group:

Peter WILSON c1850-1927 & Hannah BLACKWOOD 1867-1903

Peter WILSON, born 1854 Scotland, d. 1927, Melbourne, son of John WILSON and Sophia MILLER was married in 1887 to Hannah BLACKWOOD, born 1867 Daylesford, Vic, d. 1903, Edenhope, Vic, daughter of James BLACKWOOD and Hannah MICKLEBOROUGH.

The family of Peter WILSON and Hannah BLACKWOOD appears to be:

  1. Hannah WILSON, b. 1888 Hotspur, Vic, d. 1974, m. ? FORSTER
  2. Elizabeth WILSON, b. 1889 Apsley, Vic
  3. Edith Sophia WILSON, b. 1891 Apsley, Vic
  4. Lillian May WILSON, b. 1893 Apsley, Vic, d. 1962, m. Robert FINGER
  5. Peter Leslie WILSON, b. 1895 Apsley, Vic, d. 1969 Malvern, Vic [WW1 Service, Pte 3410, 39th Battalion, AIF]
  6. Percy John WILSON, b. 1897 Apsley, Vic, d. 1949
  7. Clarence James WILSON, b. 1899 Apsley, Vic, d. 1899
  8. Olive Mary WILSON, b. 1901 Apsley, Vic, d. 1959, m. ___ STEPHENS

WILSON, John James
Pte, 328, 1st Machine Gun Battalion, AIF

Tree No 34, planted 28 August, 1918
Tree Planter: Mr A CARRACHER

Pte J J WILSON appears to be a cousin of Peter Leslie WILSON and a member of the following family group:

John WILSON c1856-1920 & Mary Jane BLACKWOOD 1860-1936

John WILSON, born 1856 "Narrawong Station", Victoria, son of John WILSON and Sophia MILLER was married in 1885 to Mary Jane BLACKWOOD, born 1860 "Crawford Station", Hotspur, Victoria, daughter of James BLACKWOOD and Hannah MICKLEBOROUGH.

The family of John WILSON and Mary Jane BLACKWOOD appears to be:

  1. Mabel Mary BLACKWOOD, b. 1880 Hotspur, Vic, d. 1919, m. John Henry RICHARDS 1867-1945
  2. Sophia WILSON, b. 1885 Myamyn, Vic, d. 1919, m. Walter Edward HINCH 1882-1962
  3. Isaac WILSON, b. 1887 Myamyn, Vic, d. 1957, m. Annie Mary Ethel BAXTER.
  4. Hannah Mickleborough WILSON, b. 1889 Myamyn, Vic, d. 1976, m. James May PAHL 1888-1959
  5. Jessie Elizabeth WILSON, b. 1891 Apsley, Vic, d. 1977, m James FARISH
  6. John James WILSON, b. 1894 Apsley, Vic, d. 1963 Cohuna, Vic, m1. Grace ROBINSON, m2. Kath MOLLOY [WW1 Service, Pte 328, 1st Machine Gun Battalion, AIF]
  7. Florence Catherine WILSON, b. 1896 Apsley, Vic, d. 1966, m. James William Leslie MAJOR [WW1 enlisted, Pte 12195, medically unfit].
  8. Ernest Stanley Charles WILSON, b. 1898 Apsley, Vic, d. 1940, m. Margaret Louisa HICKS
  9. Peter Gordon WILSON, b. 1900 Apsley, Vic, d. 1953, m. Elizabeth Mary WEST
  10. Thomas WILSON, b. 1902 Apsley, Vic, d. 1903
  11. Emily Catherine Mary WILSON, b. 1904 Apsley, Vic, d. 1968, m. David May PAHL. [WW1 Service, L/Cpl 607, 24th Battalion, AIF]





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Daryl Crabtree & Daryl Povey

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