James Edward Wilkinson1

James Edward Wilkinson||p1004.htm|John Wilkinson|b. Jan 20, 1906\nd. Apr 25, 2001|p100.htm|Myrtle Agnes Martelle|b. Dec 2, 1904\nd. Dec 15, 2001|p101.htm|Edward Wilkinson|b. Jan 16, 1870\nd. Mar 19, 1938|p96.htm|Glendora Dewitt|b. Nov 10, 1880\nd. Nov 3, 1928|p98.htm|John B. Martelle|b. May 15, 1872\nd. 1921|p1006.htm|Elizabeth E. Jolivette|b. Feb 17, 1877\nd. 1917|p1007.htm|

Relationship=1st cousin of Janet Grace Neuendorf.
Relationship=2nd great-grandson of James English.
Relationship=3rd great-grandson of Thomas (I) Wilkinson.
     

James died in La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin.2 , son of John Wilkinson and Myrtle Agnes Martelle.3 James Edward Wilkinson also went by the name of Jim.4

Citations

  1. [S90] Interview with Thomas Wilkinson (Gunnison, Colorado), by Susan J. Noyes, 08 May 2004. Susan Noyes' Research Compilation (Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA).
  2. [S31] Interview with Ione Oberbroeckling (Dubuque), by Susan J. Noyes, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005.
  3. [S65] Interview with Margaret Wilkinson (Sun City, AZ), by Susan J. Noyes, 2004.
  4. [S44] Interview with Helen Burkart (Dubuque, Iowa), by Susan J. Noyes, 1990, 2003, 2004, 2005.
 


  • A family history
    leads to the satisfaction in really knowing who you are
    and from when you came.

  • "Nor long shall any name resound
    Beyond the grave, unless't be found
    In some clerk's book; it is the pen
    Gives immortality to men."

  • A good life lasts for several generations.

  • In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep,
    to know our heritage, to know who we are
    and where we come from.

    — Alex Haley
  • To forget one's ancestors
    is to be a brook without a source,
    a tree without a root.

    — Chinese Proverb
  • Family faces are magic mirrors.
    Looking at people who belong to us,
    we see the past, present, and future.
    We make discoveries about ourselves.

    — Gail Lumet Buckley
  • In every conceivable manner,
    the family is a link to our past,
    a bridge to our future.

    — Alex Haley
  • What greater thing is there for human souls
    than to feel that they are joined for life – to be with each other
    in silent unspeakable memories.

    — George Eliot
  • Some people come and go in our lives.
    Some stay forever.

  • We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors,
    we borrow it from our children.

    — Native American Proverb
  • The memories we give may a lifetime live in the heart
    of those we hold so close.

    — Unknown
  • Families are like fudge . . .
    mostly sweet with a few nuts.

    — Unknown
  • The family is one of Nature's masterpieces.

    — George Santayana
  • Having a place to go – is a home.
    Having someone to love – is a family.
    Having both – is a blessing.

    — Donna Hedges
  • Every man is his own ancestor,
    and every man is his own heir.
    He devises his own future,
    and he inherits his own past.

    — Fredrick Henry Hedge