A Few Wilson Family Photos

My thanks to my Aunt Catina Wilson for these photos which include my aunt, my mom Flossy Wilson, my grandmother Catherine (Katie) Morris Wilson and Kenneth. A couple of these were taken outside Quinta #21 where my grandparents lived.

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Ladies of the Colony

I think I see my grandmother Catherine Morris Wilson in the background, possibly my Aunt Catina Wilson in front and Mrs. Horatio (Chata) Wildman to the right. Do you recognize anyone else in this photo? Click on the photo for a little larger view. From my Aunt Catina: Left to right back row -third person [...]

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Quinta #5

I’m not sure when my great-grandparent’s, William and Felicitas Morris, and their daughters, Catherine and Julia, arrived at the Ávalos Colony but they were living in Quinta #5 as of 1930. The photo above was taken at the 1986 Ávalos Reunion and shows my Aunt Catina Wilson and my grandmother Catherine Morris Wilson, sitting on [...]

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My Family…the Morris and Wilson Sides

This video shot around 1941 by my grandparents, Renie and Catherine Wilson, shows children at play during a birthday party (including my mom Flossy Wilson and my aunt Catina Wilson) and a few members of the Morris and Wilson sides of my family. Fred Wilhelmi, first cousin to my mother Flossy and my aunt Catina [...]

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Friends at the Colony

Below are a two photos which include my mother Flossy Wilson Delgado and friends. I’ve added the third photo with the hope that someone can help identify the people in the picture and where it was taken. My grandmother, Catherine Morris Wilson, is seated in the last photo.

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Certificate of Identity and Registration, 1942

Below is a Certificate of Identity and Registration dated 1942 for my grandmother, Catherine Morris Wilson, and her daughters, Catherine and Florence. This was used while they lived at the Avalos smelter colony. One of the things I love about this image is my grandmother’s signature. When I was a child, she was insistent that [...]

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Catherine Felicitas Morris Wilson

If my grandmother had been alive today, she would have been 100 years old. Happy Birthday Grammy! I miss you and wish you were here so we could all sit down at the table, have a cup of coffee and talk. You would have been so proud of your daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. After I [...]

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