›› Private Charles Humphrey Wilson

Charles Wilson was born to Wilkins "Wilk" R. and Susan Irene Wilson of Eden Mills. Three generations earlier, Charles' great-grandfather, Robert Wilson (1837-1927), arrived in Upper Canada from England at the age of 7 years. Robert Wilson and his wife Sarah Humphrey (1830-1917) raised a large family on their farm in Nassagaweya Township.

Private Charles Humphrey Wilson was a member of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment, R.C.I.C. He died in service overseas at the age of 22 on August 9, 1944 and is buried at the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France.

Sources:
Veteran Affairs Canada
Census 1911
Census 1881
Tombstone of Robert Wilson and Sarah Humphrey, Eden Mills Cemetery