Family Documents

Obituaries, records, and primary sources preserved for the archive

Obituaries

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Richard Albert (Dick) Wilson
January 17, 1929 โ€“ July 8, 2024

Petroleum engineer, Mobil Oil Corporation. Beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather. A 41-year career that took the family across America and around the world.

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Carol Jane Cole Wilson
June 24, 1931 โ€“ May 30, 2022

Faithful wife, loving mother, family historian and keeper of "The Wilson Saga." She knit over 150 Christmas stockings and always said Jesus was her best friend.

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Records & Certificates

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Georgia Hannah Beven โ€” Passport Application
Issued November 19, 1921 ยท San Diego County, California

Georgia's passport application filed October 7, 1921, seeking travel to England and West Africa for missionary work. Lists her occupation as teacher, her father as Albert Beven of Escondido, and her departure from New York. Filed seven years before her marriage to Howard Wilson.

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Georgia Hannah Beven โ€” USC Yearbook Record
University of Southern California ยท Liberal Arts, Page 158 ยท J.O.C. Club

Georgia's listing in the USC Liberal Arts yearbook (p. 158) as a member of J.O.C. (motto: "What would Jesus do?"). Officers included President Gertrude Bloomfield and faculty adviser Attorney William M. Bowen. Georgia appears alongside roughly 80 members of the club.

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Georgia Hannah Beven โ€” USC Yearbook Profile Page
University of Southern California ยท 1921 ยท Page 44

Georgia's senior profile on page 44 of the 1921 USC yearbook. Major: History. Activities listed: Escondido High School, Eucalyptus Literary Society, Friendly Ranch, History and Political Science Club, Class Treasurer, Y.W.C.A. Cabinet.

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Georgia Hannah Beven โ€” Portrait, USC 1921
University of Southern California ยท 1921

Georgia's graduation portrait from the 1921 USC yearbook, taken at age 23. One of the earliest known photographs of Georgia, wearing her mortarboard and gown with a lace-collared dress. She would depart for missionary work in West Africa just months after this was taken.

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More Records

Birth certificates, marriage records, immigration documents and other primary sources will be added here as they are gathered.

Photographs & Scans

Scanned letters, documents, newspaper clippings and historical photographs will be collected here over time.