WILSON, Juan "John" Bautista

1847 - 1870  (23 years)

• Name	WILSON, Juan "John" Bautista
  	NAME VARIATIONS: - John WILSON: 1850 Census
  Nickname	Johnny
  Birth	8 Jan 1847	Alta California
  Christening	28 Jan 1847	Plaza Church, Los Angeles, Alta California   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	18 Jan 1850	Los Angeles County, California   [4]
  		1850 CENSUS: LN #5 - FAM 70; John Wilson - Age 4 w/widowed father, sister and employees
  Census	7 Jul 1860	San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California   [5]
  		1860 CENSUS: LN #21 - FAM 1129; John Wilson - Age 13 w/father, sister, step-mother, step-brother, half-sister and employees
  Death	6 Dec 1870	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California   [6, 7]
  	Cause: Suicide by gun shot
  Burial	abt. 8 Dec 1870	Los Angeles County, California
  Person ID	I21268	1. Schwald - WA-NY-OR-TX
  Last Modified	18 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	WILSON, Benjamin Davis "Benito",   b. 1 Dec 1811, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee d. 11 Mar 1878, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California (Age 66 years)
  Mother	YORBA, Maria Ramona Anselma,   b. Apr 1828, Alta California d. Abt. 21 Mar 1849, Alta California (Age ~ 20 years)
  Family ID	F6955	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 8 Jan 1847 - Alta California Christening - 28 Jan 1847 - Plaza Church, Los Angeles, Alta California Census - 18 Jan 1850 - Los Angeles County, California Census - 7 Jul 1860 - San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California Death - Cause: Suicide by gun shot - 6 Dec 1870 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Burial - abt. 8 Dec 1870 - Los Angeles County, California  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S010] Early California Population Project, Alta Cal Msn Bk #00_1770-1855_Bap, (huntington.org), http://missions.huntington.org/BaptismalData.aspx?ID=3491. BAPTISM L.A. Plaza Church #1632) 28 Jan 1847- JUAN BAUTISTA GUILSON [WILSON], 20 d., h.l. de padre Benito Guilson [Wilson], y de madre Ramona Yorba, Msn. S.G. Bap. #7512. *More info on web site [S018] Nuestra Senora Reina de Los Angeles Church, Alta Cal Msn Bk #05_1826-1848_LA Pl Ch_Bap, (Thomas Workman Temple III). BAPTISM #1632) Jan 28 [1847]- JUAN BAUTISTA WILSON, de 20 dias, of Benito y Ramona Yorba, Juan Rowland y Encarnacion Martinez, as pads. [S252] Nuestra Senora Reina de Los Angeles Church, Alta Cal Msn Bk #43_1831-1865_LA Pl Ch_Conf, (Thomas Workman Temple III). CONFIRMATION - L.A. Plaza Church #211) [Sept 8, 1850]- JUAN WILSON, 4, h.l. de Don Benito y Ramon Yorba; Don Pio Pico, pad. [S167] CENSUS 1850 - U.S. Federal, (ancestry.com), 18 Jan 1850, page 6; [11/39]. [S169] CENSUS 1860 - U.S. Federal, (ancestry.com), 7 Jul 1860, page 120 (412); [120/158]. [S295] Archives - www California Digital Newspaper Collection (CDNC), (http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc), http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=MDA18701207.2.9&srpos=3&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22john+wilson%22+suicide------#. DEATH - BY SUICIDE Marysville Daily Appeal, Volume XXII, Number 125, 7 December 1870 Los Angeles News. ... John Wilson was found dead in his room at the Bella Union Hotel, yesterday. A large pistol was found in close proximity to the body. It is apparent that deceased committed suicide. He had a gun shot wound in his breast which penetrated the heart and caused his death. An inquest last evening rendered a verdict in accordance with the facts. [S321] David Wallace Adams, Crista DeLuzio, BK-Borders of Love & Power: Fam & Kin Intercult. SW, (https://books.google.com/books?id=FNA61PMRyhAC&pg=PA93&lpg=PA93&dq=daughter+of+Benjamin+Davis+Wilson&source=bl&ots=yJtY-PjgHY&sig=o8DDs-7CucrsFPYKvPVHgxHCVNc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEQQ6AEwCDgUahUKEwiS7_Hb_OPGAhWGNYgKHZSpB4M#v=onepage&q=daughter%20of%20Benjamin%20Davis%20Wilson&f=false), https://books.google.com/books?id=FNA61PMRyhAC&pg=PA93&lpg=PA93&dq=daughter+of+Benjamin+Davis+Wilson&source=bl&ots=yJtY-PjgHY&sig=o8DDs-7CucrsFPYKvPVHgxHCVNc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEQQ6AEwCDgUahUKEwiS7_Hb_OPGAhWGNYgKHZSpB4M#v=onepage&q=daughter%20of%20Benjamin%20Davis%20Wilson&f=false. DEATH Chapter 4 , Hard Choices, Anne F. Hyde, page 93 "Senator Benjamin Davis Wilson's hands shook as he opened a letter from his wife, Margaret. He dreaded the news those pages would hold, and indeed he wept on that December night in 1870 over reports of his son's suicide in a downtown Los Angeles hotel. John Bernardo Wilson, his Juanito, was dead at twenty-five. Though his family hired private tutors and sent him to fine Jesuit boarding schools, John never found a niche for himself in the 1860's California. He worked in various Wilson family businesses, but, like many sons who bear too many expectations, he ran up debts and lost his family's trust. His father's business managers reported that John drank to excess, got into fights, and gambled away any money they gave him. Devastated by the loss of his son, Benjamin Wilson could only write as an epitaph, 'Poor boy I loved him with all his faults.'"