About this vault

This is a private archive built by and for our family. It is invite-only. Nothing here is searchable on the internet, sold, or shared outside the family.

What lives here: stories, recipes, words of wisdom, memories of the people we've lost, messages for the generations who come next, photographs, and the history of where we came from.

Family origins

Places our family lived, as remembered by the family:

1. St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana
2. Aberdeen, Mississippi
3. Minter City, Mississippi (Equen Plantation)

Viola and Joe's exact birthplace is not yet confirmed — family accounts differ.

Our ancestors

The generations before the Founders, as recorded in the family tree:

• George Wilson (1850–?) — Great-grandfather of Viola and Joe
• Edna Halsters (1841–1910) — Puerto Rico — Great-grandmother of Viola and Joe
• John Wilson (1866–?) — Son of George Wilson and Edna Halsters; married Mary Wilson — Father of Viola and Joe
• Mary Wilson (1875–?) — Mother of Viola and Joe

The Founders — L0

• Viola Wilson (1905–1964)
• Joe Wilson (1893–1963)

Their children — L1

Viola's children:

1. Olevia Barnett (1921) — 14 children
2. Genevia Wilson (1923) — 0 children
3. Mattie Lee (1932) — 3 children
4. Jonah Lee (1934) — 6 children
5. Ruthie Mae Streeter (1936) — 10 children
6. Earnest Streeter (1938) — 1 child
7. Catherine Streeter (1940) — 7 children
8. Leoma Cobb (1942, twin) — 5 children
9. Maeoma Cobb (1942, twin) — 5 children
10. Lenora Cobb (1944) — 6 children
11. Alma "Shirley" Davis (1946) — 7 children
12. Dorothy Jean Davis (1949) — 2 children

Joe's children:

1. Joe Jr. Wilson — 12 children
2. Bessie Eastling — 6 children
3. Aaron Wilson — 5 children
4. Rebecca McGee — 10 children

Ancestors, life dates, surnames, and children counts from Aunt Dorothy Brown's Wilson-Warren Family Tree presentation, 2026 Reunion. Leoma and Maeoma are twin sisters.

See something that isn't right?

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