Since my next in the series is Edith Wilson, I will try my level best to find some new information about her, but there’s little to be found.
She was born in Wytheville, Virginia, October 15, 1872 and died in December in 1961. She lived in Washington. She loved Washington, just like Dolley Madison did who resided there after selling her estate.
Genealogists can trace Edith Wilson’s ancestors to colonial Virginia by either bloodline or through marriage. She was English, Native American, related to Thomas Jefferson, Martha Washington, Letitia Tyler and the Harrison family. Most notable was her direct descent from the famous Powhatan tribe princess, Pocahontas. That’s pretty impressive in my book, but does that make her a princess through lineage?
Edith was the seventh of eleven children in her family, had black hair and blue eyes and stood about five feet nine inches. She was the same height or about, as myself! She had a difficult childhood, living in crowded room above a storefront with her siblings and her relatives were also impoverished. Her father was a lawyer and a judge, so he was probably on the road a lot.
Her first marriage was to Norman Galt who owned a jewelry store, in Washington D.C. He died in 1908, leaving Edith as the sole heir to the store, leaving her a wealthy widow. Edith and Norman had one son, unnamed, who died in infancy, 1903.
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