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Thanks for that. Sounds positive. I'll see if I can find out more. His sister was living in Montclair, Essex Co, New Jersey in 1900 Regards Margaret

I can't find Arthur or Charlotte Jessie after 1901 but their son Arthur Cecil St Leger Wilson was adopted by his aunt Emmeline Duthoit Wilson in New York.

This was passed to me by researcher in New York

Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Gold Star Mothers of Queens Tell How Sons Died in Action
Mrs. Emmeline du Thoit Neubert, 89-01 120th St., Richmond Hill— My mission to the soldier graves is a double one. My two sons are over there. They are my own son, Lieut. Bedell M. Neubert, and my adopted son, Cecil St. Leger Wilson. Bedell was killed in an airplane accident on Sept. 15, 1918, near Abord, France, and was buried in St. Mihiel. He was just a youngster of 21 years. Cecil was in the infantry, a first class private. My two boys enlisted at the same time. They wanted to go together. Cecil was killed a t St. Soupplet on Oct. 17, 1918. He was 21 years old and received a citation for conspicuous bravery on the field of battle. He was buried in St. Soupplet.

I can't find him on the US 1910 census and have no idea when Emmeline adopted him. I'd be interested in the info you have on their departure to New York. He didn't appear to know the exact date of his birth but his baptism record shows he was born on 8 Sep 1897 in Hackney which makes me wonder if his parent(s) died when he was very young.

Thanks for the info you sent today, trying to get my head around using the contact features. Will email your friend and compare notes. She's my husband's 2nd cousin

DianeCh

Hi Diane, my husband is the grandson of Alfred Thomas Hemmings, brother of Ruth Amy Hemmings, Laura Sampson's mother. If you are interested in the Hemmings family tree, I have researched their early days in Woodford, Essex and London, also the family of Ruth Amy Hudson (Hemmings) your great, great grandmother. They are on Ancestry.co.uk under the Greer family tree

Regards

Margaret Greer