Source: SS Caronia Passenger Manifest. 1919.
Family Search: When Private Lawrence Hugh Wilson was born on 14 August 1888, in Adelaide Township, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, his father, Hugh Elliot Wilson, was 36 and his mother, Mary Jane Duffin, was 29. He lived in Middlesex, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, Ontario, Canada in 1921. He registered for military service in 1918. In 1918, at the age of 30, his occupation is listed as druggist in London, Ontario, Canada. He died on 3 July 1957, in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 68, and was buried in Oldcastle, Essex, Ontario, Canada.
Lawrence H. Wilson World War I Vet
Pharmacist Dies at 68
Lawrence H. Wilson, Active in Masonry
A prominent Mason and well-known Windsor druggist, Lawrence Hugh (Larry) Wilson, 68, of 430 Elm Ave., died Wednesday at Grace Hospital after a lengthy illness.
Born in Cherry Hill, Ont., he came to Windsor from London in 1919. He was a director of Campearys Drugs Stores Ltd., Windsor, and manager of the London and Windsor stores until his retirement last year. He was a graduate of Ontario College of Pharmacy at Toronto and served his apprenticeship in London. He was also a veteran of World War I.
He was a past master of Ontario Lodge 521 A.F. and A.M., member of Windsor Lodge of Perfection, Rose Croix of Windsor, Moore Consistory of Hamilton, A. and A.S.R., Mocha Shrine Temple and Hiram Abiff Shrine Club of Windsor. He was also a member of Central United Church.
He is survived by his widow, Gertrude (Jane) Irene; two brothers, James Wilson, of Forest, and one sister, Mrs. Jean Baker, of Palatka, Florida.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1 p.m. at Charles J. Ellison Chapel, Rev. George Houston officiating, assisted by Rev. Nathaniel Cole. Special lodge services will be at 8 p.m. Friday under the auspices of Ontario Lodge 521.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 