More on Grandpa Wilson

I was going through a bunch of pictures to see if there were others of my grandpa I could put here. I found this one of him when he was just a little tyke. It's amazing how much he looks like my brother's boys.


Here are a couple others of him. First, of him at home, closer to the age I remember him.


And this one of a comment he submitted to a newspaper, at the age I remember him best.

You may have noticed that some of the labels list the spelling of his name with only one "L" and others with two "L"s. His name is really spelled with only one "L". Most people just called him "Russ" anyway. I just called him "Grandpa".

Grandpa Wilson

My Dad's dad, was Russel George Wilson. He was born Christmas day, 1911 in Kimberly, Idaho. Here are some early pictures of Grandpa. I learned some fun things about this man that I didn't know before. When I knew him, he was very quiet, often grouchy, fought his way through cancer, and eventually died on 3 December, 1986 in Twin Falls, Idaho.

I do remember he had a small motorcycle, and would take turns taking me and my siblings on rides around "town" on it. I loved it!

Ila is my Grandma Wilson, Russel's wife.

Grandpa was a sheep herder before he married Grandma. It must have been a long and lonely job. He wrote some poetry while he was out there. I'll share that next time.

Portrait Pedigree

I know the individual images are pretty small here, but its a start. Eventually I will show each image seperately with more detailed information.