The family’s record in Aubrey is one family of many accomplishments in making this a better community which we all enjoy today.

Abbie married Illie King; Margaret married Jack Brumley; John died in later life; Dorothy married Leon Brockett; and Willie Mae married L.H. Kruger.

The entire family and spouses were a part of the Black Jack community. My intentions are to mention more about this family in later issues, because their contributions to our community are an example of early day family and community efforts – and in our late years a hind site to what a great benefit they have created.

Dorothy called me last week. We spent about an hour in pleasant conversation recalling the families that were listed on the 1930 census. During the 1930 survey, this Wilson family lived on W. Pecan Street.

At the time this census was conducted by Mrs. Ada Allen, I was four months old, but Dorothy was five and she has sisters and a brother that were older than she. So you can see, she gave me information about things that I don’t recall due to my age.

According to the census roll, Thomas M. Wilson was 59 years old in 1930. His mother was born in Missouri and his father was born in Texas. According to this record, Tom was born about the time that Aubrey did away with the Indian name "Onega."

His wife Jimmy was 17 years old when they got married. Tom was not a veteran of the military, but during 1930, the couple did possess one of the 14 radios in the town of 289 people.

The readers of this column have been responding very well to me on what I have mentioned on different occasions, and it is through these people that I am able to share more information with you.

I have mentioned before that there was another family, the Kelly family, that dates back to the 1870's. I was pleased to learn that Howard Kelly is a descendant of these early day settlers. The Kelly family owned one of the gins in Aubrey. Few of us recall the gins. The photo shows that it was located just east of the railroad track and joined the railroad easement and a was a few hundred feet to the northeast of where the present day peanut dryer is now located.

Howard and I examined the photos closely and have guessed at whom some of the workers might be. Again, I am asking you to look closely at the workers to determine if you recognize anyone in the photo.

I am having trouble identifying the houses that were close by in the photo. See if you can help identify these houses as well, before it becomes too late.

Some of the families that could possibly be in the photos would be Kelly, Byrom, Ratchfords, Housden, D. Garrison, and Bud Spencer and others.

I think one of them could be Adam Jones, a buyer and perhaps some of the Redfearn family.

So if you can help us, let us know. I do believe the photos were made around 1890 to 1900.