Olive Devesy (nee Detlor) Wilson

Victoria UELAC Early Member: Olive Devesy (nee Detlor) Wilson, 1884 -1972

  • Born in Goderich, Huron, Ontario.
  • In 1921 Census, living at home with parents in Strathcona, Alberta, 35 years, single, occupation is saleslady. 
  • Victoria UELAC Branch went into abeyance in the 1950’s and in 1967, Olive Wilson decided to reactivate the U.E.L. Association in Victoria as her Centennial Project..  
  • In 1942, raffled a box of Peggy Page chocolates to UELAC members. On Executive in 1934/35.
  • Buried at Royal Oak Cemetery. 
  • UE Loyalist Ancestor: Valentine Detlor, 1726-1798 and Jeremiah Schram, 1761-1826.