| AdminHistory | William Wilson (1857-1909) and Hannah Wilson (1958-1945) were Emmeline Cadbury's parents. The Wilson and Cadbury families became intimate following the marriage of William's father to Emma Wilson in 1871 and a visit by William Wilson and his young family in the autumn of 1889.
The Wilsons studied to become teachers at Wigton School, Cumberland, where they met. William later trained to be a doctor. He joined the Friends Foreign Mission Association in 1877. He was first based in Madagascar where Hannah joined him once they were married. He returned to England in 1900, took the post of the Secretary of Friends Foreign Mission Association [FFMA] and along with travelling extensively in Madagascar he joined a deputation to Syria, China and India. William Wilson died suddenly following an operation to remove his appendix. |