Marion Lucille Wilks

1920 - 1952  (31 years)

• Name	Marion Lucille Wilks
  Born	29 Nov 1920  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Misfortune	1952
  	sucide
  Name	Marion Lucille Willison
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-83009
  Died	21 Oct 1952	New York City, New York, USA.   [1]
  Buried	Saint James Episcopal Churchyard, Hyde Park, Dutchess, New York, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I83009	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Eugene Langdon "Langdon" Wilks,   b. 9 Dec 1855, , New York State, USA ,   d. 9 Jul 1934, Tours, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Marguerite Roberta Briquet,   b. 16 May 1880,   d. 28 Apr 1961, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Married	, France
  Family ID	F35258	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Second Lieutenant William Archibald "Bill" Willison,   b. 20 May 1917,   d. 27 May 1940  (Age 23 years)
  Children	1. Toni Willison
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F21619	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  James D. Ramsay in 1901 image from Hespeler Souvenir

  
  

• Notes

  "At Home" For Daughter Langdon Wilks of "Langdon Hall", Blair, arranged an "at home" at her spacious residence Saturday afternoon in compliment to her debutante daughter, Mss Marion Wilks, whose coming out party will be a smart event at the Royal York hotel on Nov. 23. Large numbers of guests were present from the Twin City and Galt and they were received by the hostess and Miss Wilks in the drawing room where chrysanthemums in yellow and rich sumac tones lent touches of glowing color to the backgrounds. Mrs. Wilks wore a gown of copper velvet and Mas Wilks chose poudre blue velvet. Miss Anne Wilks and Miss Catherine Wilks were also present minging with the guests, the former wearing Royal blue velvet and the latter in brown crepe. Mrs. Wilks and her daughters all wore dainty corsages of tea roses. Assisting in the tea room were Miss Sally Peppler and Miss Carolyn Peppler of Toronto. Waterloo Chronicle 8 Nov 1938, p. 5 _______________ Canadian Heiress From Galt Found Dead in Gotham Hotel NEW YORK, (CP)-Mrs. Marlon Willison, 32, found dead in bathroom of her hotel room here Tuesday, was reported in Galt Ont, today to be the daughter Mrs. Langdon Wilks of Galt and member of the family of Hetty Green, famed American recluse heiress. It was said she inherited $25,000 of the Green fortune. New York police reported that Mrs. Willison apparently had taken an overdose of a sedative. A note was found saying that she couldn't go through another day" and asking "please watch over my the daughter, Toni." Mrs. Willison was said to be the widow of a Toronto , soldier, Lieut. William Willison, of missing in the 1941 evacuation of a Dunkerque. Her daughter, 12, is living with an aunt in Canada. Mrs. Willison was reported in Galt to be the niece of Mrs. Matthew Astor Wilks, the former Howland Green and daughter of the heiress Mrs. Wilks died in New York Feb. 5, 1951, leaving a small part of her $125,000,000 fortune to Mrs. Willison.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69531087.

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 21 Oct 1952 - New York City, New York, USA. Buried - - Saint James Episcopal Churchyard, Hyde Park, Dutchess, New York, United States  = Link to Google Earth