Although his descendants don’t have a bit of Wilson blood, the Wilson name in this large Kenai Peninsula family line comes from James Russell Wilson who was born in Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, Scotland in 1832 and died sometime after his marriage to Ekatrina Pomfilov in Kenai Alaska in August 1880.
Ekatrina had previously been married to Paul Panfin in Kenai and they had two children, Filipp (Philip) and Paul. When Ekatrina married James Wilson the children took the Wilson last name.
Philip Panfin Wilson was born 1874 in Kenai and died 1941. He married Sofia Myshiakov and they had 11 children including
James “Jimmy” Wilson (1903-1973) married Mary Hunter and their children included Anna and Albert Wilson before they separated and Mary moved to Seldovia. She later married Robert Mitchell and Michael McDonough.
Abraham “Abe” Wilson (1915-1974) married Tania Sorokovikoff.