Florence Mary Wilson (writer)

Florence Mary Wilson
Born	Florence Mary Addy c. 1870 County Antrim, Ireland
Died	1946 County Down, Ireland
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Irish

Florence Mary Wilson (c. 1870 – 1946) was a poet who wrote the ballad The Man from God Knows Where.

Life

Born in Lisburn, County Antrim to Robert Addy a mill manager, she married solicitor Fred Wilson in 1898 and lived in Bangor, County Down with whom she had six children. Wilson was a regular contributor to the Irish Homestead, Northern Whig, and other papers. She was a friend of Alice Milligan and Alice Stopford Green. Wilson wrote the ballad, The Man from God Knows Where in 1918 about Thomas Russell. She wrote a volume of poetry The Coming of the Earls which was republished frequently and was popular in America.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

References

1. "[Mrs] Florence Mary Wilson". www.ricorso.net.
2. Down, K-Point Internet Solutions - Warrenpoint, Newry, County. "The Dictionary of Ulster Biography". www.newulsterbiography.co.uk.
3. "Florence Mary Wilson". My Families. 9 July 2010.
4. "Linen Hall Library celebrates its 225th anniversary". The Irish Times.
5. Guy Beiner (1 February 2007). Remembering the Year of the French: Irish Folk History and Social Memory. Univ of Wisconsin Press. pp. 132–. ISBN 978-0-299-21823-2.
6. "Strangford Lough - Literary Strangford". www.visitstrangfordlough.co.uk.
7. "Irish Genealogy" (PDF). civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie.