Sgt John Wilson Timeline
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Updated: 14 Dec 2020
A timeline on the life of Sergeant Wilson. A money scandal. A love triangle. An bloody, enigmatic murder.
Based on the book by Lois Simmie: The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson - A True Story of Love & Murder
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Created byStephanie Walter
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January 1 - 1908Polly Hutchison and John Wilson were married.July 1912 (Exact date not known)- John left on a ship to Canada.Oct 1916 Exact date is unknown. Polly and John's second child is born - a precious baby girl.August 1914 - The exact date is unknown. John Wilson joined the RCMP - he became a Royal Northwest Mounted Police!In early April - Exact date is unknown - Polly Wilson left for Canada to find her beloved husband - John Wilson.September 27, 1918 - Two main events happened on this day . First of all, John purchased a marriage license (So he could marry Jessie Patterson). The other event is this: John Wilson murdered his sweet, brown-haired, good-hearted wife Polly.September 29, 1918 - John Wilson marries Jessie Patterson.(The book did not state an exact date, but it did happen in May sometime.) Polly and John's first baby is born - a boy whom they named George.On April 23, 1920, Sgt. John Wilson was hung. On this exact same day, his wife Jessie Patterson gave birth to John's third child: John WIlson Junior.November 7, 1919 - John was arrested and charged with the murder of his wife Polly.John joins the RCMP at Blaine Lake. (The exact date is not known, but it did happen sometime in July, in the year of 1915.December 1917 - Throughout his bout with tuberculosis, sometime in the middle of winter in 1917, John Wilson asks Jessie Patterson for her hand in marriage. Jessie accepts.September 17, 1918. John moved to Saskatoon where he is in charge of the Military Police, with 34 men under his order.December 12, 1919. Polly Wilson's body was discovered in a culvert 6 miles west of Waldheim.November 7, 1919 - Sgt. John Wilson was dismissed from the service of the Royal North West Mounted Police.Periods
WIlson became very sick with tuberculosis through the winter of 1917-1918.April 12-April 18 (1918) The Mauretania docks at the Halifax harbour at exactly 11:28 A.M. (April 12).June 7, 1886 Polly Hutchinson was born.
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