Ancestry of Aileen Wuornos

compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner


The following material on the immediate ancestry of Aileen Wuornos should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.





William Addams Reitwiesner

wargs@wargs.com


Ancestry of Aileen Wuornos
1 Aileen Carol Pittman, b. Rochester, Mich., 29 Feb. 1956, on 18 March 1960 adopted by her maternal grandparents and renamed "Aileen Carol Wuornos", d. [lethal injection] Raiford, Fla., 9 Oct. 2002
PARENTS
2 Leo Dale Briggs, b. ... 1937, in 1944 adopted by his maternal grandparents and renamed "Leo Dale Pittman", d. [hanged, presumably suicide] Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kan., 30 Jan. 1969, bur. Leavenworth, Kansas
m. ... 3 June 1954, div. ... 14 Nov. 1955,
3 Diane Kathleen Wuornos, b. ... 12 Aug. 1939
GRANDPARENTS
4 Arthur Briggs, b. ... , d. ...
m. ... , div. ... 1938
5 Ellen Lorraine Pittman, b. ... , Ind., ... [ca. 1920], d. ...
6 Lauri Jacob Wuornos, b. ... , Mich., 28 Jan. 1911, d. [suicide] Avon, Mich., 12 March 1976 [SSDI 363-05-8078]
m.
7 Aileen Britta Moilanen, b. ... , Mich., 1 Feb. 1917, d. ... 7 July 1971 [SSDI 380-22-6133]
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
10 Leo Herbert Pittman, b. ... , Ind., 4 Feb. 1899, d. ...
m.
11 Ida E ... , b. ... , Mich., ... [ca. 1902], d. ... [living 1966]
12 ... Wuornos, b. ... , Finland, ... , d. [suicide] ... Mich., ...
m.
13 ... , b. ... , Finland, ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
20 John Pittman, b. ... , Ind., ... Jan. 1862, d. ... [living 1910]
m.
21 Nellie ... , b. ... , Ind., ... Dec. 1870, d. ... [livong 1910]
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS








EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS







1930 Michigan, Oakland Co., Royal Oak, ED 103, sheet 12A, line 1

Pittman Leo H       H    M W 31 M 17     IN IN IN     Service Man    Automobile Factory
        Ida E       W    F W 28 M 15     MI MI MI
        Herbert L   S    M W 11 S        IN IN MI
        Ellen L     D    F W 10 S        IN IN MI

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1930 Michigan, Haughton Co., Osceola Twp., ED 29, sheet 16B, line 55

Koponen John      H           M W 32      M 20   F  F  F     1905 Un    Farmer       Farm General
        Meyene    W           F W 30      M 18   MI F  F
        Eino      S           M W  9      S      MI F  MI
        Robert    S           M W  1 1/12 S      MI F  MI
Wuornis Lauri     Farm hand   M W 19      S      MI F  F                Farm Labor   Farm General

F = Finland

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1910 Indiana, Vermillion Co., Clinton, ED 118, sheet 4A, line 50, continued on sheet 4B

Pittman John      H         M W 49      M2 13        IN VA IN     Fireman    Coal Mine
        Nellie    W         F W 39      M2 13 4 3    IN IN IN
Noblet Numa       StepD     F W 19      M1  1 1 1    IN IN IN
       Homer      StepS     M W 13      S            IN IN IN
Short Donald      StepGS    M W    9/12 S            IN IN IN

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1900 Indiana, Vermillion Co., Clinton, ED 89, sheet 16A, line 16

Pitman John      H     W M Jan 1862 38 M 2         IN IN IN       Day Laborer
       Nellie    W     W F Dec 1870 29 M 2 4 3     IN IN IN
       Nema      D     W F Dec 1889 10 S           IN IN IN
       Homer     S     W M Jun 1897  2 S           IN IN IN
       Leo       S     W M Feb 1899  1 S           IN IN IN

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