Person:Aurilla Wilson (1)

  Aura Bendle's young life had tragedy, sadness, and upheaval. By the age of 5, in 1890, her mother had died, she and her twin sister, May, were living in a Cleveland, Ohio, Orphanage, and she was being taken away from there. A couple from Charlotte, Chautauqua County, New York, Cyrus and Katie Wilson, had traveled to Cleveland to find two healthy girls to adopt from an orphanage. Cyrus and Katie wanted two healthy, strong girls so they choose Aura and another little girl named May, but left Aura's twin behind. 
  Cyrus and Katie Wilson gave Aura the surname Wilson. They sent the girls to school, taught them all of the farm chores like hand milking the cows, cleaning the barn stalls, and how to work. Katie taught them all of the home arts like sewing, quilting, knitting, crocheting, cooking, and baking. Aura told her children and grandchildren that she was always thankful to Cyrus and Katie as they gave her a family life and brought her up to be a nice person. To Aura's children, Cyrus and Katie were Grandpa and Grandma. 
  Aura had an older sister, Florence, and brother, Henry, in addition to May in her birth family. They found each other in adult hood and kept in contact.  In my search for Aura's birth parents, I found the 1880 Federal census for Cardington, Morrow,Ohio, that listed a Bendle family. Robert Bendle, age 29, his wife, May, age 20, and their daughter, Florence, age 7 months. The family story was that Aura's mother died when she was very young but I've not found proof yet. Robert Bendle death is listed in the Cardington Newspaper Index. He died of heart disease 16 Nov 1895. One explanation is that Robert either sent the children to Cleveland, or traveled there himself with them, after his wife died. There is some relation in Cleveland in later census records. 
  Decades after Aura's death, one of Aura's grandsons found an old brochure from the 'Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum' in her belongings. It may be the orphanage that Aura and May had been in. She had kept the brochure for some reason and it seems reasonable that it held great significance to her because that is where she lived for at least a few months or years.--Kath newc 17:48, 19 January 2010 (EST)

About 1906

1920, crocheting on the outside steps of her home

1. ↑ Chautauqua, New York, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Cyras Wilson, age 54, born 1846.
   : Katie, age 52, born June 1847, wife, Number of children: 2, and 2 still living.
   : Frank, age 20, born Jan 1880, son.

   Cyrus, Katie and Frank all born in New York, as were their own parents. Adopted daughter, Orrie B., age 14, born Oct. 1885 in Ohio. Adopted daughter, May A., age 12, born Oct 1887 in Ohio. Cyrus is misspelled as Cyras.

   HeritageQuest online census collection. Available through some libraries.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Find A Grave.

   Aura DORMAN CAMPBELL (1885 - 1969)

   http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=campbell&GSfn=aura&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=36&GScnty=1984&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=7865299&df=all&

3. ↑ Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003.

   Name Aurilla Bendle
   Event Type Birth
   Event Date 15 Nov 1885
   Event Place Cardington tp, Morrow, Ohio
   Gender Female
   Father's Name Robert Bendle
   Mother's Name Marilla Brown

   "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRMW-NH5 : accessed 15 August 2015), Marilla Brown in entry for Aurilla Bendle, 15 Nov 1885; citing Birth, Cardington tp, Morrow, Ohio, reference p 28, county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 388,775.