The name is variously transcribed as Milson and Milsom. He puts his birth in different documents as Bucks or Galway. His parents certainly married in Galway, but he was undoubtedly born in Bucks
1886 When the first child Herbert was born, the family were in Kilkea, Athy, Kildare. Isaac must have been working at either Kilkea House or Kilkea Castle
The Milsom family returned to England between 1886 and 1889, probably 1888 by the births of the children
1889 Jul 14 born Bucks as Harry Gordon Milsom
1889 Aug . Isaac Milsom is cited as the Head Gardener at Claydon Park when it had the annual flower Show
1891 census in Bucks
1893 Isaac Milson is cites as a judge at a local fair and was the Gardener to Sir Harry Verney of Claydon House
1895 His father gave a talk
1900 His parents seemed against vaacination
1901 census at Bucks
1907 He is in Canada
1911 Census his parents and 3 sibllings are living in Bucks
1912 Hi parents emigrated to Canada
His parents emigrate to Canada. Isaac took with in Florence Nightingale's Medcine Chest " Preliminary research of the medicine chest revealed that Mr. Isaac Milsom had been the head gardener at Claydon House, and he and his wife Mary Ellen were intimate friends of the Nightingale sisters (Saskatoon Daily Star 1917). After Florence’s death in 1910, Mr. and Mrs. Milsom and family immigrated to Canada in 1912 (Census & Immigration of Canada 1912; Census of England 1911) bringing the medicine chest with them."
1913 Isaac is happy with his situation in Canada
1914 Sep 4. He enlisted in CEF (it is filed as Milsom rather than Milson). He claims born Galway 18 Aug 1889. He later lists a wife Kathleen in Sussex
1915 Harry gives a recruiting talk in Buckingham
1916 Prairie Provences Census gives his parents. They emigrated to Canada in 1912
1917 Jul 1 Commissioned Lt
1917 Aug 28 Married in Bexhill, england to Kathleen D Mary Sproull
1918 Jun 15 Struck off CEF to work for British & Canadian Recruiting Mission
1918 Apr/Jun a son Patrick born in Sussex
1918 "Sunset Night and Dawn " a self published ww1 book by Canadian Soldier Harry Gordon Milson
1919 Sep 8 His wife Kathleen and son Patrick arrie in USA from UK
1920 Nov 25 a son John McNabb Milsom baptised in Philadelphia
1921 Jun 7 enlisted as RIC no 81381. Chauffeur & ex-soldier. Odd because he could have joined as a T/Cadet and earned more money
1921 Nov 26 Posted Kings Co
1922 Jan 31 Disbanded
1922 directory shows Kathleen & Harry living at Wildwood, New Jersey.
1923 Admitted Camden Workhouse. He is homeless. Nearest relative is his father Isaac in Kingston, Jamaica
1924 Apr/Jun the birth of daughter Sheila Elizabeth Milsom registered in Rathdrum, Ireland
1926 Mar His wife Kathleen with children Patrick, John and Sheila Elizabeth (shipping record says she was born Enniskerry, Ireland) arrive Canada from UK
1928 Married in New York to Ednah Louise McKinley. His first wife does not appear to have died, and it is difficult to know if he abandoned heer and the children, or that they parted
1931 A son born of Ednah and a daughter the next year at Syracuse, Onondaga, New York
1933 Jun 30 Record of crossing Canada/USA
1937 Aug 9 Died Barton, New York
1992 Mar His first wife died in Canada
