Use with caution; still inconclusive that this refers to a husband of Helen Adelia Frary.

1827 Birth:1795 Birth year of 1827 estimated based on age (53 years) in 1880 census enumeration; birth place of New York taken from same source.

1850 U.S. Census: A Charles Gilson enumerated as a single male, age 18, farmer in the household of Phineas Converse in Palermo Township, Oswego County, New York. (Ancestry.com: 1850, New York, Oswego, Palermo, image 36). << Use with caution; relationship not proven.

1860 U.S. Census: A Charles Gilson enumerated as a single male, age 25, farmer in the household of Stephen Baldwin and family in Palermo Township, Oswego County, New York. (Ancestry.com: 1860, New York, Oswego, Palermo, image 8). << Use with caution; relationship not proven.

1880 U.S. Census:1795
Cook County, Illinois (Chicago, Ward 5 & 6)
Enumerated 10 June 1880
53 37th Street
Chas. C. Gillson •• white, male, 53, head of family, married, carpenter in lumber yard, born in New York, father born in New York, mother born in Vermont
Helen •• white, female, 47, wife, married, born in New York, father born in Vermont, mother born in Vermont