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William WILLIS (1836 - 1924)
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Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
William Henry WILLIS (1868 - )
Frances Mary WILLIS (1870 - )
Henry Stephenson WILLIS (1872 - )
Catherine Edith WILLIS (1874 - )
Frank WILLIS (1876 - )
Constance WILLIS (1878 - )
Arthur Ernest WILLIS (1881 - )
 William WILLIS (1836 - 1924)

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Mary Simons STEPHENSON (1836 - 1929)
 William WILLIS (1798 - 1880) John WILLIS (1743 - ) Robert WILLIS (1718 - 1763)
Ann WHELDON (1723 - 1755)
Elizabeth SPOTSWOOD (1761 - )



Mary (WILLIS) (1803 - 1867)











William WILLIS Mary Simons STEPHENSON
William WILLIS William WILLIS
William WILLIS Mary Simons STEPHENSON William WILLIS William WILLIS
b. 08 Mar 1836 at Whickham, Durham, England
m. 24 Sep 1867 Mary Simons STEPHENSON (1836 - 1929) at Whickham, Durham, England
d. 07 Jul 1924 at Whickham, Durham, England aged 88
Parents:
William WILLIS (1798 - 1880)
Mary (WILLIS) (1803 - 1867)
Siblings (6):
John WILLIS (1826 - 1901)
Margaret WILLIS (1828 - )
Elizabeth WILLIS (1831 - 1853)
Jane WILLIS (1833 - 1908)
Thomas WILLIS (1838 - 1903)
George WILLIS (1840 - 1921)
Children (7):
William Henry WILLIS (1868 - )
Frances Mary WILLIS (1870 - )
Henry Stephenson WILLIS (1872 - )
Catherine Edith WILLIS (1874 - )
Frank WILLIS (1876 - )
Constance WILLIS (1878 - )
Arthur Ernest WILLIS (1881 - )
Events in William WILLIS (1836 - 1924)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
08 Mar 1836 William WILLIS was born Whickham, Durham, England
bef 1867 31 Death of mother Mary (WILLIS) (aged 64) Whickham, Durham, England
24 Sep 1867 31 Married Mary Simons STEPHENSON (aged 31) Whickham, Durham, England
bef 28 Oct 1868 32 Birth of son William Henry WILLIS Whickham, Durham, England
bef 20 Oct 1870 34 Birth of daughter Frances Mary WILLIS Whickham, Durham, England
bef 29 May 1872 36 Birth of son Henry Stephenson WILLIS Whickham, Durham, England
bef 20 May 1874 38 Birth of daughter Catherine Edith WILLIS Whickham, Durham, England
1876 40 Birth of son Frank WILLIS
1878 42 Birth of daughter Constance WILLIS
30 Jul 1880 44 Death of father William WILLIS (aged 81) Whickham, Durham, England Note 1
1881 45 Birth of son Arthur Ernest WILLIS
1881 45 Census Whickham, Durham, England
1891 55 Census Whickham, Durham, England
07 Jul 1924 88 William WILLIS died Whickham, Durham, England
Note 1: FreeBMD Sep 1880 10a 562 Gateshead
Personal Notes:
1851 census has him as a servant.

Buried in Whickham churchyard plot A91. Plaque and windows in the church dedicated to William who had been organist and rector`s warden for over 70 years
This public tree has about 60,100 people. Every person in the tree is related by birth or marriage to at least one other person in the tree - no strays. The people in the tree come mainly from four projects.
  1. My family tree. The original project begun about 1998. ID numbers less than about 6,000
  2. Canberra and Queanbeyan Pioneers. The next 30,000 begun about 2004. Sourced almost entirely from HAGSOC's excellent 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan'. The project began when I decided to add siblings, spouses and parents for a relation with an entry in the Register. 12 years work.
  3. Wagga Pioneers. I moved to Wagga and thought I would extend the Queanbeyan project by adding people from Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society's 'Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District'. About 10,300 people added over about a year.
  4. Tumut Valley Pioneers. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I decided to extend the above projects by adding pioneers of the Tumut Valley. Initial sources were Snowden's 'Pioneers of the Tumut Valley' and 'Relict of ... Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District'. Excellent references published by Tumut Family History Group. I've also added material from newspapers of the time - especially, death records, obituaries and weddings from 'Tumut and Adelong Times'. This project is in its early stage and might take a few years. I plan to extend to the upper Monaro (Adaminaby, Kiandra, Cooma, Jindabyne).
I upload new information to this website about every 3 months. My motivation for these projects is to provide public information for people seeking to trace ancestors and what became of them. Much of the information I provide can be difficult to find.
If you find errors - anything incorrect (dates, places, wrong parents, wrong children), and you have evidence, I would love to fix them. Or, if you have information that would extend my projects, do not hestiate to contact me on the email link below. I do not publish information on living people - which means I'm not much interested in people born after about 1920, and I usually distrust material from before about 1770 without extremely good sources.
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