Elizabeth Spencer WILLS (1852

Elizabeth Spencer WILLS (1852 - 1930)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Edward St Lawrence SHAW (1878 - 1952) Lesley Elizabeth SHAW (1879 - 1879) Ellen Marian SHAW (1880 - 1949) Doris Minna SHAW (1881 - 1932) Elshie Adela SHAW (1883 - 1923) Phyllis Joan SHAW (1886 - 1887) Horace Foster SHAW (1888 - 1968) Lester Boyd SHAW (1890 - 1960) Max Douglas SHAW (1897 - 1975)	Elizabeth Spencer WILLS (1852 - 1930) + Edward Lesley SHAW (1849 - 1908)	Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS (1811 - 1861)	Edward Spencer WILLS (1778 - 1811)	Edward WILLS ( - 1814)
				Elizabeth (WILLS) (1738 - 1822)
			Sarah HARDING (1776 - 1823)	Thomas HARDING
				Sarah (HARDING)
		Elizabeth (MCGUIRE) WYRE (1817 - 1907)	Michael (WYER) MCGUIRE (1781 - 1823)

			Jane WALLACE (1780 - )

Pic P1. from 'A Currency Lad'

Pic 1. from 'A Currency Lad'

b. 07 Jan 1852 at 'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia

m. 03 Apr 1877 Edward Lesley SHAW (1849 - 1908) at Victoria, Australia

d. 21 Nov 1930 at Prahran, Victoria, Australia aged 78

Near Relatives of Elizabeth Spencer WILLS (1852 - 1930)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Edward Spencer WILLS	13 Aug 1778	London, Middlesex, England	14 May 1811	Sydney, NSW, Australia	32
Grandmother	Sarah HARDING	Aug 1776	London, Middlesex, England	08 Jul 1823	Sydney, NSW, Australia	46
Grandfather	Michael (WYER) MCGUIRE	abt 1781	Meath, Ireland	17 Mar 1823	Sydney, NSW, Australia	42
Grandmother	Jane WALLACE	abt 1780	Ireland

Father in Law	Forster SHAW	1809	Dublin, Ireland	1883	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	74
Mother in Law	Ellen Boyd WEBB	1821	Madras, India	1890	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	69

Father	Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS	05 Oct 1811	Sydney, NSW, Australia	17 Oct 1861	'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia	50
Mother	Elizabeth (MCGUIRE) WYRE	1817	Sydney, NSW, Australia	28 Dec 1907	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	90

Self	Elizabeth Spencer WILLS	07 Jan 1852	'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia	21 Nov 1930	Prahran, Victoria, Australia	78

Husband	Edward Lesley SHAW	16 Jan 1849	Victoria, Australia	08 Apr 1908	London, Middlesex, England	59

Son	Edward St Lawrence SHAW	07 Mar 1878	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	1952	Birkenhead, Cheshire, England	74
Daughter	Lesley Elizabeth SHAW	04 Feb 1879	Creswick, Victoria, Australia	26 Apr 1879	Victoria, Australia	0
Daughter	Ellen Marian SHAW	04 May 1880	Victoria, Australia	28 Oct 1949	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	69
Daughter	Doris Minna SHAW	10 Jul 1881	Tarr...., Victoria	1932	Adelaide, Victoria, Australia	51
Daughter	Elshie Adela SHAW	27 Apr 1883	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	12 Dec 1923	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	40
Daughter	Phyllis Joan SHAW	18 Sep 1886	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	18 Jun 1887	Malvern, Victoria, Australia	0
Son	Horace Foster SHAW	06 Jun 1888	Armadale, Victoria, Australia	30 Apr 1968	Glen, Victoria, Australia	79
Son	Lester Boyd SHAW	06 Nov 1890	Armadale, Victoria, Australia	1960	Sandford, Victoria, Australia	70
Son	Max Douglas SHAW	17 Jul 1897	Switzerland	1975	Camb, Victoria, Australia	78

Brother	Thomas Wentworth WILLS	1836	Molongolo Plains, NSW, Australia	02 May 1880	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	44
Sister	Emily Spencer WILLS	25 Dec 1842	'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia	06 Dec 1925	"Molongolo", Kew, Victoria, Australia	82
Brother	Cedric Spencer WILLS	01 Dec 1844	'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia	23 Jan 1914	Springsure, Queensland, Australia	69
Brother	Horace Spencer WILLS	16 Jun 1847	Lexington, Victoria, Australia	08 Oct 1928	Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	81
Brother	Egbert Spencer WILLS	11 Nov 1849	Lexington, Victoria, Australia	11 Sep 1931	Kew, Victoria, Australia	81
Sister	Eugenie (Duckey) Spencer WILLS	28 Jan 1854	Lexington, Victoria, Australia	08 Jul 1937	Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	83
Sister	Minna Spencer WILLS	01 Mar 1856	"Bellevue", Geelong, Victoria, Australia	14 Feb 1943	Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	86
Sister	Hortense Sarah Spencer WILLS	16 Aug 1861	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	02 Jul 1907	Maidenhead, Berkshire, England	45

Daughter in Law	Eleanor Sarah NICHOLSON	1881	Sultanpur, India	1931	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	50
Son in Law	Arthur CLAPPERTON
Daughter in Law	Olive Mary MCINTYRE	abt 1893		1950	Hampton, Victoria, Australia	57
Daughter in Law	Leonora PITMAN
Daughter in Law	Gertrude Mary MOORE	abt 1887		1973	Richmond, Victoria, Australia	86

Grandson	Edward John St Laurence SHAW	28 Oct 1908	St Lawence Parish, Jersey, Chanel Islands	1977	Lake Bolac, Victoria, Australia	69
Granddaughter	Betty Ethna SHAW	09 Feb 1911	Magar, Upper Burma
Grandson	John MCINTYRE	1914		1914		0
Granddaughter	Elizabeth Lesley MCINTYRE	03 Apr 1915
Granddaughter	Lester Malcolm Edward 'Peter' MCINTYRE	28 Mar 1917
Grandson	George St Lawrence SHAW	1919	Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia	1969	Jolimont, Victoria, Australia	50
Grandson	George St Laurence "Bill" SHAW	02 Nov 1919		1969		50
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased

Aunt	Sarah WILLS	23 Apr 1796	England	Dec 1876	St Giles, London, England	80
Uncle	William REDFERN	1774	Canada	17 Jul 1833	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	59
Uncle	James ALEXANDER	1797	Lanarkshire, Scotland	29 Jul 1877		80
Uncle	Thomas WILLS	05 Aug 1800	Sydney, NSW, Australia	29 Jul 1872	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	71
Aunt	Celia REIBEY	1802	Camden, NSW, Australia	28 Sep 1823	NSW, Australia	21
Aunt	Marie Anne BARRY	21 Sep 1801	London, Middlesex, England	19 May 1870		68
Aunt	Mary Ann MELLARD	1830	Peckham, Camberwell, London, Surrey, England
Aunt	Eliza WILLS	10 Sep 1802	Sydney, NSW, Australia	30 Sep 1858	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	56
Uncle	Henry Colden ANTILL	01 May 1779	New York, NY, USA	14 Aug 1852	'Jarvisfield', Picton, NSW, Australia	73
Uncle	Edward Spencer WILLS	16 Feb 1805	Sydney, NSW, Australia	1830	London, Middlesex, England	25
Aunt	Elizabeth Selina WILLS	30 Nov 1807	Sydney, NSW, Australia	18 Jan 1811	Sydney, NSW, Australia	3
Aunt	Jane HOWE	09 Nov 1816	Sydney, NSW, Australia	23 Nov 1880	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	64
Uncle	Capt. John HARRISON	1800	Cumberland, England	21 Jul 1869	Williamstown, Victoria, Australia	69
Aunt	Catherine (WYER) MCGUIRE	abt 1815	Sydney, NSW, Australia	1893	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	78
Uncle	William ROOPE			1881	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Aunt	Ann MCGUIRE	abt 1819	Sydney, NSW, Australia

Cousin	William Lachlan Macquarie REDFERN	1819	Australia	1904	Westminster, London, England	85
Cousin	Joseph Foveaux REDFERN	1823		1830	Sydney, NSW, Australia	7
Cousin	Sarah Elizabeth ALEXANDER	1835	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland	1905	Paddington, London, England	70
Cousin	Alice WILLS	06 May 1823	Camden, NSW, Australia	14 Apr 1824	NSW, Australia	0
Cousin	William Henry WILLS	01 Dec 1827		abt 1828		1
Cousin	Catherine Spencer WILLS	24 Nov 1831	Ci, Sydney, NSW	27 Aug 1884	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	52
Cousin	Amelia WILLS	1854	Kensington, London, Middlesex, England
Cousin	Arthur WILLS	18 Feb 1857	Hammersmith, Middlesex, England	14 Oct 1932	Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	75
Cousin	Harry Spencer WILLS	13 Sep 1858	Brighton, Sussex, England	1914	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	56
Cousin	Frederick WILLS	19 Jul 1860	St John's Wood, Middlesex, London, England
Cousin	Charles Ernest WILLS	15 Nov 1861	St John's Wood, Middlesex, London, England
Cousin	Margaret Campbell ANTILL	27 Jun 1820	Sydney, NSW, Australia	22 Jul 1849	Camden, Oaks, Picton, Stonequarry, NSW	29
Cousin	John Macquarie ANTILL	30 May 1822	Liverpool, NSW, Australia	1900	Picton, NSW, Australia	78
Cousin	Henry Colden ANTILL	07 Apr 1826	Camden, NSW, Australia	1913	Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia	87
Cousin	Alice Sophia ANTILL	1827	Liverpool, NSW, Australia	1920	London, Middlesex, England	93
Cousin	William Redfern ANTILL	1828	Campbelltown, NSW, Australia	1905	Picton, NSW, Australia	77
Cousin	Thomas Wills ANTILL	1829	Campbelltown, NSW, Australia	18 May 1865	Nelson, New Zealand	36
Cousin	Edward Spencer ANTILL	20 Jul 1832	Picton, NSW, Australia	1917	Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia	85
Cousin	James Alexander ANTILL	1834	Cobbitty, Narellan, NSW, Australia	1920	Rockdale, Sydney, NSW, Australia	86
Cousin	Selina Elizabeth ANTILL	1837	Cobbitty, Narellan, NSW, Australia	1924	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	87
Cousin	Loftus Cliff ANTILL	06 Dec 1839	Stonequarry, Picton, NSW, Australia	1840	Stonequarry, Picton, NSW, Australia	1
Cousin	John Arthur HARRISON			1897
Cousin	Adela Ann HARRISON	11 Sep 1834		23 Jul 1910	Victoria, Australia	75
Cousin	Henry Colden Antill HARRISON	16 Oct 1836	Cj, NSW, Australia	02 Sep 1929	Kew, Victoria, Australia	92
Cousin	George Alfred HARRISON	1838
Cousin	Kate HARRISON	1840		1914	Minto, NSW, Australia	74
Cousin	Alice HARRISON	1842
Cousin	Ernest HARRISON	1845
Cousin	Horace Washington HARRISON	1848	Avon, Victoria, Australia	09 Feb 1869	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	21

Niece	Eva Wills HARRISON	11 Aug 1865	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	27 Sep 1869	Victoria, Australia	4
Nephew	Horace HARRISON	25 Dec 1866	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia	1867	Victoria, Australia	1
Niece	Kate Wills HARRISON	26 Feb 1868	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1955	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	87
Niece	Emily Rosalie (Rose) HARRISON	23 Jul 1869		1947	Hove, Sussex, England	78
Nephew	Henry Norman HARRISON	28 Jul 1870		09 May 1895	Broad Arrow, WA, Australia	24
Niece	Ida Mary HARRISON	20 Jan 1872	Kew, Victoria, Australia	01 Aug 1872	Victoria, Australia	0
Nephew	Eric Spencer HARRISON	1874		1874	Victoria, Australia	0
Niece	Ruby Spencer HARRISON	25 Mar 1876	Victoria, Australia	1958	Richmond, Victoria, Australia	82
Niece	Alma Wills (twin) HARRISON	31 Mar 1882	Kew, Victoria, Australia	1960	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	78
Niece	Eileen Spencer (twin) HARRISON	31 Mar 1882	Kew, Victoria, Australia	1882	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia	0
Niece	Elizabeth Spencer WILLS	12 Mar 1873	Queensland, Australia	24 Oct 1956	Queensland, Australia	83
Niece	Edith Spencer WILLS	10 Jun 1874	Queensland, Australia	15 Sep 1956	Queensland, Australia	82
Niece	Emily (Emilyne) Spencer WILLS	16 Aug 1875	Kew, Victoria, Australia	05 Feb 1960	Queensland, Australia	84
Nephew	Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS	28 Aug 1876	'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia	30 Aug 1960	Springsure, Queensland, Australia	84
Nephew	Cedric Spencer WILLS	29 Nov 1877	'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia	25 Sep 1957	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	79
Nephew	George WILLS	abt 1879
Niece	Minnie Spencer WILLS	27 Apr 1880	Queensland, Australia	23 Sep 1962	Queensland, Australia	82
Nephew	Egbert Spencer WILLS	23 Jul 1881	Queensland, Australia	04 Aug 1888	Queensland, Australia	7
Niece	Rose Spencer WILLS	16 Sep 1882	'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia	21 Feb 1969	Queensland, Australia	86
Niece	Ruby Spencer WILLS	23 Nov 1883	Queensland, Australia	1978	Queensland, Australia	95
Niece	Ivy Spencer WILLS	30 Jul 1885	Queensland, Australia	09 Feb 1968	Casino, NSW, Australia	82
Nephew	Thomas Wentworth Spencer WILLS	25 Jul 1886	Queensland, Australia	22 May 1963	Queensland, Australia	76
Nephew	Colden Spencer WILLS	15 Oct 1888	'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia	20 May 1972	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	83
Niece	Ethel Mary WILLS	1875	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia	22 Jun 1919	Sandham, Victoria	44
Niece	Ada (Ida) Clare WILLS	03 Jun 1880	Springsure, Queensland, Australia	1964	Los Angeles, California, USA	84
Niece	Hebe Eugenie WILLS	08 Mar 1885	Queensland, Australia	10 Nov 1948	Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	63
Niece	Maud WILLS	1886		1886		0
Niece	Eva Irene 'Rene' WILLS	07 Jun 1888	Queensland, Australia	1980	Kew, Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia	92
Nephew	Egbert Horatio WILLS	12 Jul 1878	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia	1940	Coburg, Victoria, Australia	62
Nephew	Stanley Spencer WILLS	1884	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia	1884		0
Nephew	Eric Wilfred WILLS	20 Sep 1891		1974	Box Hill, Victoria, Australia	83
Niece	Eva Jessie Mazie TYSON	1892	Sydney, NSW, Australia	26 Jul 1972	Prahran, Victoria, Australia	80
Niece	Claudia Blomfield-Brown	12 Mar 1884	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	27 Jun 1934	Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	50
Nephew	Harold Blomfield-Brown	22 Apr 1885	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	18 Apr 1964		78
Nephew	Reginald Blomfield-Brown	24 Jan 1890	Victoria, Australia
Niece	Kathleen Ruby Spencer HARDING	1880	Westgate On Sea, Thanet, Kent, England

Sister in Law	Sarah Teresa BARBER DUFF			1907
Brother in Law	Henry Colden Antill HARRISON	16 Oct 1836	Cj, NSW, Australia	02 Sep 1929	Kew, Victoria, Australia	92
Sister in Law	Elizabeth Henrietta (Berry) MACDONALD	26 Dec 1850	Brewarrina, NSW, Australia	25 Jan 1944	Minerva Creek, Springsure, Queensland, Australia	93
Sister in Law	Sarah Eliza BESWICKE	1852	Victoria, Australia	16 Dec 1916	Kew, Victoria, Australia	64
Sister in Law	Mary BESWICKE	27 Jun 1853	Lexington, Victoria, Australia	10 Dec 1930	Balwyn, Victoria, Australia	77
Brother in Law	Peter TYSON	abt 1852		1904	Sydney, NSW, Australia	52
Brother in Law	Thomas George CUE	abt 1855	Cork, Co Cork, Ireland	1920	Vancouver, BC, Canada	65
Brother in Law	Henry (Harold) Blomfield BROWN	1851	Boreham, Essex, England	09 Mar 1923	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	72
Brother in Law	George Clarence HARDING	1853	St John's Wood, Middlesex, London, England	1913	Hove, Sussex, England	60

Events in Elizabeth Spencer WILLS (1852 - 1930)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
07 Jan 1852		Elizabeth Spencer WILLS was born	'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia		54, 55
17 Oct 1861	9	Death of father Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS (aged 50)	'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia	Note 1	52, 53, 54
03 Apr 1877	25	Married Edward Lesley SHAW (aged 28)	Victoria, Australia	Reg No 1345/1877	52, 55
07 Mar 1878	26	Birth of son Edward St Lawrence SHAW	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	Note 2	52, 55
04 Feb 1879	27	Birth of daughter Lesley Elizabeth SHAW	Creswick, Victoria, Australia	Note 3	52, 55
26 Apr 1879	27	Death of daughter Lesley Elizabeth SHAW	Victoria, Australia	Note 4	52, 55
04 May 1880	28	Birth of daughter Ellen Marian SHAW	Victoria, Australia	Note 5	52, 55
10 Jul 1881	29	Birth of daughter Doris Minna SHAW	Tarr...., Victoria	Note 6	52, 55
27 Apr 1883	31	Birth of daughter Elshie Adela SHAW	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	Note 7	52, 55
18 Sep 1886	34	Birth of daughter Phyllis Joan SHAW	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	Note 8	52, 55
18 Jun 1887	35	Death of daughter Phyllis Joan SHAW	Malvern, Victoria, Australia	Note 9	52, 55
06 Jun 1888	36	Birth of son Horace Foster SHAW	Armadale, Victoria, Australia	Note 10	52, 55
06 Nov 1890	38	Birth of son Lester Boyd SHAW	Armadale, Victoria, Australia	Note 11	52, 55
17 Jul 1897	45	Birth of son Max Douglas SHAW	Switzerland	1901 England census info	55
1901	49	Census	34 Park road, Lambeth	Note 12	67
28 Dec 1907	55	Death of mother Elizabeth (MCGUIRE) WYRE (aged 90)	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	Note 13	54, 55
08 Apr 1908	56	Death of husband Edward Lesley SHAW (aged 59)	London, Middlesex, England	Note 14	55, 60
1909	57	Residence	Mona Pl, South Yarra, Victoria	Note 15	37
1914	62	Residence	393 Dandenong Rd, Armadale, Victoria	Note 16	37
1919	67	Residence	42A Armadale St, Armadale, Victoria	Note 17	37
12 Dec 1923	71	Death of daughter Elshie Adela SHAW (aged 40)	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Note 18	52, 55
1924	72	Residence	38 Cromwell Rd, Toorak, Victoria	Note 19	37
21 Nov 1930	78	Elizabeth Spencer WILLS died	Prahran, Victoria, Australia	Note 20	52, 54, 55

Note 1: Reg No 356/1862 - Wills and Sarah - 17 Oct 1861

Web: BillionGraves.com Burial Index about Horatio Spencer Wills
Name: Horatio Spencer Wills
Birth Date: 1812
Age at Death: 49
Death Date: 17 Oct 1861
Cemetery: Boroondara Cemetery Kew
Burial Place: Kew, Victoria, Australia

The Argus (Melbourne) 2 Dec 1861
VICTORIA: In its Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction.- In the Will of HORATIO SPENCER HOWE WILLS, late of Belle Vue, in the Parish of Moolap in the County of Grant, in the Colony of Victoria, and of the Cullinglaringo Station on the Nogoa, in the Colony of Queensland, Settler, Deceased
Notice is hereby given that, after the expiration of fourteen days from the publication hereof, application will be made to this Honourable Court, in its Ecclesiastical jurisdiction, that PROBATE of the last WILL and TESTAMENT of the above-named Horatio Spencer Howe Wills, deceased, be granted to Thomas Wills Antill, of the Geelong Branch establishment of the Union Bank of Australia, gentleman, and Elizabeth Wills, the widow of the said Horatio Spencer Howe Wills, deceased, wife of the executors and the executrix named in and appointed by the will of the said Horatio Spencer Howe Wills, deceased, (the other executor, John Rendall Morris, therein named, having renounced probate and execution of the said will, and disclaimed the trusts thereof).
Dated the twenty-ninth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
MARTYR, TAYLOR, and BUCKLAND, Yarra street, Geelong,and Elizabeth street, Melbourne, proctors for the said Thomas Wills Antill and Elizabeth Wills.

Note 2: Reg No 9277/1878 - Edward Leslie Shaw and Elizth Spencer Wills

Note 3: Reg No 1880/1879 - Edward Lesley Shaw and Elizabeth Spencs Wills

Note 4: Reg No 4373/1879 - age 2/12 - Edward St Lewre and Elizabeth Wills

Note 5: Reg No 15986/1880 Ellen Marion Shaw
Edwd Leslie Shaw and Elizabeth Spencer Wills

Note 6: Reg No 20618/1881 - Edward Lesley Shaw and Elizabeth Wills

Note 7: Reg No 2759/1884 - Eishle Adels Shaw - parents Edward Lester Shaw and Elizabeth Wills

Note 8: Reg No 26449/1886 - Edward Lesley Shaw and Elizabeth Spencer Wills

Note 9: Reg No 7044/1887 - age 9/12 - Edward Lesley and Elizabeth Spencer

Note 10: Reg No 17078/1888 - Horace Forster Shaw - Edward Lesley Shaw and Elizabeth Spencer Wills

Note 11: Reg No 8452/1891 - Edw Leslie Shaw and Elizth Spencer Wills

Note 12: SHAW
Edward L (52) - c 1849, Victoria - retired bank manager
Elizabeth (49) - c 1852, Victoria
St Lawrence (23) - c 1878, Victoria - lieutenant 2nd E Surrey? Regiment
Forster (12) - c 1889, Victoria
Lester (10) - c 1891, Victoria
Max (3) - c 1898, Switzerland, British Subject

Note 13: REg No 1907/12345 - Elizth Wills - age 98 - born c 1809 - died Geelong, Victoria - father WYER Michl

the Advertiser (Adelaide) 1 Jan 1908
THE OLDEST AUSTRALIAN COLONIST. DIES AGED 90.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wills, who died at Geelong on Saturday last at the age of 90, was the oldest Australian colonist. She arrived with her father at Sydney in 1819, and in 1833 when but 16 years of age she was married to Mr. Horatio Spencer Wills, who settled in the Tumut district, New South Wales, in 1837. Mrs. Wills came to Geelong in 1852. She left seven children, 36 grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren.

The Argus (Melbourne) 30 Dec 1907
DEATHS
WILLS.— On the 28th December, 1907, at "The Grove," Newtown, Geelong, at the residence of her son-in-law, H. Blomfield Brown, Elizabeth, widow of the late Horatio Spencer Wills, late of Point Henry, Geelong, and Cullen-la-ringo, Queensland, in her 91st year.

Albury Banner and Wodonga Express NSW 3 Jan 1908
Death of an Old Colonist.
A STIRRING CAREER.
One of the oldest Australian colonists and a pioneer of Victoria, in the person of Mrs. Elizabeth Wills, passed peacefully away at Geelong on Saturday last, in her 91st year. Coming to Sydney in 1819 or 1820 with her parents — her father being a sergeant in the military forces — she was educated at Parramatta, and when but a girl of sixteen married to Mr. Horatio Spencer Wills. In 1837 Mr. and Mrs. Wills settled on land in the Tumut district, in New South Wales. Some three years later, owing to uncertainty of tenure, they left this holding, and travelled by bullock-team to Melbourne, and thence to Lexington, in the Ararat district. Mr. Wills selected land there, and gave the name of Ararat to the mount, because, like the dove, they .'rested there.' From 1840, some twelve years were passed at Lexington, and Mrs. Wills, amongst other incidents of those stirring times, came to regard the visits of ' bush rangers as quite ordinary occurrences. In 1852 Mr. Wills purchased Belle Vue Farm, at Point Henry, Geelong. and also acquired Cullinlaringo Station, in the Leichhardt - district, in Queensland, where, on 17th October, 1861, he paid for his pioneership with his life, being attacked and killed by the blacks. Mrs. Wills and her family continued their residence at Point Henry. Her eldest son, T. W. Wills, well known as Tommy Wills, was a prominent Australian cricketer for many years, and was the organiser and captain of the first aboriginal cricket team that played in Australia, whilst her sons Horace and Egbert were familiar figures in the Geelong football field. Mrs. Wills remained constant to the Geelong district as a place of residence, with the exception of some eight years, which she spent at Hawthorn. She was of a kindly and charitable nature, though just and discriminating in her gifts. Besides many private kindnesses and benevolences, she gave substantial aid, both in buildings and in money, to the Old Colonists' Association, whilst various funds of the Church of England, of which she was a member1, received - material assistance from her. The last years, of her life were quietly and happily passed at the 'Grove,' Geelong, the home of her son-in-law, Mr. H.. Blomfield Brown. Of her family of four sons and five daughters, three of the former and four of the latter survive her, whilst it may be also mentioned that the three generations of her family include 36 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.

Note 14: POSSIBLE
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915 about Edward Lesley Shaw
Name: Edward Lesley Shaw
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1849
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1908
Age at Death: 59
Registration District: Wandsworth
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1d
Page: 307

The Argus 18 May 1908
DEATHS
SHAW.— On the 8th April, at Streatham Hill, London, Edward Leslie, second son of the late Dr. Forster Shaw, of Geelong.

Note 15: SHAW Doris Minna - hd; Elizabeth Spence - hd; Ellen Marion - hd; Elshie Adela - hd

Note 16: SHAW Doris Minna - typist; Elizabeth Spencer - hd; Elsie Adela - hd

Note 17: SHAW Doris Minna - typiste; Elizabeth Spencer - hd; Elsie Adela - hd;

Note 18: Reg No 15691/1923 - age 39 - Edwd Leslie Shaw and Elizth Spencer Wills

Note 19: SHAW Elizabeth Spencer - hd;Max Douglas - sales

Note 20: Reg No 15226/1930 - Elizth Spencer Shaw - age 78 - Horatio Spencer Wills and Elizabeth Wyer

On the 21st November. 1930, at 70 Charles street Prahran, Elizabeth Spencer, wife of the late Edward Leslie Shaw,

Personal Notes:

http://tww.id.au/family-history-wills/edward-spencer-wills-celene/pafg04.htm#36
33. Elizabeth Spencer Wills (Horatio Spencer Howe , Edward Spencer ) was born on 7 Jan 1852 in ,"Lexington",Victoria,Australia. She died on 21 Nov 1930.

Marriage Reg No Vic 1877/16766

Elizabeth married Edward Lesley Shaw on 3 Apr 1877 in ,,Victoria,Australia. Edward was born on 16 Jan 1849. He died on 8 Apr 1908.

Marriage Reg No Vic 1877/1345

Edward and Elizabeth had the following children:

173 M i Edward St Laurence Shaw was born on 7 Mar 1878 in ,Geelong,Victoria,Australia.

Birth Reg No Vic 1878/9277 reg as Edward St Lawerence
174 F ii Lesley Elizabeth Shaw was born on 4 Feb 1879 in ,Cres,Victoria,Australia. She died on 26 Apr 1879 in ,Creswick,Victoria,Australia.

Birth Reg No Vic 1879/1880
Death Reg No Vic 4373 aged 2 months
175 F iii Ellen Marian Shaw was born on 4 May 1880. She died on 7 Nov 1949.
176 F iv Doris Minna Shaw was born on 10 Jul 1881 in ,Yack,Victoria,Australia. She died on 12 Jul 1933.

Birth Reg No Vic 1881/20618 at Yack ??
177 F v Elshie Adele Shaw was born on 27 Apr 1883 in ,Geelong,Victoria,Australia. She died on 12 Oct 1923.

Birth Reg No Vic 1884/2759
178 F vi Phyllis Joan Shaw was born on 18 Sep 1886 in ,Geelong,Victoria,Australia. She died on 18 Jun 1887 in ,Malvern,Victoria,Australia.

Birth Reg No Vic 1886/26449 reg as Phillips Ivan
Death Reg No Vic 1887/7044 aged 9 months
179 M vii Horace Forster Shaw was born on 6 Jun 1888 in ,Armadale,Victoria,Australia. He died on 30 Apr 1968.

Birth Reg No Vic 1888/17078
+ 180 M viii Lester Boyd Shaw was born on 6 Nov 1890.
181 M ix Max Douglas Shaw was born on 17 Jul 1897.
182 F x Margaret Shaw died in 1898 in ,Paddington,New South Wales,Australia. (CHECK THIS ONE)

Death Reg No NSW 1898/10786
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Table Talk (Melbourne) 29 Dec 1923
Mrs. W. A. Beasley has been at Sherbroke for a few days. During her absence Mrs. E. Shaw, of Melbourne, has been with her sister (Mrs. H. Blomfield Brown), who will eventually live in Melbourne, having taken a flat in Park-street, South Yarra.
(Mrs W A Beasley is Elizabeths sister Mina)

Source References:

37. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Australian electoral rolls, Title: Australian Electoral Rolls, Auth: Australian government

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52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

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