[Index]
Horace Spencer WILLS (1847 - 1928)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Ethel Mary WILLS (1875 - 1919)
Ada (Ida) Clare WILLS (1880 - 1964)
Hebe Eugenie WILLS (1885 - 1948)
Maud WILLS (1886 - 1886)
Eva Irene 'Rene' WILLS (1888 - 1980)
 Horace Spencer WILLS (1847 - 1928)

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Sarah Eliza BESWICKE (1852 - 1916)
 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 - )



Horace Spencer WILLS Sarah Eliza BESWICKE
Horace Spencer WILLS Horace Spencer WILLS Horace Spencer WILLS Horace Spencer WILLS
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b. 16 Jun 1847 at Lexington, Victoria, Australia
m. 15 Aug 1872 Sarah Eliza BESWICKE (1852 - 1916) at Geelong, Victoria, Australia
d. 08 Oct 1928 at Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia aged 81
Near Relatives of Horace Spencer WILLS (1847 - 1928)
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 Charles BESWICKE
Mother in Law Elizabeth KEYS

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 Horace Spencer WILLS 16 Jun 1847 Lexington, Victoria, Australia 08 Oct 1928 Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 81

Wife Sarah Eliza BESWICKE 1852 Victoria, Australia 16 Dec 1916 Kew, Victoria, Australia 64

Daughter Ethel Mary WILLS 1875 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia 22 Jun 1919 Sandham, Victoria 44
Daughter Ada (Ida) Clare WILLS 03 Jun 1880 Springsure, Queensland, Australia 1964 Los Angeles, California, USA 84
Daughter Hebe Eugenie WILLS 08 Mar 1885 Queensland, Australia 10 Nov 1948 Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 63
Daughter Maud WILLS 1886 1886 0
Daughter Eva Irene 'Rene' WILLS 07 Jun 1888 Queensland, Australia 1980 Kew, Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia 92

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 Egbert Spencer WILLS 11 Nov 1849 Lexington, Victoria, Australia 11 Sep 1931 Kew, Victoria, Australia 81
Sister Elizabeth Spencer WILLS 07 Jan 1852 'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia 21 Nov 1930 Prahran, Victoria, Australia 78
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

Son in Law Alan Roseby FORDYCE 1886 Dunedin, New Zealand 1930 Randwick, NSW, Australia 44
Son in Law Tyson Asbridge PEARSON 1877 Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia 1970 Shasta, California, USA 93
Son in Law Henry Fowler RANSFORD 1862 Collingwood, Victoria, Australia 1947 Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 85
Son in Law Bertram George COOKE 1882 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1966 Mornington, Victoria, Australia 84

Granddaughter Lorna Spencer Wills FORDYCE 10 Dec 1912 2005 Victoria, Australia 93
Grandson Horatio Spencer Wills (Bill) FORDYCE 31 Mar 1914 Kew, Victoria, Australia 2010 Balwyn, Victoria, Australia 96
Granddaughter Beryl FORDYCE 15 Nov 1915 15 Dec 1971 56
Grandson Sidney Bertram Wills COOKE 21 Jan 1907 Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1993 Berwick, Victoria, Australia 86

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

Brother in Law John BESWICKE
Sister in Law Mayebella (Belle Bella) BESWICKE
Sister in Law Mary BESWICKE 27 Jun 1853 Lexington, Victoria, Australia 10 Dec 1930 Balwyn, Victoria, Australia 77
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
Brother in Law Edward Lesley SHAW 16 Jan 1849 Victoria, Australia 08 Apr 1908 London, Middlesex, England 59
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 Horace Spencer WILLS (1847 - 1928)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
16 Jun 1847 Horace Spencer WILLS was born Lexington, Victoria, Australia Reg No 1850/25772 52, 54
17 Oct 1861 14 Death of father Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS (aged 50) 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia Note 1 52, 53, 54
15 Aug 1872 25 Married Sarah Eliza BESWICKE (aged 20) Geelong, Victoria, Australia Reg No 2496/1872 52, 55
1875 28 Birth of daughter Ethel Mary WILLS Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia Note 2 52, 55
03 Jun 1880 32 Birth of daughter Ada (Ida) Clare WILLS Springsure, Queensland, Australia Note 3 52, 55
08 Mar 1885 37 Birth of daughter Hebe Eugenie WILLS Queensland, Australia Note 4 52, 55
1886 39 Birth of daughter Maud WILLS
1886 39 Death of daughter Maud WILLS Note 5 55
07 Jun 1888 40 Birth of daughter Eva Irene 'Rene' WILLS Queensland, Australia REg No 1888/10183 52, 54, 55
28 Dec 1907 60 Death of mother Elizabeth (MCGUIRE) WYRE (aged 90) Geelong, Victoria, Australia Note 6 54, 55
1914 67 Residence 14 Wrixon St, Kew, Victoria Note 7 37
16 Dec 1916 69 Death of wife Sarah Eliza BESWICKE (aged 64) Kew, Victoria, Australia Note 8 52, 54, 60
22 Jun 1919 72 Death of daughter Ethel Mary WILLS (aged 44) Sandham, Victoria Note 9 52, 55, 60
1924 77 Residence 48 Alfred St, Kew, Victoria Note 10 37
08 Oct 1928 81 Horace Spencer WILLS died Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Note 11 54, 60
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: Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922 about Ethel Mary Wills
Name: Ethel Mary Wills
Father's Name: Horace Spencer Wills
Mother's Name: Sarah Eliza Beswicke
Birth Place: Hawthorn, Victoria
Registration Year: 1875
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration number: 16487

Terry Wills - Of these 4 girls Ethel Mary died in the Spanish flu epedemic in Melbourne Vic
Note 3: Reg No 1880/5523 - Horace Spencer Wills and Sarah Eliza Beswicke

Springsure - from California Passenger List 1922
Note 4: Reg No 1885/8340 - Horace Spencer Wills and Sarah Eliza Beswicke
Note 5: died in infancy
no record of birth/death of a Maud Wills

Currency Lad - still born child Maude - born 1886
Note 6: 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 7: WILLS Ada Clare - hd; Sarah Elizabeth - hd; Horace Spencer - wool expert
Note 8: REg No 16023/1916 - age 65 - Chas Beswicke and Eliza Keys

Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton) 10 Jan 1917
WILLS.-On the 17th December, at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. Alan Fordyce. Black Rock (Victoria), Sarah, the loved and loving wife of Horace Spencer Wills, of Wrixon-street, Kew, Melbourne (late of Cullin-la-ringo Queensland), mother of Mrs. Alan Fordyce, Mrs. H.F. Ransford, Mrs. B. G. Cooke, and Ida.
Note 9: Reg No 9393/1919 - age 43 - Horace Spencer Wills and Sarah Eliza Beswick

The Argus (Melbourne) 23 June 1919
FORDYCE. —On the 22nd June, at Arkaringa crescent, Black Rock, Ethel, the beloved wife of Alan R. Fordyce, town clerk, Sandringham, and daughter of H. S. Wills, of Wrixon street, Kew. (Private interment.)

The Argus (Melbourne) 28 June 1919
FORDYCE. - On the 21st June, at Black Rock, Ethel, the dearly loved daughter of H. S. and the late Sarah Wills, and sister of Mrs. Ransford, Mrs. Ransford, Mrs. Bertram Cooke, and Ida.
Note 10: WILLS Horace Spencer - no occupation
Note 11: Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 about Horace Spencer Wills
Name: Horace Spencer Wills
Death Place: Kew, Victoria
Age: 81
Father's Name: Horatio Spencer H Wills
Mother's Name: Elizth Nyre
Registration Year: 1928
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration number: 15414
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847
Personal Notes:
http://tww.id.au/family-history-wills/edward-spencer-wills-celene/pafg04.htm#34
31. Horace Spencer Wills (Horatio Spencer Howe , Edward Spencer ) was born on 16 Jun 1847 in "Lexington",Arrarat,Victoria,Australia. He was christened in Lexington,Ararat.. He died on 8 Oct 1928 in ,Kew,Victoria,Australia. He was buried in Kew,Victoria.

educated at the school of Dr Pilgrin at 47 Mainzer Chaussee Frankfurt am
Maine in Germany returned to Australia 18 Dec 1862 from thence to Dr
Morrison's School now called Scotch's College for a year and then to Geelong Grammar in 1864
marriage Reg No Vic 1872/2496
death reg No Vic 1928/15414

Horatio's diary 6th Jan 1851 - measurements
Horace Spencer 3 foot 1 and half inches

At school he was an athelete of note and was in the GGs XI in 1863 (Captain). In 1893 he returned to the school and was in the Old Boys Race. Horace followed pastoral pursuits at his family property Cullin-la-ringo, Springsure, Central Queensland. After many years he settled in Melbourne. Horace died 8 Oct 1918 at Kew. [ (from Henderson Early Pioneer Families and reprinted Geelong Grammarians.]

Queensland justice of Peace A/4837 1157 on 27 August 1878
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- Notes: Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 about Horace Spencer Wills
Name: Horace Spencer Wills
Death Place: Kew, Victoria
Age: 81
Father's Name: Horatio Spencer H Wills
Mother's Name: Elizth Nyre
Registration Year: 1928
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration number: 15414
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847
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