Anthony Willis family tree » John James Willis (1842-1911)

Personal data John James Willis 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19

Household of John James Willis

He is married to Jane Rebecca Archer.

They got married on September 23, 1867 at Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England, he was 25 years old.Sources 2, 6, 22


Child(ren):

  1. Samuel Edgar Willis  1869-1874
  2. Kate Isabella Willis  1871-1952 
  4. Edgar Thomas Willis  1875-1963 
  5. Gertrude Willis  1877-1948 
  8. Leonard Willis  1885-1948 


Notes about John James Willis

Your enquiry about J J Willis has been passed to me and one of the keepers of the heritage at Rothamsted.
Indeed J J Willis is well known as a trusted employee of Rothamsted Laboratory. He joined in 1862 and was still here in 1905 as Botanical and General Assistant, but does not appear in a photograph taken in 1908.. No doubt because of his character and long experience he was often entrusted by Lawes & Gilbert with the monitoring and sampling of the field experiments, setting up exhibitions etc. We have a photograph of him and should be delighted to share what we know, and to learn more of a member of staff here for more than 40 years
He crops up in the “Reminiscences “ of Edwin Grey, who was at Rothamsted from 1872 – 1922 and was initially placed under Willis,. By which we learn that he received his education at a private school in Wheathampstead, was good at drawing, planning out diagrams and charts and was a non-smoker, a member of the Allotment Committee. He was “of a most amiable disposition” , a fluent speaker – never confused or lost for a word or phrase.
He frequently contributed short articles to various agricultural and gardening papers, He was a bold clear writer and many of the 19th sample jars we keep were labelled by him.
“Several years before his death he was afflicted with a painful disease; after operations he would seem to recover for a time and would try to resume his duties, often suddenly failing”.
He was very active in the parish and many came to his funeral

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Sources

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, FamilySearch.org, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N6HF-9Y6 : 11 March 2020), John James Willis, 1867.
    John James Willis, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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  2. FamilySearch Family Tree, FamilySearch.org, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N6HF-9Y6 : 11 March 2020), John James Willis, 1867.
    John James Willis, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
    / FamilySearch
  3. England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973, Ancestry.com
  4. 1901 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG13; Piece: 1310; Folio: 65; Page: 32
  5. 1891 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG12; Piece: 1114; Folio: 116; Page: 28; GSU roll: 6096224
  6. England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD / Ancestry.com
  7. England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD
  8. London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921, Ancestry.com, London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: p89/and/008
  9. England, Select Dorset Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1910, Ancestry.com
  10. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Ancestry.com
  11. England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906, Ancestry.com
  12. 1871 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG10; Piece: 1377; Folio: 6; Page: 3; GSU roll: 828465
  13. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, Ancestry.com
  14. 1911 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG14; Piece: 7655; Schedule Number: 333
  15. UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com
  16. England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940, Ancestry.com, Place: Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England; Date Range: 1837 - 1879; Film Number: 1040870
  17. 1861 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG 9; Piece: 828; Folio: 12; Page: 20; GSU roll: 542707
  18. 1881 England Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Class: RG11; Piece: 1429; Folio: 97; Page: 3; GSU roll: 1341347
  19. 1851 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: HO107; Piece: 1713; Folio: 224; Page: 23; GSU roll: 193621
  20. Geneanet Community Trees Index, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  21. FamilySearch Family Tree, FamilySearch.org, "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS48-1R7 : 20 May 2019), John James Willis, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," databas
    John James Willis, "England and Wales Census, 1901"
    / FamilySearch
  22. FamilySearch Family Tree, FamilySearch.org, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3KG-8P1 : 19 March 2020), John James Willis in entry for Kate Willis, 1871.
    John James Willis in entry for Kate Willis, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
    / FamilySearch

Historical events

Day of marriage September 23, 1867

  • The temperature on September 23, 1867 was about 14.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 8 » African American men are granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
    • March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
    • September 2 » Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō, thereafter known as Empress Shōken.
    • October 21 » The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in western Oklahoma.
    • December 2 » At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
    • December 4 » Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).

Day of death July 26, 1911

  • The temperature on July 26, 1911 was between 15.9 °C and 27.2 °C and averaged 20.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
    • June 22 » George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    • June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
    • August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
    • September 7 » French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
    • September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department


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