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Personal data William John Willis 

  • He was born on September 22, 1887 in St. George in the East (RD), London.
  • He was baptized on October 9, 1887 in St. Peter, Wapping Lane, Wapping, London.
  • Census in the year 1901, 7 Rygate St, St George in the East, London.
  • Census in the year 1891, 6 Rygate St, St George in the East, London.
  • Census in the year 1939, 17 Monger St, Stepney, London.
    Wharf Labourer
  • Census in the year 1911, 4 Silver St, Prusom St, St George in the East, London.
    Labourer (Wharf)
  • He died in the year 1951 in Southed-on-Sea (RD), Essex, he was 63 years old.
  • A child of James Willis and Mary Jane Brown

Household of William John Willis

He is married to Jane Sawyer.

They got married in the year 1909 at St. George in the East (RD), London, he was 21 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Thomas Henry Willis  1912-1938
  3. Ada Gertrude Willis  1914-1997
  4. John Robert Willis  1916-2001
  5. Matilda Jane Willis  1918-2002
  6. (Not public)
  7. (Not public)

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William John Willis

James Willis
1831-????
Susannah Wall
1832-????
James Willis
1861-1909

William John Willis
1887-1951

1909

Jane Sawyer
1890-????

William James Willis
1910-1994
Thomas Henry Willis
1912-1938
Ada Gertrude Willis
1914-1997
John Robert Willis
1916-2001
Matilda Jane Willis
1918-2002
(Not public)
(Not public)

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Historical events

Birthday September 22, 1887

  • The temperature on September 22, 1887 was about 13.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
    • April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
    • June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
    • July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
    • October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
    • November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

Christening day October 9, 1887

  • The temperature on October 9, 1887 was about 7.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
    • April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
    • May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
    • July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
    • September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
    • November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.


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Source: Wikipedia


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