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I am looking for records of Doctor Charles Richard Wills my Grandfather he practiced in Darley Dale Derbyshire and died Around 1965. Also his father of the same name. He was a Doctor in Nottingham and died around 1920.Also any family history connected to this line.
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Hello and welcome to RootsChat
Is this his death reg?
Charles R Wills
age 83
Jun qtr 1964
Chapel en le Frith reg dist
10a 755
Suz
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Hi, It looks like it might be his death reg. How can I view this? Thanks for responding. I have snippets of information about my forebears but not much to go on.
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..and death of his father
(but no middle name of Richard?)
Death reg
Charles Wills
Mar qtr 1920
age 76
Southwell
7b 545
Probate calendar
Charles Wills of Farnsfield Nottinghamshire medical officer of health died 21 Mar 1920 Probate Nottingham 18 Aug to Mary Dawson Wills, widow, Elizabeth Ruth Snowdrop McKee (wife of Gilbert Stuart McKee) and Albert William Hanford hosiery manufacturer
Effects £7916 1s 11d
BMD's free to view at FreeBMD- not completely up to date
still being transcribed by volunteers
The probate is from ancestry -pay to view site -can be viewed free at most libraries
Will see what else I can find if you think the above information is correct
Suz
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looks like Charles widow died soon after him
Probate calendar
Mary Dawson Wills of Farnsfield Notts widow died 11 Jan 1921. Probate Nottingham 28 June to Albert William Hanford hosiery manufacturer, Charles Richard Wills medical practitioner Elizabeth Ruth Snowdrop McKee(wife of Gilbert Stuart McKee)
Effects £20898 10s
Suz
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I am so grateful.Yes these are my family members. Any information is greatly appreciated.
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Marriage -Parish register Page 164 entry no 328
7 Jun1877
Bedfond St Mary the Virgin Hounslow Middlesex
Charles Wills 33 Bachelor Surgeon address Bedfond? father George Wills occupation Schoolmaster
Mary Dawson Bloomar 34 Spinster address feltham father Isaac Dawson Bloomar occ Gentleman
witnesses George Cumming Shaw & Elizabeth Shaw
all signed
Vicar: N.G.Pilkington
FreeBMD Marriage reg
Jun qtr 1877
Staines reg dist
on same page
Charles Wills
Mary Dawson Bloomar
3a 2
it seems they had 5 children -will post census details shortly
Suz
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Thank you. I remember my mother saying that her Grandmothers family had a Mill in either Leicester or Nottingham.
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1901 (edited)
Station Lane Farnsfield Notts
Charles Wills |\head M 56 Med Officer of Health Narborough Leics
Mary Dawson Wills wife 59 Leicester
Edith Mary daughter 21 Mansfield Notts
Charlotte Winifred daughter 15 Mansfield Notts
Winifred M Dickson neice 18 Damascus British Subject Turkey
Lizzie Hickson servant 34 Lady help Stragglethorpe Notts
1891
Station Villa Siding Lane Farnsfield Notts
Charles Wills head M 47 Med officer of Health Narborough leics
Mary Dawson wife M 49 leics
Edith Mary daughter 11 Mansfield Notts
Charles son 9 Mansfield Notts
Elizabeth R daughter 8 Mansfield Notts
Charlotte W daughter 5 Mansfield Notts
Constnce E Schofield servant 24 Mother's help Lincs
Alice Truckett servant 16 General servant Newark Notts
RG12 2707 95 14
1881
43 Chesterfield Rd Mansfield Notts
Charles Wills Head Medical Officer Narboro Leics
Mary Dawson wife 38 Leics
George F son 3 Richmond Surrey
Edith M daughter 1 Mansfield Notts
Clara F March servant 21 Hanley Staffs
RG11 3317 37 68
1871
3 Upper Hill St Richmond Surrey
|Charles Wills |head U 26 M.C.S.E. Narboro Leicester
Annie Cleveden servant 24 Ireland
RG10 867 56 18
Suz
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looks like Charles widow died soon after him
Probate calendar
Mary Dawson Wills of Farnsfield Notts widow died 11 Jan 1921. Probate Nottingham 28 June to Albert William Hanford hosiery manufacturer, Charles Richard Wills medical practitioner Elizabeth Ruth Snowdrop McKee(wife of Gilbert Stuart McKee)
Effects £20898 10s
Suz
It looks like Elizabeth Ruth Snowdrop McKee is the daughter of Charles Wills and Mary Dawson Bloomar
These seem to be the children of Charles and Mary Dawson
1. GEORGE FOWLER WILLS
birth reg Jun qtr 1878 Richmond Surrey 2a 351
He appears on 1881 census with parents and sister - I cannot find him after this census - nor can I find a death reg - Charles and Mary did have 5 children but one died before 1911 -wonder if it is him??
2.EDITH MARY WILLS
birth reg FreebMD Mar qtr 1880 Mansfield 7b 93
1881 & 1891& 1901 census she is with her parents and siblings (I have omitted her from 1901 census -as she is on the next page -I will edit now) she was still unmarried at the age of 32 and lived in Mansfield with her uncle William Maltby who was a solicitor - have not found a marriage or death reg for her
3.CHARLES WILLS- your Grandfather? possible birth reg FreeBMD Jun qtr 1881 Mansfield 7b 99. It seems his birth was reg in the name Charles - a middle name of Richard was possibly added at a later date . He is with family in 1891 and I have not found trace of him other than named in probate records -More research needed - who did he marry?
4.ELIZABETH RUTH SNOWDROP WILLS
birth reg freeBMD
Mar qtr 1883 Mansfield 7b 102
with family in 1891/1901/1911
Married Gilbert Stuart McKee (he was the vicar of Farnsfield's son
more soon
Suz
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Hi Suz, I remember my mum telling me one of her grandfathers sons ran away to America and died in an accident. Apparently broke her grandmother heart.This sounds like it was George. My grandmother was Elsie Petherwick Fairweather. She died suddenly in her fifties. My grandfather married again to a woman called Majory Ashford I think and this is why a rift developed between my mother and her father. I am led to believe thay had a son who may still be alive. This son is supposed to be some sory of fily skeleton. Thank you so much for all the information it is facinating. My mother also became a bit of a skeleton herself by marrying my father in the late 1940s because he was unsuitable and the rift with her father and some other members of her family was complete.
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If I find any information on the living I will message you as it is RootsChat policy to not post details of the living/recently deceased - (spam etc)
Carrying on with the children
ELIZABETH RUTH SNOWDROP WILLS she married 1912 -you can look that up on www.FreeBMD.org.uk
She died in Cheshire in 1959
Probate
Elizabeth Ruth Snowdrop McKee of Tigh Beag Manley Cheshire (wife of Gilbert Stuart McKee died 18 Aug 1959. Probate Chester 6 June to said Gilbert Stuart mcKee analytical chemist Charles Richard Wills retired physician & surgeon Malcom Alan Peel Smith solicitor
Effects £3450 10s 2d
Suz
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and the youngest child
CHARLOTTE WINIFRED M WILLS
birth reg freeBMD
Sept qtr 1885 Mansfield 7b 95
Marriage reg Jun qtr 1919 Southwell to John James Wagstaff
Charlotte died 1961
Probate
Charlotte Winifred Wagstaff of 43 Stamford Rd Oakham Rutland (wife of John James Wagstaff) died 2 Feb 1961 at Catmore Vale Hospital Oakham Probate Birmingham 18 May to Richard Fowler Wagstaff technical representative & Winifred Mary Hill (married woman)
Effects £16523 0s 9d
It looks like Richard Fowler Wagstaff was Charlotte's son - Birth reg Sept qtr 1922 Southwell 7b 841 death reg Dec qtr 1968 age 46 Bedford 4a 62 - Charlotte's brother George had the middle name Fowler -and of course brother Charles middle name was Richard.
Wonder if Winifred Mary Hill was Winifred Mary Dickson who was b Turkey and was Charlotte's cousin??
Suz
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I know my mother said some family members lived in kuwait in Consuler Service and possibly Iran. I'm trying to piece together all the varios conversations we had before she died
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Hope this will help - I'll just keep posting info as I come across it -if you need tips on researching just ask and one or more of us will help
Going further back Charles Wills' father was George Wills (schoolmaster ) from the marriage cert - I think I have found him and the family -will post that later
Suz
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Thank you I think Winifred Mary was my Auntie Freda and married to Uncle David who I often stayed with as a child.
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I haven't yet found a marriage for David Hill/Winifred Mary - may not have been in UK?
This looks like your Grandparents
Marriage reg FreeBMD
Mar qtr 1910
Winchester 2c 213
Elsie Petherwick Fairweather
Charles Richard Wills
Elsie was born in Stroud Glos and she died 1943 age 56
Probate
Elsie petherick Wills of the Grange Hackney Darley Dale Derbys (wife of Charles Richard Wills) died 5 Dec 1943 at Whitworth Hospital Darley Dale Administration Nottingham 25 Mar to the said Charles Richard Wills physician & surgeon
Effects £441 18s
They had a daughter who was born in Llanddarog? Carmarthan
Possibly her birth reg
Ruth E M Wills Mar qtr 1911 Carmarthan 11a 1374
although she was on some records as Elizabeth Ruth Mary Wills
Possibly Elsie and Charles had 2 sons and another daughter -will investigate further
Suz
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Hi Suz, I remember my mum telling me one of her grandfathers sons ran away to America and died in an accident. Apparently broke her grandmother heart.This sounds like it was George. My grandmother was Elsie Petherwick Fairweather. She died suddenly in her fifties. My grandfather married again to a woman called Majory Ashford I think and this is why a rift developed between my mother and her father. I am led to believe thay had a son who may still be alive. This son is supposed to be some sory of fily skeleton.
It looks like Grandfather Charles Richard Wills married less than a year after his first wife died
Marriage reg
Charles Richard Wills
Sylvia Marjorie Ashworth
Sept qtr 1944
Bakewell
7b 2115
so it looks like Sylvia used her middle name of Marjorie - and you were almost correct with her surname
Death reg
Sylvia Marjorie Wills
age 80
Jun qtr 1979
High peak
6 1060
so it doesn't look like Charles & Sylvia would have children together as she would be c.49 when they married -unless of course they had an illegit child together earlier - or Sylvia Marjorie had a son from a previous relationship??
Will see what I can find
Suz
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Baptisms Mary Dawson named Abode Chesterfield Road
Mansfield St John The Evangelist
29 Feb 1880 Edith Mary...Surgeon
12 Jun 1881 Charles birth 30 April 1881...Surgeon
25 Feb 1883 Elizabeth Ruth...Medical man
23 Aug 1885 Charlotte Winifred birth 28 Jul 1885...Medical Officer of health
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Here as apprentice Apothecary to surgeon Frances Beresford
1861 Census
WILLS, Charles
BLABY, Leicestershire
RG09 piece 2257 folio 77 page 9
and he does appear on several occasions in the newspaper for Notts because he is the medical officer giving reports. You can access newspapers at home on the internet with a library card number, if you enquire at the main library, they should help you out.
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1851 HO107 piece 2081 folio 320 page 15
Auburn House, Narborough
WILLS, George Head Married M 42 1809 C M & C Schoolmaster Hinckley, Leicestershire
WILLS, Elizabeth W Wife Married F 36 1815 Domestic Manager
Southwell, Nottinghamshire
HILL, Catherine Sister-In-Law Unmarried F 22 1829 Farmers Daur Southwell, Nottinghamshire
WILLS, Edward Cooper Son Unmarried M 14 1837 Scholar At Home Narborough, Leicestershire
WILLS, Charlotte Daughter Unmarried F 10 1841 Scholar At Home
Narborough, Leicestershire
WILLS, Elizabeth Daughter Unmarried F 8 1843 Scholar At Home
Narborough, Leicestershire
WILLS, Charles Son Unmarried M 6 1845 Scholar At Home
Narborough, Leicestershire
WILLS, Winifred Daughter F 4 1847
Narborough, Leicestershire
WILLS, Alban William Son M 3 1848
Narborough, Leicestershire
WILLS, Henry Son M 1 1850
Narborough, Leicestershire
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1841 Same place Edward is their first child
HO107 piece 2081 folio 320 page 15
Marriage
George Wills to Elizabeth Winifred Hill 21 Dec 1835 Soutwell St Mary the Virgin (Minster)
Baptisms Narborough
WILLS Edward Cooper son of George and Elizabeth Winifred Schoolmaster 8 May 1837 Narborough
WILLS George son of George and Elizabeth Winifred Schoolmaster 4 April 1838 Narborough
WILLS James son of George and Elizabeth Winifred Schoolmaster 19 May 1839 Narborough
WILLS Charlotte dau of George and Elizabeth Schoolmaster 8 April 1841 Narborough
WILLS Charlotte dau of George and Elizabeth Winifred Schoolmaster 8 March 1843 Narborough
WILLS Elizabeth dau of George and Elizabeth Winifred Schoolmaster 8 March 1843 Narborough
WILLS Charles son of George and Elizabeth Winifred Schoolmaster 10 November 1844 Narborough
WILLS Winifred dau of George and Elizabeth Winifred Schoolmaster 5 July 1846 Narborough
WILLS Alban William son of George and Elizabeth Winifred Schoolmaster 20 August 1848 Narborough
WILLS Henry son of George and Elizabeth Winifred Schoolmaster 24 February 1850 Narborough
records are here
http://www.leicestershirevillages.com/narborough/allsaintsparishchurch.html
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There's a previous thread here
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=372102.0
concerning Henry Wills and Auburn House
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1851 HO107 piece 2081 folio 320 page 15
Auburn House, Narborough
WILLS, George Head Married M 42 1809 C M & C Schoolmaster Hinckley, Leicestershire
WILLS, Elizabeth W Wife Married F 36 1815 Domestic Manager
Southwell, Nottinghamshire
HILL, Catherine Sister-In-Law Unmarried F 22 1829 Farmers Daur Southwell, Nottinghamshire
WILLS, Edward Cooper Son Unmarried M 14 1837 Scholar At Home Narborough, Leicestershire
WILLS, Charlotte Daughter Unmarried F 10 1841 Scholar At Home
Narborough, Leicestershire
WILLS, Elizabeth Daughter Unmarried F 8 1843 Scholar At Home
Narborough, Leicestershire
WILLS, Charles Son Unmarried M 6 1845 Scholar At Home
Narborough, Leicestershire
WILLS, Winifred Daughter F 4 1847
Narborough, Leicestershire
WILLS, Alban William Son M 3 1848
Narborough, Leicestershire
WILLS, Henry Son M 1 1850
Narborough, Leicestershire
1851 there were also living at same address 2 teaching assistants 4 House servants and 45 boy pupils age 11-15
1841
Auburn Place
George Wills 30 Y
Elizabeth 25 N
Edward 4 Y
James 2 Y
Charlotte 3mth Y
plus 4 servants and 45plus boy pupils
HO107 602 12 171
elisabeth1 just in case you are not familiar with the census - 1841 census differs in that it gives no relationships and ages of adults 15plus are rounded down to the nearest 5 years. Also Y(yes) or N(no) is in answer to whether or not the person was born in the county they were living in (sometimes you see S(Scotland) or F (Foreign Parts) or I (Ireland))
Suz
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Thank you What a big family tree I am turning out to have.
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1861
Auburn House Narborough
George Wills Head M 53 schoolmaster Hinckley Leics
Elizabeth Winifred wife 46 Southwell Notts
Charlotte daughter 20 Narboro
Winifred daughter 15 ditto
Edith Mary daughter 5 ditto
Alban Wm son 13 ditto
Henry son 11 ditto
plus 1 housemaid 1 cook 1 Nurse 1shoe cleaner (17 yr old boy) 3 assistant masters plus 45 boy pupils
RG9 2257 66 11
1871
The Grange Narborough
George Wills head M 62 retired Schoolmaster & Farmer of 57 acres employing 2 labs Hinckley Leics
Elizabeth W wife 56 Southwell Notts
Edith M daughter 15 Narborough
plus 1 domestic servant
Suz
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probate calendar
George Wills 12 April
The Will with a Codicil of George Wills late of Narborough in the County of Leicester Gentleman died 20 Mar 1879 at narborough was proved at Leicester by John Spencer of 20 market Place Leicester in said County Bookseller, William peck of Bothamsall in the County of Nottingham Grazier & William Poultney of 24 Walnut St leicester Sergeant of Police Executers
Effects under £9000
Suz
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Hello George led a very full life didn't he! I have drawn up a rough family tree now and started a little family notebook to list all the family history. I have found out a little about Henry by Greatgrandfathers brother who appears to be the Wills of Wills and Hepworth Ladybird books but I need to make sure of the connection. I wonder if any of the sons continued with the farm.
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Hello, I have found out quite a bit about Henry Wills but decided to research George , his father a little more. I have not found his parents and wonder if you kniw the best way to go about this. It is like George appeared in Narborough but left no trace of his past.
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Hi
George was the son of Daniel and Susannah Wills of Hinckley. He was born 7th April 1808 and baptised at the Independant, Chapel Street, Hinckley on 29/11/1811.
Daniel Wills and Susannah Johnson were married at St Mary's Hinckley on 23/11/1802.
Susannah appears to have died in 1810 (her burial is probably the one listed as Ann Wills at St Mary's on 22/07/1810 aged 35) and Daniel appears to have re-married a Mary Adkins on 28/12/1813. They had several children baptised at the independent thereafter.
This topic link may help further:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=650385.msg4969182#msg4969182
The family appear to have been non-conformists and finding Daniel's ancestors is a little more challenging. I have two branches of Wills connected to the early Hinckley 'Wills' family although cannot find the documented evidence!
Good luck!
TB
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hi Elisabeth 1,
My great grandmother was a member of the Wills family of Loughborough, her Father along with the Hepworths established the ladybird book brand.
It would be really nice if you could meet my parents and myself to talk further.
windmill 2.