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Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark / Ada Isabella and Henry Briscoe Willis
« on: Saturday 05 October 19 18:00 BST (UK) »
Hi,
Ada Isabella Wiilis was born on Alderney on 19th November 1830, of John and Mary Frances Willis. She never married, but had a son, Henry Briscoe Willis on Alderney 31st March 1862. The father was listed as Henry Briscoe Captain RA. There would have been garrison troops on the island at this time. She died in 1915 in Alderney.
I have found a Henry Briscoe Gunner RM Artillery, who pops up in the UK 1861 Census for Portsea Portsmouth. I also found through an auction house site a Captain Henry William Briscoe RA of around 1856. I am trying to work out if these are one and the same Henry Briscoe.
John Willis
Ada Isabella Wiilis was born on Alderney on 19th November 1830, of John and Mary Frances Willis. She never married, but had a son, Henry Briscoe Willis on Alderney 31st March 1862. The father was listed as Henry Briscoe Captain RA. There would have been garrison troops on the island at this time. She died in 1915 in Alderney.
I have found a Henry Briscoe Gunner RM Artillery, who pops up in the UK 1861 Census for Portsea Portsmouth. I also found through an auction house site a Captain Henry William Briscoe RA of around 1856. I am trying to work out if these are one and the same Henry Briscoe.
John Willis