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Europe / Re: Willis and Buhot Alderney and Cherbourg
« on: Saturday 02 November 19 16:10 GMT (UK)  »
These replies have been very helpful indeed.  Thank you.

I now am trying to establish;

1. Whether Mary Elizbeth Buhot (nee Willis, formerly of Alderney) and Edouard Armande Buhot had children and if so, when and what were their names.

2.  What Alfred Osborn Willis died of in 1889 in Cherbourg.

John Willis

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Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark / Re: Ada Isabella and Henry Briscoe Willis
« on: Sunday 06 October 19 12:12 BST (UK)  »
Hello Ambly,

that's very interesting thank you very much.

Yes I am trying to establish the Henry Briscoe, father of Ada's son.  I can confirm that Ada was living in Victoria Street, Alderney, at the April 1861 census and each census thereafter up to her death in 1915.  As her son Henry Briscoe was born 31/03/1862, she must have been pregnant in or after June 1861 and the father is definitely listed as Henry Briscoe Captain RA...

Was 'your' Capt Briscoe back from China by then?

JMW

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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


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Europe / Willis and Buhot Alderney and Cherbourg
« on: Saturday 05 October 19 17:47 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

1.  Mary Elizabeth Willis born on Alderney in 1856 married Edouard Armand Theodulé Buhot, in St. Anne’s Church on 23rd April 1878.  Edouard, a shipping manager or merchant from Cherbourg, was the son of François Charles Buhot.  I believe Mary went to live with her husband and his family in Cherbourg but know nothing more.

2.  Her father Alfred Osborn Willis, who owned the butchers in Alderney, sold up and moved to Cherbourg for his health (nearby hospital).  I believe he lived with the Buhots.  Alfred died in Cherbourg after a long painful illness 1889 but I cannot find out the cause of death.

Any information about this or how to find records from Cherbourg (I don't speak French) would be appreciated.


John Willis

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