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"Elizabeth Margaret Wills (b. 1843, married Humphrey Joseph Hare (b. 1835) in 1867, d. 14 December 2013)."
Shouldn't that maybe be 1913 instead of 2013? I don't think she lived for 170 years. I don't have any primary sources, though. -- Anglerfisch ( talk) 23:25, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi Scott,
I refer to the wikipedia page for the explorer William John Wills [1], which says that Dr William Wills (the explorer's father) was baptized on 21 November 1790.
I can't reconcile this with census records. A transcription of an 1851 census record [2] says that William Wills (M R C S Lond L S A Lond In General Practice), born in Totnes, was aged 47 (three years younger than his wife Sarah M. E. Wills).
The explorer-to-be was in a separate household with his brother, aunt and servant Annie Winters [3].
The 1841 census record for the family [4] is consistent with the 1851 census records in respect of the ages of the people. It must be the right household. Note the presence in it of Ann Winter.
It seems to me that Dr William Wills must have been born in about 1803.
Bobhowlett ( talk) 06:58, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
I have subsequently found a little more. In the Ballarat Star of 25 February 1889 there is an article [5] that asserts that Dr Wills was born at Compton Castle in Devon in 1803 or 1804. Compton Castle is in the parish of Marldon [6], and for the 1871 census [7] Dr Wills said that he was born in Marldon.
Bobhowlett ( talk) 20:39, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
The conversation about William John Wills' father above this line has been moved from User talk:ScottDavis on 29 March 2019
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"Elizabeth Margaret Wills (b. 1843, married Humphrey Joseph Hare (b. 1835) in 1867, d. 14 December 2013)."
Shouldn't that maybe be 1913 instead of 2013? I don't think she lived for 170 years. I don't have any primary sources, though. -- Anglerfisch ( talk) 23:25, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi Scott,
I refer to the wikipedia page for the explorer William John Wills [1], which says that Dr William Wills (the explorer's father) was baptized on 21 November 1790.
I can't reconcile this with census records. A transcription of an 1851 census record [2] says that William Wills (M R C S Lond L S A Lond In General Practice), born in Totnes, was aged 47 (three years younger than his wife Sarah M. E. Wills).
The explorer-to-be was in a separate household with his brother, aunt and servant Annie Winters [3].
The 1841 census record for the family [4] is consistent with the 1851 census records in respect of the ages of the people. It must be the right household. Note the presence in it of Ann Winter.
It seems to me that Dr William Wills must have been born in about 1803.
Bobhowlett ( talk) 06:58, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
I have subsequently found a little more. In the Ballarat Star of 25 February 1889 there is an article [5] that asserts that Dr Wills was born at Compton Castle in Devon in 1803 or 1804. Compton Castle is in the parish of Marldon [6], and for the 1871 census [7] Dr Wills said that he was born in Marldon.
Bobhowlett ( talk) 20:39, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
The conversation about William John Wills' father above this line has been moved from User talk:ScottDavis on 29 March 2019
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