Photograph of Alice Willis née DodsonDodson,
Alice
1885 – 1971

 

Father:

Dodson,

Thomas

1841-1911

 

 

Mother:

Treavish,

Mary

1843-1906

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Birth date

Birth place

Registered

County

District

Sub-district

GRO ref.

Christening

Place

Borough

9 Sep 1885

Walworth

19 Oct 1885

Surrey

St Saviour

St Peter Walworth

Vol 1d, p 120

4 Oct 1885

Walworth St Mark

Southwark

Death date

Death place

Registered

County

District

Sub-district

GRO ref.

Cause

 

4 Mar 1971

Wallington

 

Greater London

Sutton

 

Vol 5e, p 523

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Willis,
Edward
William

Walworth

1883-1954

Marriage

Photograph of Edward and Alice Willis c. 1940

 

 

 

 

 

Date

17 Dec 1904

 

 

 

 

 

Place

St Peter, Walworth

 

 

 

 

 

District

Southwark

 

 

 

 

 

County

London

 

 

 

 

 

GRO ref.

Vol 1d, p 183

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Children

Birth date

Birth place

Death date

Death place

Marriage date

Marriage place

Spouse

Notes

Edward William Willis

26 Sep 1905

Walworth

Jan-Mar 1978

Croydon

Apr-Jun 1949

Surrey NE

Dorothy Amy Olstead

See note 1

Mary Alice Willis

24 Nov 1906

Walworth

25 Oct 1972

Carshalton

Apr-Jun 1933

Camberwell

Stanley H Newland

See note 2

Charles William Willis

24 Feb 1909

Southwark

23 Apr 1979

Coulsdon

Apr-Jun 1935

Camberwell

Ivy Rose Privett

See note 3

John Wesley Willis

6 Feb 1911

Southwark

Aug 1988

Horsham

Apr-Jun 1938

Camberwell

Myfanwy Hughes

See note 4

Eva Willis

21 Oct 1912

Bermondsey

21 Oct 1995

Reading

1 Aug 1936

Camberwell

Lawrence Townsend

 

James H Willis

15 Sep 1914

Bermondsey

20 Apr 1967

Surrey NW

Oct-Dec 1940

Newbury

Florence A Pearce

See note 5

Stanley G Willis

Jan 1917

Southwark

Mar 1918

Southwark

n/a

 

 

died age 14 months

Arthur Robert Willis (Bob)

3 Mar 1919

Southwark

2 Aug 1992

Poole, Dorset

Jan-Mar 1942

Bournemouth

Joan Mary Emmett

See note 6

Dora Willis

23 Jan 1923

Southwark

6 Feb 2002

Lambeth

Oct-Dec 1942

Surrey

George A T Hawkins

See note 7

Joyce Willis

28 Mar 1925

Southwark

15 Dec 2015

Wallington

Jul-Sep 1943

Surrey

Leslie Buckingham

See note 8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Records

 

 

 

Date

Source

Residence

Occupation

 

 

 

4 Oct 1885

Baptism record

7 North Street, Walworth

 

 

 

 

19 Oct 1885

Birth certificate

7 North Street, Walworth

 

 

 

 

25 Aug 1890

School admission record

57 Beckway Street, Walworth

 

 

 

 

5 Apr 1891

1891 census return

57 Beckway Street, Walworth

 

 

 

 

1893

Father’s Electoral Register

57 Beckway Street, Walworth

 

 

 

 

1894-1904

Father’s Electoral Register

164 East street, Walworth

 

 

 

 

31 Mar 1901

1901 census return

164 East street, Walworth

Cloth worker

 

 

 

17 Dec 1904

Marriage certificate

164 East street, Walworth

 

 

 

 

3 Dec 1905

Baptism record, Edward William

202 East St, Walworth

 

 

 

 

23 Dec 1906

Baptism record, Mary Alice

202 East St, Walworth

 

 

 

 

1907

Husband's Electoral Register

202 East St, Walworth

 

 

 

 

1909-1911

Husband's Electoral Register

14 Cottage Grove, Penrose Street

 

 

 

 

2 Apr 1911

1911 census return

14 Cottage Grove (now Penrose Grove) Walworth

 

 

 

 

10 Dec 1912

Birth certificate, Eva

52 Willow Walk, Bermondsey

 

 

 

 

1913-1914

Husband's Electoral Register

52 Willow Walk, Bermondsey

 

 

 

 

1915

Husband's Electoral Register

71 Willow Walk, Bermondsey

 

 

 

 

19 Jun 1921

1921 census return

13 Cottage Grove, Penrose Street

 

 

 

 

1918-1939

Electoral Register

13 Cottage Grove, Penrose Street

 

 

 

 

1 Aug 1936

Marriage certificate, Eva

13 Cottage Grove (now Penrose Grove) Walworth

 

 

 

 

1939

England Register

3 Oaks Way, Carshalton9

unpaid domestic duties

 

 

 

28 Feb 1954

Death index and probate, Edward William Willis

42 Springfield Rd, Wallington

 

 

 

 

1964-1965

Electoral Register

42 Springfield Rd, Wallington

 

 

 

 

11 Mar 1971

Burial record

28 Salisbury Road, Carshalton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Information

 

 

 

  1. Dorothy Amy Olstead was born 29 May 1921, St Olave, and died in Dec 1999, Croydon. Edward and Dorothy had three children: Kenneth (1950), Roy (1957) and Clifford (1958).
  2. Stanley Herbert Victor Newland was born Apr-Jun 1901, Camberwell, and died in Oct-Nov 1964, 3 Oaks Way, Carshalton. Mary and Stanley had three children: Peter (June 1934) and twins Brenda and Jeanette (Jul-Sep 1936).
  3. Charles’ baptism record states his birth date to be 23 Feb 1909. Ivy Rose Privett was born 23 Mar 1909, (or possibly 10 Mar) and died in Feb 1996, Croydon. In 1939 Charles and Ivy lived in Rye Hill Park, adjacent to Nunhead cemetery. They had two children: Brian (1939) and Charles (1943).
  4. Myfanwy Hughes was born 7 Aug 1913 in Holyhead, and died in Jan-Mar 2003 in Horsham. John and Myfanwy had three children: David (1939), Ann (1943) and Martyn (1949).
  5. Florence Annie Pearce was born 23 Mar 1915 in Southwark, and died on 3rd Nov 2011 in Bossiney, Cornwall. James and Florence had two children: Patricia (1942) and Alan (1946).
  6. Joan Mary Emmett was born 6 Oct 1916 in Axminster, and died in April 1993 in Bournemouth. Bob and Joan had four children: Keith (1943), Roger (1945), Malcolm (1956) and Jennifer (1959).
  7. George Albert Thomas Hawkins was born 10 Nov 1922 in Southwark, and died on 28 Oct 1972 in Lewisham. Dora and George had four children: Janet (1944), Margaret (1948), Christine (1950) and Michael (1960). In 1976 Dora remarried to George Edward Beaven (1915-1982) in Sutton.
  8. Leslie John Buckingham was born 10 Jan 1921 in Epsom, and died on 22 Aug 2003 in Banstead, Surrey. Joyce and Leslie had four children: Sheila (1944), John (1948), Bruce (1950) and Jean (1958). Sadly Jean died in Nov 1963 aged 5 years. Leslie was buried in the same plot as Jean in Bandon Hill Cemetery, Sutton.

9.     At the outset of the 2nd World War, in 1939, Alice was living with her daughter Mary in Carshalton, Surrey, and her husband Edward was living and working in Bath, Somerset. Nevertheless the Electoral Register still records their home as being 13 Penrose Grove, Southwark.

10.  Records show that a high explosive bomb fell on or close to Penrose Grove between 7/10/40 and 6/6/41.

    Residence implied but not explicitly stated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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