Lover Louisa Ann 1844

Lover, Louisa Ann 1844 – 1819				Father:	Lover,	William		1804-1848
				Mother:	Bullock,	Sarah		1808-1900

Birth date	Birth place	Registered	County	District	Sub-district	GRO ref.	Christening	Place	Borough
24 May 1844	Durrants	13 Aug 1844	Hampshire	Havant	Havant	Vol 7, p 102	12 Jul 1844	Red Hill	Southampton
Death date	Death place	Registered	County	District	Sub-district	GRO ref.	Cause
12 Mar 1919	Landport	12 Mar 1919	Hampshire	Portsmouth	Portsea	Vol 2b, p 926	Uterine cancer

Willis, Clarence John Harris Deal, Kent 1843-18??	Marriage
	Date	7 Jul 1864
	Place	All Saints
	District	Kingston
	County	Surrey
	GRO ref.	Vol 2a, p 343

Children		Birth date	Birth place	Death date	Death place	Marriage date	Marriage place	Spouse
Matilda Louisa Willis		6 May 1865	Portsea	Jul-Sep 1950	Portsmouth	Jul-Sep 1882 15 Jun 1895	Portsea Portsea	George Hawkins Frederick Beale
Clarence John Willis		9 Oct 1866	Sheerness, Sheppey	Jan-Mar 1938	Portsmouth	24 Dec 1892	Portsea	Annie Reid
Fanny		24 Jan 1868	Havant	Jul-Sep 1945	Portsmouth	17 Dec 1892	Milton Portsea	Frederick Farr
Florence Agnes Willis		14 Oct 1870	West Molesey	Jul-Sep 1931	Portsmouth	19 Oct 1889	Portsea	George Jordan
Harriet Sarah Willis		10 Dec 1872	Landport, Portsea	7 Oct 1876	Landport, Portsea	n/a
Edith Bell Willis (father’s name John Willis)		10 Dec 1881	Kingston, Portsea	Dec 1978	Lewes, E. Sussex	22 Apr 1905	Portsea	Bernard Coombs
Reginald Willis (father’s name John Willis)		10 Nov 1883	Kingston, Portsea	Dec 1976	S. E. Hampshire	11 Feb 1905 16 Aug 1932	Plymouth Portsmouth	Rebecca Bone Hilda Lowlett

Records
Date	Source		Residence		Occupation
30 Mar 1851	1851 England census		St Pancras Street, Chichester		scholar
24 January 1868	Fanny’s birth certificate		Havant
18 Nov 1870	Florence’s birth certificate		West Molesey, Esher, Surrey
2 Apr 1871	1871 England census		Spreyton Rd, West Molesey, Esher
14 Jan 1873	Harriet’s birth certificate		15 Holloway Street, Landport
3 Aug 1876	Florence’s baptism		Holloway Street, Landport
9 Oct 1876	Harriet’s death certificate		15 Holloway Street, Landport
21 Sep 1879	Clarence’s and Fanny’s baptism		5 Holloway Street, Portsea, Hants
29 April 1880	Matilda’s baptism		5 Holloway Street, Portsea, Hants
3 Apr 1881	1881 England census		5 Holloway Street, Portsea, Hants		Seamstress (widow?)
11 Jan 1882	Edith Bell’s birth registration		35 Hercules Street, Portsea, Hants
24 Feb 1882	Edith Bell’s baptism		Portsea
19 Nov 1883	Reginald’s birth certificate		71 Oxford Street, Landport
5 Apr 1891	1891 England Census		36 All Saints Road		Stationer
31 Mar 1901	1901 England Census		28 Hertford Street, Portsmouth		Confectioner
2 Apr 1911	1911 England Census		28 Hertford Street, Landport
12 Mar 1919	Death certificate		26 Hertford Street, Landport

Additional Information
In the 1881 England census Louisa was recorded as head of the household, and a ‘W,’ presumably for ‘Widow,’ was entered as her marital status. Louisa bore no children between Dec 1872 and 1881, but then gave birth to Edith Bell in Dec 1981 and Reginald in Nov 1883, with the father recorded as John Willis. This is confusing, but a possible explanation is that her husband Clarence was away from home for about nine years between 1872 and 1881, perhaps without Louisa knowing his whereabouts. On his return, perhaps in April 1881, he may have chosen to use his second name, John, rather than Clarence. An alternative explanation is that as a widow Louisa bore these two children illegitimately by a man named John who coincidently had the same surname and occupation (Miller) as Clarence. There is no escaping the fact that Louisa bore her last two children after she had declared herself to be a widow in 1881, and that their birth and baptism records bear the name John rather than Clarence. The 1891 England census return seems to make it more clear that by then Clarence John Harris had died, since Louisa was explicitly described as a widow. Also Reginald’s baptism record, recorded on 25 Mar 1896, shows his father, John Willis, as being deceased.