Willis Edward William 1883

Willis, Edward William 1883 – 1954				Father:	Willis,	Charles William		1843-1893
				Mother:	Graham,	Caroline Martha		1844-1916

Birth date	Birth place	Registered	County	District	Sub-district	GRO ref.	Christening	Place	Borough
25 Oct 1883	Camberwell	14 Nov 1883	Surrey	Camberwell	St George	Vol 1d, p 917	14 Nov 1886	Camberwell St George	Southwark
Death date	Death place	Registered	County	District	Sub-district	GRO ref.	Cause
28 Feb 1954	Wallington Methodist Ch	Mar 1954	Surrey	Surrey North-East		Vol 5g, p 681

Dodson, Alice Walworth 1885-1971	Marriage
	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 E Townsend
James Henry 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 John Buckingham	See note 8

Records
Date	Source		Residence		Occupation
14 Nov 1883	Birth certificate		29 The Albany, Albany Road, Camberwell
14 Nov 1886	Baptism record		29 The Albany, Albany Road, Camberwell
5 Apr 1891	1891 census return		29 The Albany, Albany Road, Camberwell
17 Dec 1904	Marriage certificate				Cellarman
3 Dec 1905	Baptism record, Edward William		202 East St, Walworth		Painter
23 Dec 1906	Baptism record, Mary Alice		202 East St, Walworth		Labourer
1907	Electoral Register		202 East St, Walworth
20 Mar 1909	Baptism record, Charles William		14 Cottage Grove, Penrose Street		Painter
1909-1911	Electoral Register		14 Cottage Grove, Penrose Street
8 Mar 1911	Baptism record, John Wesley		14 Cottage Grove, Penrose Street		Painter
2 Apr 1911	1911 census return		14 Cottage Grove (now Penrose Grove) Walworth		Painter
10 Dec 1912	Birth certificate, Eva		52 Willow Walk, Bermondsey		House painter
1913-1914	Electoral Register		52 Willow Walk, Bermondsey
1915	Electoral Register		71 Willow Walk, Bermondsey
19 Jun 1921	1921 census return		13 Cottage Grove, Penrose Street		Packer
1918-1939	Electoral Register		13 Cottage Grove, Penrose Street
1 Aug 1936	Marriage certificate, Eva		13 Cottage Grove (now Penrose Grove) Walworth		Clerk
29 Sep 1939	England Register		1 Tuning View, Bath, Somerset⁹		Civil Service Clerk
28 Feb 1954	Death index and probate		42 Springfield Rd, Wallington
5 Mar 1954	Burial record		42 Springfield Rd, Wallington

Additional Information
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). 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). 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). Myfanwy Hughes was born 7 Aug 1913 in Holyhead, and died in Mar 2003 in Horsham. John and Myfanwy had three children: David (1939), Ann (1943) and Martyn (1949). Florence (Floss) Annie Pearce was born 23 Mar 1915 in Southwark, and died on 3^rd Nov 2011 in Bossiney, Cornwall. James and Florence had two children: Patricia (1942) and Alan (1946) 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). 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. 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. At the outset of the 2^nd World War, in 1939, Edward was living and working in Bath, Somerset, and his wife Alice was living with her daughter Mary in Carshalton, Surrey. Nevertheless the Electoral Register still records their home as being 13 Penrose Grove, Southwark Records show that a high explosive bomb fell on or close to Penrose Grove between 7/10/40 and 6/6/41.