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Thomas William Willis

Male 1876 - 1942  (65 years)


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  • Name Thomas William Willis 
    Birth 5 Jul 1876  Islington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Between 23 Dec 1900 and 15 Mar 1910 
    Fishmonger / Fish curer 
    Residence 23 Dec 1900  167, Copenhagen Street, Islington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Newspaper 15 Mar 1910 
    Islington Gazette 
    • 15 March 1910 Islington Gazette
      Yesterday Dr. Francis Danford Thomas held an inquest at Hornsey concerning the death of Edwin Samuel Willis, aged two months, son of a fish curer, living at 88, Campsbourne-road, Hornsey.
      Thomas William Willis, the father, said that the child had been ill and had been treated at the hospital. On Wednesday it was taken to bed by his wife, and it slept between her and witness. On Thursday morning, at half-past seven, he got up to prepare the breakfast. Suddenly his wife called out to him to look at the baby, and on his doing so he found that it was dead.
      By the Coroner-When they went to bed they were sober. He being out of work had no money to spend on drink.
      Mrs. Willis, the mother, gave confirmatory evidence, adding that they had four other children who were doing well.
      Dr. Thomas Thompson, of 2, Campsbourne-road, said he had made a post-mortem examination, and found that death was due to suffocation. The deceased had suffered from wasting.
      Coroner's Officer Fraser said that he had made inquiries, and found that the parents were respectable but very poor.
      Verdict : "Death from misadventure."
      The foreman of the jury said the jurors would hand over their fees to the parents. The father, in answer to the Coroner, said he was unable to bury the body.
      The Coroner's officer said that the parish authorities would bury the body and they would take from him an undertaking to reimburse them the expense when he obtained work.
      The foreman of the jury handed over to the father £1, he having supplemented the jury-men's fees himself.
    Occupation 15 Mar 1910 
    out of work 
    Residence 15 Mar 1910  88, Campsbourne Road, Hornsey, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Feb 1940  26, Enfield Road, Hornsey, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _FSFTID LCFM-NLZ 
    _FSLINK https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCFM-NLZ 
    Death 27 Mar 1942  Edmonton, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Great Northern Cemetery, Brunswick Park Road, New Southgate, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • grave No. 2370 section A.C.
    Person ID I1170  FamilyTree1
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2020 

    Father William Charles Willes,   b. 20 Aug 1848, 53, Johnson Street, St Pancras, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 1916, Islington Workhouse, St Johns Road, Islington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Leonora Parrin,   b. 10 Jan 1856, Islington Nursery, College Place, Islington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1940, North Middlesex County Hospital, Enfield, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F400  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susan Martha Eliza Wigley,   b. 23 Feb 1881, 23, Bath Gardens, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jan 1942 (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 23 Dec 1900  All Saints Church, Battle Bridge, Kings Cross, St Pancras, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Thomas William Willis
      Year of Registration:  1900
      Quarter of Registration:  Oct-Nov-Dec
      District:  Islington
      County:  Greater London, London, Middlesex
      Volume:  1b
      Page:  395
    Children 
    +1. Thomas Edwin Willis,   b. 1901, Islington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1964, Wood Green, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
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     3. John Richard Willis,   b. Dec Q 1905, Edmonton, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar Q 1906, Edmonton, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     4. Charles Robert Willis,   b. 1907   d. 28 May 1967, Haringey, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     5. George William Willis,   b. 7 Dec 1908   d. 1971, Islington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
     6. Edwin Samuel Willis,   b. Jan 1910, Edmonton, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Mar 1910, 88, Campsbourne Road, Hornsey, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     7. Robert Willis,   b. Mar Q 1911, Edmonton, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar Q 1911, Edmonton, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     8. William Charles Willis,   b. 27 Feb 1912, Edmonton, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1973, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
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     10. James Edwin Willis,   b. 1917, Edmonton, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1918, Edmonton, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
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     14. Frank Eric Willis,   b. 1928, Edmonton, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1928, Edmonton, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F468  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Dec 2013