Ingram WILLIS & family emigrate to Hollywood, USA – 1904
Ellis Island, in Upper New York Bay, was the gateway for over 12 million immigrants to the United States as the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station for over sixty years…
Ellis Island, in Upper New York Bay, was the gateway for over 12 million immigrants to the United States as the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station for over sixty years…
Alfred Willis was born in Barham in Kent in 1824 - the eldest child of James & Elizabeth (nee Prebble). In 1835 the family (including Alfred and his younger brother…
Edward Betts Hopper was born in around 1799 in Dover, Kent into a Quaker family - his parents were Robert Hopper and Abigail Betts. Parts of his life are shrouded…
Between 1804 and 1853 the British Government transported around 76,000 convicts to the colony of Van Diemen's Land (now called Tasmania). One of those was Matthew Fagg, a farm labourer…
James Augustus WILLIS (1865 - c1931) - According to family legend, James "went to Australia when he was about 20 years old and was never heard of after that!" Passenger…