ILL-TREATING A WIFE – Ingram Willis charged with ill-treating his wife, 1868
Ingram Willis was born in the village of Barham, Kent in 1837, the son of Ingram Willis* and Thomasin Finnis. By the time of the 1861 Census he was a…
Susannah & Rosie Willis – Charged with Alleged Starvation of a Child – 1885
On 30 Oct 1885 the Kent & Sussex Courier reported that 'Rose Jane Willis and Susannah Willis were acquitted of manslaughter at Dover'. This one simple sentence is the final…
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…
Alfred Willis, 18, receives a school beating – Massachusetts, 1842
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…
James Augustus Willis (1865-?) – went to Australia and was never heard of again!
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…