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Record #4654

Name :: : George WILLIS (1890 - )
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 1890 (approx.)
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Wiltshire, Purton

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 28 Jul 1900
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Tunisian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesParents: George Willis and Vashti Palmer.

When George Willis, Sr., died in May, 1900, the family consisting of Vashti Willis; daughters Martha Lily age 22; Vashti Kate age 17; son George age 14; and Ada age 9, were residing at 11 Hawkins Street, Swindon, England.

Their mother, Vashti, could not look after the two youngest children and in May, Ada and George were admitted to Barnardos. Ada was placed in a cottage called "Honeysuckle" in Barkingside.

In 1900, George Willis, 10, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 162 Barnardo boys en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

George's employer in Canada may have been a William J. Brown in Utica, Ontario, Canada.

It has not been ascertained whether George ever married or had children. The last contact Barnardos had with him was when he was an inmate in a mental institute where he had been residing for 10 years as incurable.

ContributorsCreated : 2009-02-02 18:08:01 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-02-02 18:59:52 /

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
4653	WILLIS, Ada Edith	1890	ENG, WIL, Purton	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
4654	WILLIS, George	1890	ENG, WIL, Purton	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos

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