Wallace Victor Willis

1887 - 1949  (62 years)

• Name	Wallace Victor Willis
  Birth	1887	Brixton, Lambeth, London, England   [1]
  Baptism	14 Mar 1900	St George the Martyr, Queen Square, Camden, London, Middlesex, England   [2, 3]
  	Baptisms of 4 children on the same day. WILLIS George Stanley William Percival Beatrice Caroline Wallace Victor Parents: George William & Caroline Willis, of 293 Scovell Rd, - House Agent
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	Abt 1909	from England to New Zealand
  	Have not located his immigration as yet, but may have come via Australia or even Canada or the USA to NZ.
  Electoral	1911	Greymouth, Westcoast, New Zealand   [4]
  	WILLIS Wallace Victor, State Collieries, School Teacher WILLIS Annie, State Collieries, married
  Directory	1915	Murchison, Westcoast, New Zealand   [5]
  	WILLIS Rev Wallace Victor, Murchison
  Directory	Between 1918 and 1919	Pembroke, Otago, New Zealand   [6]
  	WILLIS, Rev Wallace Victor, Pembroke, Otago, NZ
  Military Beginning	1918	WW1, New Zealand   [7]
  	NZ Second Reserve List WW1 WILLIS Rev Wallace Victor, The Vicarage, Pembroke Otago. Clerk in Holy Orders. (D) - 3 children
  Directory	1920	Kurow, Otago, New Zealand   [8]
  	WILLIS, Rev Wallace Victor, Kurow, Otago, NZ
  Occupation	1922  [9]
  	as a Minister was recorded in the NZ Govt Gazette of 1922.
  Newspaper	9 Feb 1922	"The Press", New Zealand   [10]
  	Personal Items The Rev Wallace V Willis, who for some time was attached to Holy Trinty, Avonside, accompanied by his wife and family,is returning to England by the Rimutaka, which leaves Wellington tomorrow.
  Immigration	10 Feb 1922	from Wellington, New Zealand via "Rimutaka" to Southampton, England   [11]
  	Departed Wellington, New Zealand and arrived Southampton, England, 29th March 1922, aboard the "Rimutaka" WILLIS, Rev Wallace,3rd Class Clergyman, aged 34, to England to 25 Foulsham Rd, Thornton Heath, Surrey. WILLIS, Mrs Annie, aged 35 WILLIS, Mast Noel, aged 10 WILLIS, Miss Beatrice, aged 7 WILLIS, Mast Wallace, aged 4 WILLIS, Miss Ivy, aged 2
  Newspaper	29 May 1922	"The Press", New Zealand   [12]
  	Woman's Corner The Rev Wallace V Willis (Waitaki), with his wife and four children, arrived by the Rimutaka, and ar at present staying with his mother at Thornton Heath, Surrey. On Easter day, Rev Willis assisted the Rector of Manor Park, preaching at St Michael's and All Angels, Romford Rd in the morning and evening. The position of senior curate in this parish has been offered to him.
  Residence	Abt 1930	England   [13]
  	Rev Wallace Victor Willis was the Rev in the parish of Scholes, Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire and then Ramsey, St Mary's Church, Huntingdonshire.
  Directory	1946	Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England   [14]
  	WILLIS Rev W V, The Vicarage, Ramsey, St Mary, Ramsey 316J Huntingdon.
  Death	25 Mar 1949	Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England   [15]
  Cremation	28 Mar 1949	Huntingdon Road Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England   [16]
  Probate	4 May 1949	Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England   [17]
  	WILLIS Revered Wallace Victor of The Vicarage, Ramsay Street, Marys Huntingtonshire,clerk died 25 March 1949. Administration Peterborough 4 May to Annie Willis, widow Effects: £1137 0s 4d ||
  Person ID	I525	Ailsa and Bill Family Histories

  
  

  Father	George William Willis,   b. Abt 1850, England
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Caroline Jane Richens,   b. Abt 1850, England
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F359	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Annie Cain,   b. 26 Jun 1886, Larrikins, Kumara, Westcoast, New Zealand d. 1962, Leicestershire Central, Leicestershire, England (Age 75 years)
  Newspaper	8 Dec 1910	"Grey River Argus", New Zealand   [18]
  	The marriage of Mr W V Willis, of Dunollie, to Miss Annie Cain, later of Maori Point, Kumara, will take place at Birchfield, Westport, on Saturday next
  Marriage	10 Dec 1910	The Public Hall, Birchfield, Waimangaroa, Westcoast, New Zealand   [2, 19]
  	Wallace Victor Willis, 23, Boarding House Keeper, Bachelor, Born Brixton London. Res: Birchfield & State Mines Greymouth Parents: George William Willis, Retired Gentleman & Caroline Jane Richins Annie Cain, 24, Spinster, Born Kumara Res: Birchfield Parents: Thomas Edward Cain, Labourer & Annie Mary Schaivi Witnesses: E Cain, Domestic Duties, Birchfield and S T Thompson, Storekeeper, Birchfield.
  Number of Children	4 children, one may still be living
  Children	+ 1. Noel Eric Willis,   b. 29 Oct 1911, Greymouth, Westcoast, New Zealand d. 1980, Brentwood, Essex, England (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural] + 2. Beatrice Ruth Willis,   b. 28 Feb 1914, Murchison, Westcoast, New Zealand d. 1981, Leicestershire Central, Leicestershire, England (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural] + 3. Wallace George Herbert Willis,   b. 1917, Wanaka, Otago, New Zealand  [Father: natural] + 4. Ivy Annie Willis,   b. 26 Nov 1918, Kurow, Otago, New Zealand d. Sep 2003, Leicester, Leicestershire, England (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F348	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - Abt 1930 - England Probate - 4 May 1949 - Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S63] England, Civil Registration Online, Record Type: BDM Indexes, 1887 Dec Qtr, Lambeth, Greater London, London, 1D 502. [S1] Certificate held on file:. [S42] England, Parish Registers, Compiler Address: Old Church Records, 1900 Southwark, St George the Martyr in the Country of London. - via Findmypast.co.uk. [S6] NZ Electoral Roll, Subject: Elections, (Name: BAB Microfilming, Auckland, New Zealand, 1853 - 1967;), 1911 NZ Electoral Roll, Grey. [S12] NZPO, NZ PO Directory, Subject: Directories, (Name: BAB Microfilming, Auckland, New Zealand, 1866 - 1955;), 1915 Wises NZPO Directory,Westcoast. [S12] NZPO, NZ PO Directory, Subject: Directories, (Name: BAB Microfilming, Auckland, New Zealand, 1866 - 1955;), 1918 & 1919 Religious Directory & Almanacs, - Sydney Dioceasan Directory NSW - via Findmypast.com.au. [S16] NZEF Enlistment Records: NZEF WW1 & 2, 1918 Second Reserve List WWI. [S12] NZPO, NZ PO Directory, Subject: Directories, (Name: BAB Microfilming, Auckland, New Zealand, 1866 - 1955;), 1920 Religious Directory & Almanacs, - Sydney Dioceasan Directory NSW - via Findmypast.com.au. [S45] Compiler: NZSG, NZSG Index, Subject: Various NZ Records, (Name: NZSG, Auckland, New Zealand, 2000-2009;), NZ Govt Gazette 1922, page 188, Minister, All Versions. [S10] Newspaper, Type: Various Papers, Press, Christchurch NZ, Vol LV111, Issue 17375, Personal Items. [S47] Shipping Records, Subject: Passenger Lists, Ancestry.co.uk - Immigration into England 1878 - 1960 - Rimutaka, arrived 29 March 1922, Southampton England. [S10] Newspaper, Type: Various Papers, 29 May 1922, Press, Christchurch NZ, Vol LV111, Issue 17466, Woman's Corner. [S130] Simon Goulding, Supplied by Simon Goulding, Recipient: Ailsa Corlett, Author Address: goulding_simon@hotmail.com, (Name: Various letters or emails;), email 17 Sept 2012. [S107] PO, England, PO Directory, Subject: Directories, (Name: Miscellaneous, Various Records, 1800 - 2000;), 1946 Ramsey Huntingdon, via Ancestry.co.uk. [S63] England, Civil Registration Online, Record Type: BDM Indexes, 1949 Huntingdon Huntingdonshire, Mar Qtr, 4B 365, aged 61. [S35] Cemetery Records, Find a Grave via Ancestry - No photo - and deceased online to confirm date and place of cremation. [S206] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar, (Name: Ancestry;), 1949 England National Probate Calendar, Page 456, Index of Wills and Adminstrations 1858-1966. [S10] Newspaper, Type: Various Papers, Papers Past; Grey River Argus, 8 Dec 1910, Page 5, Personal. [S2] NZ BDM Indexes, Microfiche or Online, (Name: NZSRGO; Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand;), 1910 Folio No 7274.