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William Wills of Australia was born in 1779, and died at age 82 years old in 1861.
John Wills of Australia was born in 1791 to Thomas Wills and Elizabeth Wills. He had a brother William Wills. John Wills died at age 84 years old in 1875.
James Wills of Australia was born in 1795, and died at age 63 years old in 1858.
Peter Wills of Australia was born in 1797, and died at age 82 years old in 1879.
Agnes Shephard Wills of Australia was born in 1797 to Polyblank Wills. Agnes Wills died at age 77 years old in 1874.
Thomas Wills of Australia was born in 1801, and died at age 71 years old in 1872.
Robert Wills of Australia was born in 1805, and died at age 75 years old in 1880.
William Wills of Fitzroy North Australia was born in 1805, and died at age 78 years old in 1883 in Fitzroy North.
Thomas Wills of Australia was born in 1808, and died at age 48 years old in 1856.
Mary Wills of Beechworth Australia was born in 1810, and died at age 81 years old in 1891 in Beechworth.
Jane Wills of Australia was born in 1810 to Courtese Walte Wills and Hannah Wills. Jane Wills died at age 46 years old in 1856.
Richard Wills of Australia was born in 1810, and died at age 58 years old in 1868.

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Lloyd L Wills of Fairfield, Somerset County, ME was born on March 15, 1920, and died at age 69 years old on October 21, 1989. Lloyd Wills was buried at Maine Veterans' Memorial Cemetery Section O Row 13 Site 1 Box 916a - Old Belgrade Road, in Augusta.
Marion E (Bickmore) Wills of Augusta, Maine United States was born on March 12, 1927. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marion E Wills.
Jane (Wills) Williamson of Mordialloc, City of Kingston County, VIC Australia was born on October 4, 1864 in Port Adelaide, SA, and died at age 72 years old on April 29, 1937 in Mordialloc, VIC.
Charles L Wills of Fremont, Newaygo County, MI was born on January 23, 1902 to Charles V Wills and Elizabeth Nekervis. Charles Wills died at age 96 years old on August 9, 1998.
Charles V Wills of Michigan United States was born in December 1872. He was in a relationship with Elizabeth Nekervis, and had a child Charles L Wills. Charles Wills died at age 92 years old in 1964.
Edith Ann (Wills) Walpole Mrs of Murtoa Australia died on March 28, 1968 in Geelong, VIC. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Edith Ann Wills Walpole.
Barbara Jean (Wills) Hehnen was born in Apr. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Barbara Jean (Wills) Hehnen.
Theodore Wills of Buffalo, Erie County, NY was born on May 21, 1901, and had a sister Sadie (Wills) Cushman. He was married to Signe Victoria Johnson Wills, and had children Marion Victoria (Wills) Hoff and Barbara Jean (Wills) Hehnen. Theodore Wills died at age 71 years old in November 1972.
Marion Victoria (Wills) Hoff was born on January 31, 1923 to Theodore Wills and Signe Victoria Johnson Wills, and has a sister Barbara Jean (Wills) Hehnen. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marion Victoria (Wills) Hoff.
Signe Victoria Wills of Sweden died in Williamsville, New York United States.
Sadie (Wills) Cushman of Maine United States has a brother Theodore Wills. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sadie (Wills) Cushman.
Catherine was born in 1867 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Benjamin Baker and Annie (Barry)- In the 1850 Census of Pennsylvania it states that- ( Benjamin Baker was born in Nova Scotia abt 1821, On his death cert. it states he was born in Nova Scotia and died May 7 1867 ( accidental drowning. ) Annie then married Joseph Shead a baker from Essex, England. Catherine and her family sailed to New Zealand on the Steamship Stad Haarlem in 1879. from Plymouth, England. She became a teacher in New Zealand before coming to Australia around 1889. She married John Wills on the 27th of December 1893 in Balaclava, Melbourne, Victoria. The Age, Melbourne, January 1894. MARRIAGES. WILLS - BAKER.- On the 27th December, at Holy Trinity Church, Balaclava, by the Rev. Dr. Torrance, John Wills, Bulga, Gippsland, to Catherine Adelia Baker, only surviving daughter of Benj. Baker, of Philadelphia, Penna, U.S.A., stepdaughter of Joseph Shead, late of Christchurch, N.Z., now in St. Kilda. ( George W. Torrance, was the first vicar at Holy Trinity Church, Balaclava (1878 to 1895), he was born in Dublin in 1835, and came to Australia in 1869, he and his wife returned to Ireland in 1897, he died in the library of the St. Canice Cathedral, Kilkenny, Ireland in 1907. Catherine and John lived in Balook ( Bulga ) near Yarram in East Gippsland before moving to Elwood. Her brother Richard Joye Baker was a lighthouse keeper along the Victorian coast he married Honora (Norah) Curtis who's parents came from County Clare, Ireland. After Norah passed away, he married Clara Lear, from Portland, Victoria. In 1891- Women's Suffrage Petition sought that 'women should vote on equal terms with men' in parliamentary elections. Both Annie and Catherine's signatures are on the roll, with nearly 30,000 other womens signatures. Mrs. A. Shead, Moore street, St. Kilda Kate Baker, Moore street, St. Kilda Some of Catherine's children became teachers. Kathleen Adelia, Frances and her husband Ivan, Joseph and his wife Mollie. In 1915 Bulga School was renamed Balook. 1918- In the recent departmental examination at the Balook school the following pupils passed the qualifying exam:- Jean Wills, Agnes Wills and Honor Wills, while Marion Wills gained the Merit certificate. 1924 Electoral Roll. Wills, Catherine Adelia, Yarram, home duties. Wills, John, Yarram, clerk of works. Wills, Charles, Balook, dairy farmer. Wills, Florence Bertha, Yarram, clerk. Wills, Frances Annie, Grant st., Yarram school teacher. Wills, Joseph Edward, Woodside, teacher. Wills, Samuel, Balook, farmer. 1931. Electoral Roll. Wills, Agnes Winifred. 40 St.Kilda street, clerk. Wills, Annie Constance. 40 St.Kilda street, civil servant. Wills, Catherine Adelia. 40 St.Kilda street, home duties. Wills, Honor Margaret. 40 St.Kilda street, clerk. The Argus 1946. Mrs. K.A. WILLS Hon. Sec. St. Kilda-Elwood Branch A.W.N.L. (Australian Womens National League) Petitioning for a Baby Health Centre and Public Hall.
George Wills of City of Yarra County, VIC Australia was born circa 1888, and died at age 67 years old on April 12, 1956.
Doris Myrtle (Crellin) Wills of VIC Australia was born in 1902 in Footscray, City of Maribyrnong County, and died at age 58 years old on April 3, 1961.
Elizabeth (Pawvluk) Wills of Portage, Cambria County, Pennsylvania United States was in a relationship with Ronald John mandichak and they later separated. Elizabeth Wills has a child Michael marko mandichak pawvluk. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elizabeth (Pawvluk) Wills.
Married on the 30th September 1856, Adelaide . The Gippsland Standard, August 1918. There died at Balook on Monday one of the oldest Australian colonists, Mr. Charles Wills. The deceased, who was born at Cheltenham, England, arrived at the age of nine in Australia in 1837-38, on the ship "Trusty", in company with his father, who was attached as surveyor to the staff of the first Governor of that colony. He had stored up his recollection, a vast fund of interesting matter concerning the earliest times, when the only white faces to be seen were those of the Yankee whalers.Drifting to Victoria he was employed as a ganger on the Victorian railways. He had been resident at Balook for 32 years, and was a colonist of 57 years.................... (The "Trusty"was built in Bristol in 1834.) Ship Trusty 1838, South Australia
Ruth Irene (Parsons) Wills of Yreka, California United States was born on June 29, 1926 in Clarence, IL to Charles Albert Parsons and Mildred Ruth Josephine Parsons. She had siblings Dorothy Tavenner, Gordon Charles Parsons, Kathryn Parsons, Richard Melvin Parsons, Edith Arlene Reynolds, Donald Floyd Parsons, Raymond Parsons, William Perry Parsons, and Martin Parsons. She married Robert Ralph Wills on September 6, 1945 in Paxton, Ford County, and they were married until Robert's death on July 27, 1991. She had children Marian Kay Coleman, Richard Charles Wills, and James Robert Wills. Ruth Wills died at age 68 years old on February 17, 1995 in Yreka, CA.
Bethany Lynn (Adkins) Wills was born on September 27, 1966 in Rock Island, Illinois United States. Bethany Adkins was married to James Robert Wills on June 27, 1987 in Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska and they later divorced in 1995 in Guttenberg, Clayton County, Iowa. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Bethany Lynn Wills.
James Robert Wills of Eureka, California United States was born on March 22, 1958 in Oakland to Robert Ralph Wills and Ruth Irene Wills. James Wills has siblings Marian Kay Coleman and Richard Charles Wills. He married Carol Elizabeth Wills on February 14, 1982 at Home 4895 Quarry Rd, in Bayside, Humboldt County and they later divorced in March 1984 in Eureka. They had a child Steven James Anderson. He married Bethany Lynn Wills on June 27, 1987 in Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska and they later divorced in 1995 in Guttenberg, Clayton County, Iowa. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Robert Wills.
Carol Elizabeth (Long) Wills of Oroville, California United States was born on August 18, 1961 in Tulare. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Carol Elizabeth Wills.

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Rhonda (Hunter) Wills
Rhonda's mother was Ellen (NMN) Hunter. In her marriage announcement in the Tyler Courier-Times, Rhonda's parents were listed as Ellen Hunter Battee and Walter Battee Sr. Her brothers (groomsmen) were Jerald Mallett, Reginald Battee, and Walter Battee. In an article about her new television show, where she plays a judge, lawyer Rhonda says "“I am from a huge family—I have four children; I grew up with five children; my grandmother had 10 children, and I have over 50 first cousins. So, I understand the family dynamic,” she says. “I hope that when people tune in, they will see that disputes are being resolved.” There are records that Rhonda has lived in Missouri City, Houston, and Galveston TX. She is originally from Winona Texas. She has been a guest host on Crime Watch Daily. See Holding Court: Rhonda Wills of ‘Relative Justice’ Rules Over Family Disputes to read a Nov 2021 article about her new show, "Relative Justice" Rhonda isn't really a judge, however, although she plays one on television. She is a lawyer whose firm, "having won in excess of $100 million for her clients, (she) certainly knows her way around a courtroom. “It’s an arbitration-based show, and so when I’m acting as an arbitrator, I am a judge,” she explains. “I have been an arbitrator as well as lawyer; I have arbitrated and decided civil cases” according to the above article.
Catherine was born in 1867 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Benjamin Baker and Annie (Barry)- In the 1850 Census of Pennsylvania it states that- ( Benjamin Baker was born in Nova Scotia abt 1821, On his death cert. it states he was born in Nova Scotia and died May 7 1867 ( accidental drowning. ) Annie then married Joseph Shead a baker from Essex, England. Catherine and her family sailed to New Zealand on the Steamship Stad Haarlem in 1879. from Plymouth, England. She became a teacher in New Zealand before coming to Australia around 1889. She married John Wills on the 27th of December 1893 in Balaclava, Melbourne, Victoria. The Age, Melbourne, January 1894. MARRIAGES. WILLS - BAKER.- On the 27th December, at Holy Trinity Church, Balaclava, by the Rev. Dr. Torrance, John Wills, Bulga, Gippsland, to Catherine Adelia Baker, only surviving daughter of Benj. Baker, of Philadelphia, Penna, U.S.A., stepdaughter of Joseph Shead, late of Christchurch, N.Z., now in St. Kilda. ( George W. Torrance, was the first vicar at Holy Trinity Church, Balaclava (1878 to 1895), he was born in Dublin in 1835, and came to Australia in 1869, he and his wife returned to Ireland in 1897, he died in the library of the St. Canice Cathedral, Kilkenny, Ireland in 1907. Catherine and John lived in Balook ( Bulga ) near Yarram in East Gippsland before moving to Elwood. Her brother Richard Joye Baker was a lighthouse keeper along the Victorian coast he married Honora (Norah) Curtis who's parents came from County Clare, Ireland. After Norah passed away, he married Clara Lear, from Portland, Victoria. In 1891- Women's Suffrage Petition sought that 'women should vote on equal terms with men' in parliamentary elections. Both Annie and Catherine's signatures are on the roll, with nearly 30,000 other womens signatures. Mrs. A. Shead, Moore street, St. Kilda Kate Baker, Moore street, St. Kilda Some of Catherine's children became teachers. Kathleen Adelia, Frances and her husband Ivan, Joseph and his wife Mollie. In 1915 Bulga School was renamed Balook. 1918- In the recent departmental examination at the Balook school the following pupils passed the qualifying exam:- Jean Wills, Agnes Wills and Honor Wills, while Marion Wills gained the Merit certificate. 1924 Electoral Roll. Wills, Catherine Adelia, Yarram, home duties. Wills, John, Yarram, clerk of works. Wills, Charles, Balook, dairy farmer. Wills, Florence Bertha, Yarram, clerk. Wills, Frances Annie, Grant st., Yarram school teacher. Wills, Joseph Edward, Woodside, teacher. Wills, Samuel, Balook, farmer. 1931. Electoral Roll. Wills, Agnes Winifred. 40 St.Kilda street, clerk. Wills, Annie Constance. 40 St.Kilda street, civil servant. Wills, Catherine Adelia. 40 St.Kilda street, home duties. Wills, Honor Margaret. 40 St.Kilda street, clerk. The Argus 1946. Mrs. K.A. WILLS Hon. Sec. St. Kilda-Elwood Branch A.W.N.L. (Australian Womens National League) Petitioning for a Baby Health Centre and Public Hall.
Richenda L Joyner/Wills
Richenda L Joyner/wills was born in 1850. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Richenda L Joyner/Wills.
The Spectator and Methodist Chronicle. Melbourne. 13th March 1918. ...............Wedding Bells.............. On Wednesday, January 9th, 1918, a very pretty wedding was celebrated in the New Norfolk Methodist Church, when Miss Elsie Gould Wills, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robt. J. Wills, of "Ballymony," Hayes, was united to Lieutenant J. Oliver Storey. The bride entered the church on the arm of her brother Mr. Alf. Wills, and was attended by her twin sister, Miss Cassie Wills, and Miss Storey, as bridesmaids. The Mercury. Hobart. 11th February 1918. MARRIAGES. STOREY - WILLS. On January 9, 1918, at New Norfolk, by the Rev. Newton Greenwood, Lieutenant James Oliver Storey, late of the 36th Battalion A.I.F., eldest son of the late Captain Richard Storey, of the 80th Regt., Kings Royal Rifles, to Elsie Gould Wills, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Wills, of Ballymony, Hayes.
Wendy Bridgette (Wills) Sapp
Wendy Bridgette (Wills) Sapp was born on December 9, 1961. Wendy Sapp was married to Ted W. Sapp, and has a child Adrian Zane Sapp. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Wendy Bridgette (Wills) Sapp.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nadine Wills.
Sheryl Wills died in Alton, Madison County, Illinois United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sheryl (Eubanks) Wills.
Reginald Wills-Sandford was born in 1863. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Reginald Wills-Sandford.
Alice Irene (Wills) Waterson of Yarram Australia was born in 1919 in Yarram to Samuel Wills and Ellen (Clarke) Wills. She had siblings Edith Mary Lilian Wills, Elizabeth Gerte Wills, Charles Stanley Wills, Honora Lillian Wills, Adelaide Valentine ( Wills) Missen, Richard Samuel Wills, Olive May Willis ( Wills, Ellen Maud (Wills) Wilson, Honora Lillian Wills, Violet Jean (Wills) Flewin, Edith Mary Lillian (Wills) Beaton, and Elizabeth Gertrude (Wills) Mayze. She married George Booth Waterson, and died at age 81 years old on July 9, 2001. Alice Waterson was buried on July 12, 2001 at Springvale Botanical Cemetery Princes Highway, in Springvale, VIC.
Edith Ann (Wills) Walpole Mrs of Murtoa Australia died on March 28, 1968 in Geelong, VIC. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Edith Ann Wills Walpole.
Thomas William Wills was born on June 14, 1946 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania United States, and died at age 74 years old on December 15, 2020 in Philadelphia. Thomas Wills was buried on December 19, 2020 in Philadelphia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Thomas William Wills.
Patricia Elaine (Kuscin) Wills was born on August 22, 1971 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Patricia Elaine Wills.
Paula Joan (Griesman) Wills was born on December 11, 1947 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Paula Joan Wills.
Myrtle Wills was born in 1898 in Clifton Hill, City of Yarra County, VIC Australia to Arthur Wills and Janet (Teal) Wills, and has siblings Charles Arthur Wills, Frances (Wills) Smith, Olive Wills, and Rita Irene Wills. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Myrtle Wills.
Leanna Marie Wills was born on January 24, 2001 in Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Leanna Marie Wills.
Christina Marie Wills was born on September 22, 1973 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Christina Marie Wills.
Anthony Patrick Wills was born on February 3, 1975 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Anthony Patrick Wills.
Sadie (Wills) Cushman of Maine United States has a brother Theodore Wills. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sadie (Wills) Cushman.
Riley Marie Wills was born on July 21, 2008 in Abington, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Riley Marie Wills.

Wills Death Records & Life Expectancy

The average age of a Wills family member is 70.0 years old according to our database of 11,812 people with the last name Wills that have a birth and death date listed.

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70.0 years

Oldest Willses

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Lena Wills of Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana was born on May 11, 1865, and died at age 110 years old in October 1975.
110 years
Ruth M Wills of Roanoke, Roanoke City County, VA was born on August 11, 1900, and died at age 109 years old on November 8, 2009.
109 years
David Wills of Plainview, Nassau County, NY was born on July 28, 1870, and died at age 106 years old in July 1976.
105 years
Dail E Wills of Alexandria, Thayer County, NE was born on September 27, 1899, and died at age 105 years old on March 27, 2005.
105 years
Mattie H Wills of Cleveland, White County, GA was born on May 17, 1889, and died at age 104 years old on January 9, 1994.
104 years
Maggie O Wills of Fort Payne, De Kalb County, AL was born on December 12, 1891, and died at age 103 years old on September 3, 1995.
103 years
Nora L Wills of Dallas, Dallas County, TX was born on October 9, 1905, and died at age 103 years old on August 21, 2009.
103 years
Pansy M Wills of Jefferson, Jackson County, GA was born on November 19, 1889, and died at age 103 years old on November 15, 1993.
103 years
Dell Wills of Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa was born on June 11, 1878, and died at age 104 years old in August 1982.
104 years
Kattie M Wills of Lansing, Ingham County, MI was born on September 24, 1901, and died at age 103 years old on January 5, 2005.
103 years
Aletha Wills of Salt Lick, Bath County, KY was born on April 16, 1906, and died at age 102 years old on March 29, 2009.
102 years
William H Wills of Cloquet, Carlton County, MN was born on July 1, 1889, and died at age 103 years old in October 1992.
103 years
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My mother was Deanna Gene Wills. Her parents were Joe Claude Wills and Bonnie Gene Steele. I don't know much about my family but I've been looking for them.....I have no idea who the entirety of my family is but I would like to know. My name is Michaela Wills and this is my Family Story.

I was born in Florida in 1987 to Deanna Gene Wills. My younger sister Sarah was born in 1989 to my mother. We don't know much about our fathers and our family. My father's name is John Morris Ward and my sister's is Al Nelson. I have two more half sisters from my father's side while my younger sister has more half brothers and sisters on her father's side of the family. I just want to know who my mother's family was.

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