When James Willis was born in 1821, in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Everet Willis, was 31 and his mother, Anne, was 28. He married Mary Antcliff on 25 December 1851, in Sneinton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Sneinton St Stephen, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom for about 30 years. He died on 21 November 1892, in Sneinton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 71.
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variant of Will with genitival -s. This surname represents a retention of the second syllable, introduced by the addition of the Middle English genitival suffix -es, which would have been pronounced in the Middle English period. Compare Wills . In some cases the name is a variant of Willey , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
variant of Willows .
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