When Laura Wills was born on 12 August 1849, in Grand Coteau, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States, her father, Justin Wills, was 37 and her mother, MARIE MAGDELEINE BURLEIGH, was 34. She married James Madison Burleigh on 24 August 1871, in St. Landry, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Ward, Allen, Louisiana, United States in 1880 and Ward Two, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States in 1910. She died on 5 March 1924, in Grand Coteau, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Saint Charles Borromeo Cemetery, Grand Coteau, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States.
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English and German: variant of Will with genitival -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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