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Ada Melissa Willis 1894–1915 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 FEB 1894

Birth Location: Taylor, Navajo, Arizona

Death Date: 3 OCT 1915

Death Location: Taylor, Navajo, Arizona

Father: Hyrum Willis

Mother: Lola Pearce

Spouse(s): Wilford Bates

Children(s): Myrle Bates

Ada Melissa Willis was born in 1894 in Taylor, Navajo, Arizona, the child of Hyrum Alonzo Willis And Lola May Pearce. Ada Melissa Willis married Wilford Woodruff Bates, and had children including Living Bates, Myrle Bates. Ada Melissa Willis passed away in 1915 in Taylor, Navajo, Arizona.

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Biography

  • Ada Melissa Willis was born in 1894 in Taylor, Navajo, Arizona, the child of Hyrum Alonzo Willis And Lola May Pearce.
  • Ada Melissa Willis married Wilford Woodruff Bates, and had children including Living Bates, Myrle Bates.
  • Ada Melissa Willis passed away in 1915 in Taylor, Navajo, Arizona.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Ada Willis's Ancestors

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Ada Willis
1894–1915
Birth Place: Taylor, Navajo, Arizona
Parents
Hyrum Alonzo Willis
1865–1944
Toquerville, Washington, Utah
Lola (May) Pearce
1868–1908
St George, Washington, Utah
Grandparents
James Pearce
1839–1922
Itawamba, Mississippi
Mary (Jane) Meeks
1851–1941
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa
Great-Grandparents
William Meeks
1815–1877
Mary Rhoads
1820–1899
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Athe Meeks
1793–1843
Anna Vest
1797–1843

Ada Willis's Descendants

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Ada (Melissa) Willis (4 FEB 1894–3 OCT 1915) m. Wilford (Woodruff) Bates (1 MAR 1883–13 SEP 1966)
  1. 1. Myrle Bates 1914–1914

Ada Willis's Timeline

4 Records

1894
4 FEB 1894
Birth of Ada Melissa Willis in Taylor, Navajo, Arizona
Taylor, Navajo, Arizona
1894
1 MAY 1894
Ada Melissa Willis was christened
None
1915
1 OCT 1915
Age 21
Death of Ada Melissa Willis in Taylor, Navajo, Arizona
Taylor, Navajo, Arizona
1915
3 OCT 1915
Age 21
Burial of Ada Melissa Willis in Taylor, Navajo, Arizona
Taylor, Navajo, Arizona

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 FEB 1894
    Event Place: Taylor, Navajo, Arizona
    Record Source:
    [1] meeks.ged
    [2] Hoover.FTW

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 OCT 1915
    Event Place: Taylor, Navajo, Arizona
    Record Source:
    [1] meeks.ged
    [2] Hoover.FTW

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 3 OCT 1915
    Event Place: Taylor, Navajo, Arizona
    Record Source:
    [1] meeks.ged
    [2] Hoover.FTW

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 1 MAY 1894
    Record Source:
    [1] meeks.ged
    [2] Hoover.FTW

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