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Bruce M. Wills 1886–1919 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1886

Birth Location: Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Death Date: 1919

Death Location: Three Hills, Kneehill, Alberta, Canada

Father: Henny Wills

Mother: Sarah Hill

Spouse(s): Mary Pratley

Children(s): Alice Wills, Keith Wills, Edith Wills, Joyce Wills, Doris Wills

Bruce M. Wills was born in 1886 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, the child of Henny Wills And Sarah Hannah Hill. Bruce M. Wills married Mary Elizabeth Pratley, and had children including Alice Rhoda Wills, Doris Wills, Edith Agnes Wills, Joyce Albert Wills, Keith Wills. Bruce M. Wills passed away in 1919 in Three Hills, Kneehill, Alberta, Canada.

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Biography

  • Bruce M. Wills was born in 1886 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, the child of Henny Wills And Sarah Hannah Hill.
  • Bruce M. Wills married Mary Elizabeth Pratley, and had children including Alice Rhoda Wills, Doris Wills, Edith Agnes Wills, Joyce Albert Wills, Keith Wills.
  • Bruce M. Wills passed away in 1919 in Three Hills, Kneehill, Alberta, Canada.

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Spouses(s)

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Bruce Wills's Ancestors

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Bruce Wills
1886–1919
Birth Place: Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Parents
Henny Wills
1850–1923
Ontario, Canada
Sarah (Hannah) Hill
1855–1927
Lakefield, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
Grandparents
Thomas (Richard) Hill
1819–1902
Bishop Wilton, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Betsy (Elizabeth) Langstaff
1824–1902
Durham, Durham, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Hill
1796–1820
Drisella Fountain
1802–1823
George Langstaff
1795–1880
Sarah Wilson
1795–1867
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Langstaff
1768–1826
Elizabeth Maddison
1767–1842
John Wilson
1756–1835
Sarah Jackson
1761–1820

Bruce Wills's Descendants

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Bruce (M.) Wills (1886–1919) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Pratley (1886–1936)
  1. 1. Alice (Rhoda) Wills 1912–
  2. 2. Keith Wills 1914–
  3. 3. Edith (Agnes) Wills 1916–1986 m. John (Bauder) Gray 1915–1992
  4. 4. Joyce (Albert) Wills 1918–2004
  5. 5. Doris Wills 1920–

Bruce Wills's Timeline

2 Records

1886
1886
Birth of Bruce M. Wills in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
1919
1919
Age 33
Death of Bruce M. Wills in Three Hills, Kneehill, Alberta, Canada
Three Hills, Kneehill, Alberta, Canada

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1886
    Event Place: Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1919
    Event Place: Three Hills, Kneehill, Alberta, Canada

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