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Ellen Wills Grant 1825 – 1918 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Jan 1825

Birth Location: Portsea, Portsmouth Unitary Authority, Hampshire, England

Death Date: 2 Sep 1918

Death Location: Karori, Wellington, New Zealand

Father: William Grant

Mother: Jane Breaks

Spouse(s): James Wills

Children(s): Edith Wills

In 1825, Ellen Wills Grant entered the world in Portsea, Portsmouth Unitary Authority, Hampshire, England, born to William Grant and Jane Breaks. Ellen Wills Grant married James Fabian Wills, and had children including Edith Ellen Zohrab Wills. Ellen Wills Grant passed away in 1918 in Karori, Wellington, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • In 1825, Ellen Wills Grant entered the world in Portsea, Portsmouth Unitary Authority, Hampshire, England, born to William Grant and Jane Breaks.
  • Ellen Wills Grant married James Fabian Wills, and had children including Edith Ellen Zohrab Wills.
  • Ellen Wills Grant passed away in 1918 in Karori, Wellington, New Zealand.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Ellen Grant's Ancestors

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Ellen Grant
1825 – 1918
Birth Place: Portsea, Portsmouth Unitary Authority, Hampshire, England
Parents
William Grant
1790 – 1853
Portsea Island, Hampshire, England
Jane Breaks
1791 – 1860
St Mary's, Portsea, Hampshire, England
Grandparents
Robert Breaks
1760 – 1832
Portsea Island, Hampshire, England
Phillipa Bath
1762 – 1837
Saint Austell, Cornwall, England
Great-Grandparents
Elizabeth Smith
1739 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Ellen Grant's Descendants

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Ellen (Wills) Grant (1 Jan 1825 – 2 Sep 1918) m. James (Fabian) Wills (01 Jun 1813 – 5 Apr 1894)
  1. 1. Edith (Ellen Zohrab) Wills (13 Dec 1849 – 27 Feb 1937) m. Constantine (Edward) Zohrab (2 Aug 1843 – 27 Jul 1897)
    1. 1. Irene (Bruce Murdoch) Zohrab (23 Aug 1880 – 18 Jul 1953) m. Murdoch Bruce (29 Dec 1876 – 04 May 1941)
      1. 1. Edith (Eileen) Bruce (06 Mar 1908 – 7 Sep 1996)
      2. 2. Alan (Murdoch) Bruce (01 Jun 1910 – 20 December 1991)
      3. 3. Raymond (John Zohrab) Bruce (21 Dec 1914 – 1995)
      4. 4. Wilfred (George) Bruce (29 Nov 1916 – 22 MAY 1997)
      5. 5. Mary (Irene) Bruce (17 Oct 1919 – Jul 2020) m. Harold (John) Marchant (2 Oct 1894 – 1 Jun 1971) m. Theodore (Edward) Staples (30 Oct 1918 – 15 Mar 2020)
        1. 1. Pamela (Aprill) Marchant (1936 – 1977)
        2. 2. Jocelyn (Marie) Staples m. Christopher (George) Beath
        3. 3. Aubrey (Bruce) Staples m. Sandra (Louise) Bolland m. Colleen (Joy) Looser
      6. 6. Nancy (Evelyn) Bruce (15 Jul 1921 – 2004)

Ellen Grant's Timeline

2 Records

1825
1 Jan 1825
Birth of Ellen Wills Grant in Portsea, Portsmouth Unitary Authority, Hampshire, England
Portsea, Portsmouth Unitary Authority, Hampshire, England
1918
2 Sep 1918
Age 93
Death of Ellen Wills Grant in Karori, Wellington, New Zealand
Karori, Wellington, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Jan 1825
    Event Place: Portsea, Portsmouth Unitary Authority, Hampshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Sep 1918
    Event Place: Karori, Wellington, New Zealand

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