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James Brooks Willis 1891 – 1957 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Nov 1891

Birth Location: Plains, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 23 MAY 1957

Death Location: Wyoming, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: John Willis

Mother: Rachel Morgan

Spouse(s): Nellie Shales

Children(s): Freas Willis, Ruth Willis, George Willis, Nellie Willis

According to available records, James Brooks Willis was born in 1891 in Plains, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of John Elias Willis and Rachel Morgan. Following those early years, James Brooks Willis married Nellie B. Shales, and their family grew to include Freas Willis, Ruth Edith Willis, George James Willis and Nellie Willis. In the later years of life, James Brooks Willis died in 1957 in Wyoming, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Parents

John Willis
1861 – 1932
Birth Location: Richmond, Surrey, England
JW
Rachel Morgan
1861 – 1940
Birth Location: St John, Glamorgan, Wales
RM

Spouses(s)

Nellie Shales
1895 – 1950
Birth Location: Plains, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA
NS

Children(s)

Freas Willis
1914 – 1967
Birth Location: Plains, PA
FW
Ruth Willis
1917 – 1917
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
RW
George Willis
1919 – 1964
Birth Location: Plains, PA
GW
Nellie Willis
Birth Location: –
NW

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 16 Nov 1891
    Event Place: Plains, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 23 MAY 1957
    Event Place: Wyoming, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Swoyersville, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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