Gilbert Norwood WILLIS

Male 1813 - 1892  (79 years)


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  1. 1.  Gilbert Norwood WILLIS was born in 1813 in New York (son of William W. WILLIS and Betsey HOYT); died in 1892 in Clinton, Rock Co., Wisconsin.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1850, Living in Clinton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
    • Census: 1860, Living in Clinton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
    • Census: 1870, Living in Clinton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
    • Census: 1880, Living in Clinton, Rock Co., Wisconsin

    Gilbert married Lovisa TALLMAN in 1835. Lovisa (daughter of Charles TALLMAN and Esther MABIE) was born in 1810 in New York; died in 1857 in Clinton, Rock Co., Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Esther L. WILLIS was born about 1837 in New York; died on 10 Jan 1888 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; was buried in Clinton Cemetery, Clinton, Rock Co., Wisconsin.
    2. Cornelia WILLIS was born about 1845 in Wisconsin; died in 1927 in Clinton, Rock, Wisconsin, USA.
    3. Harriet Eliza WILLIS was born in Nov 1846 in Wisconsin; died on 3 Sep 1901 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
    4. Elizabeth WILLIS was born in 1848.

    Family/Spouse: Josephine SPENCER. Josephine was born in 1828 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. William Spencer WILLIS was born about 1863 in Wisconsin.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William W. WILLISWilliam W. WILLIS was born on 04 Sep 1783 in Nova Scotia; died on 09 Oct 1845 in Wisconsin.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Son of John Willis and Cornelia Norwood

    Notes:

    Name:
    In an e-mail from Jon von Briesen dtd 06-20-2011, he states that through his research William was baptized in St. Paul's Anglican Church in Halifax. There is no evidence of a Connecticut birth.

    William married Betsey HOYT. Betsey (daughter of Gilbert HOYT and Hannah BISHOP) was born about 1787; died on 20 Feb 1867 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Betsey HOYT was born about 1787 (daughter of Gilbert HOYT and Hannah BISHOP); died on 20 Feb 1867 in Wisconsin.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1850, Living with son, Gilbert, in Clinton, Rock Co., Wisconsin

    Children:
    1. 1. Gilbert Norwood WILLIS was born in 1813 in New York; died in 1892 in Clinton, Rock Co., Wisconsin.
    2. Eliza WILLIS was born on 06 Apr 1815 in Sparta, Ontario, New York; died on 18 Jun 1887 in Clinton, Rock, Wisconsin, USA; was buried in Clinton Cemetery, Clinton, Rock Co., Wisconsin.