Baptised: 24 Feb 1855, St. Thomas, Winchester, Hampshire

Married: 7 Oct 1884, Reading, Berkshire, Henry Overton Wills ¹

The Times, Wednesday, Oct 8, 1884 
On the 7th Oct., at Christ Church, Whitley, near Reading, by the Rev. G. I. Tubbs, uncle of the
bridegroom, assisted by the Rev. G. K. Turner, Vicar of Christchurch, and the Rev. P. Ditchfield,
Henry Overton Wills, Jun., fourth son of Henry Overton Wills, J.P., of Redland Knoll,
Bristol, to Harriet Maria Sparrow (KATIE), third daughter of Major-Gen. Romer, R.A.

Notes:

daughter of Robert Corcyra Romer (1820-1894) and Helen Gerardine Cloete (1832-1879)
The Times, Saturday, March 16, 1935     OBITUARY
WILLS - On March 14, 1935, in London, Harriet Maria Sparrow Wills, widow of Henry Overton Wills,
and daughter of the late Major-General R. C. Romer, R. A.. Funeral at Arno's Vale Cemetery,
Bristol, at 12 noon today (Saturday). Memorial service at Holy Trinity, Sloan Street on Monday
at 11 a.m.

siblings
Emma	 Born abt 1852	 	Natal, South Africa	 
Ellen	 Born abt 1854	 	Natal, South Africa	  
Robert William	 Born abt 1858	 	Gosport, Hants	  
Frances C.	 Born abt 1859	 	Gosport, Hants	  
Helen C.	 Born abt 1860	 	Natal, South Africa	  
Charlotte	 Born abt 1862	 	Woolwich, Kent	  
Julia	 Born abt 1864	 	Malta	  
Georgina K.	 Born abt 1865	 	Malta	  
Melita J. A.	 Born abt 1866	 	Malta	  
Charles Henry Wolfgang	 Born 22 Oct 1866	 	Malta	  
Henry	 Born abt 1869	 	Plymouth, Devon	  
Benjamin John W.	 Born abt 1879	 	Reading, Berkshire

Sources:

1. BMD Marriage Index

Wills	Henry Overton 	Marriages	Dec 1884	Reading 	2c	755	 
Romer	Harriet Maria S 	Marriages	Dec 1884	Reading 	2c	755	 

Born: Abt 1862, Hankow, China

Married: Mar 1887, Hampstead, Walter Melville Wills ¹

Sources:

1. BMD Marriage Index

Wills	Walter Melville 	Marriages	Mar 1887	Hampstead 	1a	956	 
Wilson	Louisa Gertrude 	Marriages	Mar 1887	Hampstead 	1a	956	 

Married: Sep 1890, Skipton, West Riding Yorkshire, Arthur Stanley Wills ¹

Notes:

daughter of John Bonny and Francis Dewhurst, at Skipton, Yorkshire.

Sources:

1. BMD Marriage Index

Wills	Arthur Stanley 	Marriages	Sep 1890	Skipton 	9a	65	 
Dewhurst	Hilda 	Marriages	Sep 1890	Skipton 	9a	65	

Born: Sep 1865, Holywell ¹

Died: 26 Nov 1921, Plas Fferm Bach, Llandudno, Wales ¹

Married: 26 Sep 1893, St. Peters, Eaton Square, London, Frederick Duncan Wills ¹

The Times, Thursday, Sep 28, 1893                   MARRIAGES
On the 26th inst., at St. Peters, Eaton-square, London, by the Rev. R. F. Taylor, Rector of Gomersall,
Yorkshire, Frederick D. Wills, youngest son of Henry Overton Wills, J.P., of Kelston
Knoll, Bath, to Eleanor Trevor-Roper, youngest daughter of the late Richard Trevor-Roper, of
Leeswood Hall, Mold.

Notes:

daughter of Richard Trevor-Roper and Marian Rigby, at Pontblyddyn, Mold, Flintshire, Wales.
The Times, Wednesday, Nov 30, 1921                         DEATHS
WILLS - On the 26th Nov., at Plas Fferm Bach, Llandudno, Eleanor, the widow of F. D. Wills, aged
56.   Interment today (Wednesday) at St. Tudno's at 11:30.

Sources:

1. BMD Index

Roper	Eleanor Trevor 	Births	Sep 1865	Holywell 	11b	294	

Wills	Eleanor 	Deaths	Dec 1921	Conway 	11b	555	56 

Wills	Frederick Duncan 	Marriages	Sep 1893	St. Geo. H. Sq. 	1a	944	 
Trevor-roper	Eleanor 	Marriages	Sep 1893	St. Geo. H. Sq. 	1a	944	 

Born: Mar 1886, Barton Regis, Bristol, Somerset ¹

Father: Henry Overton Wills

Mother: Harriet Maria Sparrow Romer

Notes:

todo marriage
Wills	Helen Maud O 	Marriages	Mar 1908	Paddington 	1a	69	 
Davies	Harold Oscar R 	Marriages	Mar 1908	Paddington 	1a	69	
Shettle	William Croasdill 	Marriages	Mar 1908	Paddington 	1a	69

Sources:

1. BMD Index

Wills	Helen Maud O 	Births	Mar 1886	Barton R. 	6a	58	

Born: Jun 1887, Paddington ¹

Married: Dec 1912, Marylebone, Bertram P Faunthorpe ²

Father: Henry Overton Wills

Mother: Harriet Maria Sparrow Romer

Sources:

1. BMD Index

Wills	Alice Geraldine O 	Births	Jun 1887	Paddington 	1a	53	

2. BMD Marriage Index

Wills	Alice G O 	Marriages	Dec 1912	Marylebone 	1a	1339	Faunthorpe
Faunthorpe	Bertram P 	Marriages	Dec 1912	Marylebone 	1a	1339	Wills

Born: Mar 1893, Paddington ¹

Father: Henry Overton Wills

Mother: Harriet Maria Sparrow Romer

Sources:

1. BMD Index

Wills	Margarita May O 	Births	Jun 1893	Paddington 	1a	41	

Married: Dec 1912, Marylebone, Alice Geraldine Overton Wills ¹

Sources:

1. BMD Marriage Index

Wills	Alice G O 	Marriages	Dec 1912	Marylebone 	1a	1339	Faunthorpe
Faunthorpe	Bertram P 	Marriages	Dec 1912	Marylebone 	1a	1339	Wills

Born: Mar 1888, Barton Regis, Bristol, Somerset ¹

Father: Walter Melville Wills

Mother: Louisa Gertrude Wilson

Sources:

1. BMD Index

Wills	Walter Douglas M 	Births	Mar 1888	Barton R. 	6a	55	 

Born: Sep 1890, Bristol, Somerset ¹

Died: 15 Feb 1915, Belgium

Father: Walter Melville Wills

Mother: Louisa Gertrude Wilson

Notes:

YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, 
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

IN Memory of
CAPTAIN ROBERT BRUCE MELVILLE WILLS
2nd (Wessex) Field Co., Royal Engineers
Who Died Age 24
ON 15 Feb 1915

Recommended for V.C.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Melville Wills,
of Bracken Hill, Leigh Woods, Bristol
and of "Killilan", Ross-Shire;
Husband of Beryl (Daisy) E. Wills, of
Birdcombe Court, Wraxall, Somerset.
Educated at Charterhouse, and Trinity College, Cambridge.

REMEMBERED WITH HONOR

Sources:

1. BMD Index

Wills	Robert Bruce M 	Births	Sep 1890	Bristol 	6a	35	 

Born: 30 Nov 1891, Bristol, Somerset ¹

Died: 12 Mar 1966

Married: 5 May 1915, St Mary's, Leigh Woods, Bristol, Gladys Aimee Fothergill Hughes ²

Father: Walter Melville Wills

Mother: Louisa Gertrude Wilson

Notes:

He was a Captain on date of marriage
Under the pen name of Cecil M. Wills, he had 26 detective novels published.

1966 1Q Winchester 6B 998
The Times, Tuesday, Mar 15, 1966                         DEATHS
WILLS - On Saturday, March 12, 1966, in hospital peacefully in his sleep after a long illness
bravely borne, MAITLAND CECIL MELVILLE WILLS, M.C., J.P., in his 74th year, widower of Gladys
(née Hughes) and dearly loved father of Hyacinth, Rosemary, Pamela, April, Ailsa, Hermione,
and Robin.   Funeral at Stockbridge, Wednesday, March 16, at 3 p.m.   Flowers to Jackson, Stockbridge.

Sources:

1. BMD Index

Wills	Maitland Cecil 	Births	Mar 1892	Bristol 	6a	37	 

2. BMD Marriage Index

Wills	Maitland C M 	Marriages	Jun 1915	Long Ashton 	5c	1491	Hughes
Hughes	Gladys A F 	Marriages	Jun 1915	Long Ashton 	5c	1491	Wills

Born: Dec 1896, Bedminister ¹

Father: Walter Melville Wills

Mother: Louisa Gertrude Wilson

Sources:

1. BMD Index

Wills	Harold Edgar M 	Births	Dec 1896	Bedminster 	5c	650a	

Born: Sep 1894, Barton Regis, Bristol, Somerset ¹

Died: 12 Jun 1964

Married: 5 May 1915, St Mary's, Leigh Woods, Bristol, Maitland Cecil Melville Wills ²

Notes:

twin daughter of Reginald Francis H. Hughes and Emma Blanche Thompson, at Redland, Bristol.

1964 2Q Basingstoke 6B 92
The Times, Wednesday, Jun 17, 1964                         DEATHS
WILLS - On Friday, June 12, 1964, in hospital peacefully in her sleep after a long illness bravely
borne, GLADYS AMY FOTHERGILL WILLS, (née Hughes) in her 70th year, dearly beloved wife
of Cecil M. Wills and loving mother of Hyacinth, Rosemary, Pamela, April, Ailsa, Hermione,
and Robin, and loved twin sister of May Booker.   Funeral at Stockbridge, Thursday, June 18,
at 2:30 p.m.   Flowers to Jackson, Stockbridge.

Sources:

1. BMD Index

Hughes	Gladys Amy F 	Births	Sep 1894	Barton R. 	6a	170	 

2. BMD Marriage Index

Wills	Maitland C M 	Marriages	Jun 1915	Long Ashton 	5c	1491	Hughes
Hughes	Gladys A F 	Marriages	Jun 1915	Long Ashton 	5c	1491	Wills

Born: 22 Jan 1916, Leigh Woods ¹

Married: Mar 1936, Westminster, Hugh M H Ley ²

Father: Maitland Cecil Melville Wills

Mother: Gladys Aimee Fothergill Hughes

Sources:

1. BMD Index

Wills	Aimee H M 	Births	Mar 1916	Long Ashton 	5c	848	Hughes

2. BMD Marriage Index

Wills	Aimee H M 	Marriages	Mar 1936	Westminster 	1a	762	Ley
Ley	Hugh M H 	Marriages	Mar 1936	Westminster 	1a	762	Wills

Born: 29 May 1918, Leigh Woods ¹

Married: Sep 1939, Basingstoke, Charles G Cubitt ²

Father: Maitland Cecil Melville Wills

Mother: Gladys Aimee Fothergill Hughes

Sources:

1. BMD Index

Wills	Gladys R M 	Births	Jun 1918	Long Ashton 	5c	760	Hughes

2. BMD Marriage Index

Wills	Gladys R M 	Marriages	Sep 1939	Basingstoke 	2c	1377	Cubitt
Cubitt	Charles G 	Marriages	Sep 1939	Basingstoke 	2c	1377	Wills

Born: Dec 1919, Leigh Woods ¹

Married: Sep 1939, Basingstoke, Charles A Larking ²

Father: Maitland Cecil Melville Wills

Mother: Gladys Aimee Fothergill Hughes

Sources:

1. BMD Index

Wills	Pamela D M 	Births	Dec 1919	Long Ashton 	5c	906	Hughes

2. BMD Marriage Index

Wills	Pamela D M 	Marriages	Sep 1939	Basingstoke 	2c	1378	Larking
Larking	Charles A 	Marriages	Sep 1939	Basingstoke 	2c	1378	Wills

Born: 2 Apr 1921, Leigh Woods ¹

Married: Sep 1950, Paddington, Colin C Kerr-Peterson ²

Father: Maitland Cecil Melville Wills

Mother: Gladys Aimee Fothergill Hughes

Sources:

1. BMD Index

Wills	Elaine A M 	Births	Jun 1921	Long Ashton 	5c	951	Hughes

2. BMD Marriage Index

Wills	Elaine A M 	Marriages	Sep 1950	Paddington 	5d	604	Kerr-Peterson
Kerr-peterson	Colin C 	Marriages	Sep 1950	Paddington 	5d	604	Wills
also
Kerr-peterson	Colin C 	Marriages	Sep 1950	Paddington 	5d	604	Retout Du Trevou
Retout-du-trevou	Elaine A M 	Marriages	Sep 1950	Paddington 	5d	604	KERR-PETERSON

very strange entries

Born: 23 May 1923, Leigh Woods ¹

Father: Maitland Cecil Melville Wills

Mother: Gladys Aimee Fothergill Hughes

Sources:

1. BMD Index

Wills	Ailsa V M 	Births	Jun 1923	Long Ashton 	5c	880	Hughes

Born: 8 Mar 1926, Bristol, Somerset ¹

Married: Sep 1951, Westminster, Merfyn Evans ²

Father: Maitland Cecil Melville Wills

Mother: Gladys Aimee Fothergill Hughes

Notes:

possible child
Evans	Kim A M 	Births	Jun 1952	Marylebone 	5d	440	Wills

Sources:

1. BMD Index

Wills	Hermione A M 	Births	Mar 1926	Bristol 	6a	357	Hughes

2. BMD Marriage Index

Wills	Hermione A M 	Marriages	Sep 1951	Westminster 	5c	793	EVANS
Evans	Merfyn 	Marriages	Sep 1951	Westminster 	5c	793	WILLS

Born: 8 Aug 1928, Bristol, Somerset ¹

Father: Maitland Cecil Melville Wills

Mother: Gladys Aimee Fothergill Hughes

Sources:

1. BMD Index

Wills	Robin M M 	Births	Sep 1928	Bristol 	6a	334	Hughes

Married: Mar 1936, Westminster, Aimee Hyacinth Melville Wills ¹

Sources:

1. BMD Marriage Index

Wills	Aimee H M 	Marriages	Mar 1936	Westminster 	1a	762	Ley
Ley	Hugh M H 	Marriages	Mar 1936	Westminster 	1a	762	Wills

Married: Sep 1939, Basingstoke, Gladys Rosemary Melville Wills ¹

Sources:

1. BMD Marriage Index

Wills	Gladys R M 	Marriages	Sep 1939	Basingstoke 	2c	1377	Cubitt
Cubitt	Charles G 	Marriages	Sep 1939	Basingstoke 	2c	1377	Wills

Married: Sep 1939, Basingstoke, Pamela D Melville Wills ¹

Sources:

1. BMD Marriage Index

Wills	Pamela D M 	Marriages	Sep 1939	Basingstoke 	2c	1378	Larking
Larking	Charles A 	Marriages	Sep 1939	Basingstoke 	2c	1378	Wills

Married: Sep 1950, Paddington, Elaine April Melville Wills ¹

Sources:

1. BMD Marriage Index

Wills	Elaine A M 	Marriages	Sep 1950	Paddington 	5d	604	Kerr-Peterson
Kerr-peterson	Colin C 	Marriages	Sep 1950	Paddington 	5d	604	Wills
also
Kerr-peterson	Colin C 	Marriages	Sep 1950	Paddington 	5d	604	Retout Du Trevou
Retout-du-trevou	Elaine A M 	Marriages	Sep 1950	Paddington 	5d	604	KERR-PETERSON

very strange entries

Married: Sep 1951, Westminster, Hermione A Melville Wills ¹

Sources:

1. BMD Marriage Index

Wills	Hermione A M 	Marriages	Sep 1951	Westminster 	5c	793	EVANS
Evans	Merfyn 	Marriages	Sep 1951	Westminster 	5c	793	WILLS

Born: Mar 1937, Basingstoke ¹

Father: Hugh M H Ley

Mother: Aimee Hyacinth Melville Wills

Sources:

1. BMD Index

Ley	Marie T M H 	Births	Mar 1937	Basingstoke 	2c	351	Wills

Born: Jun 1938, Basingstoke ¹

Father: Hugh M H Ley

Mother: Aimee Hyacinth Melville Wills

Sources:

1. BMD Index

Ley	Hugh M H 	Births	Jun 1938	Basingstoke 	2c	413	Wills

Born: Mar 1941, Basingstoke ¹

Father: Charles A Larking

Mother: Pamela D Melville Wills

Sources:

1. BMD Index

Larking	Fern M M 	Births	Mar 1941	Basingstoke 	2c	714a	Wills

Born: Mar 1946, Wells ¹

Father: Colin C Kerr-Peterson

Mother: Elaine April Melville Wills

Sources:

1. BMD Index

Kerr-peterson	Nigel R J 	Births	Mar 1946	Wells 	5c	494	Wills

Born: Jun 1952, Surrey Mid.E ¹

Father: Colin C Kerr-Peterson

Mother: Elaine April Melville Wills

Sources:

1. BMD Index

Kerr-peterson	Maitland C M 	Births	Jun 1952	Surrey Mid.E. 	5g	328	WILLS

Born: Sep 1891, Bromley ¹

Father: Arthur Stanley Wills

Mother: Hilda Dewhurst

Notes:

he never married

Sources:

1. BMD Index

Wills	Ronald Dewhurst 	Births	Sep 1891	Bromley 	2a	414	

Born: Dec 1898, Brompton, Kent ¹

Father: Arthur Stanley Wills

Mother: Hilda Dewhurst

Sources:

1. BMD Index

Wills	Wilfrid Dewhurst 	Births	Dec 1898	Bromley 	2a	435	

Born: 24 Jul 1921, Wroughton, Wiltshire ¹

Father: Norman Carl Haag

Mother: Doris Maud de Winton Wills

Sources:

1. BMD Index

Haag	Ian N 	Births	Sep 1921	Swindon 	5a	19	Wills

Born: 27 Sep 1922, 2 Elystan-mansions, Pelham-crescent, S.W.3 ¹

Father: Norman Carl Haag

Mother: Doris Maud de Winton Wills

Sources:

1. BMD Index

Haag	Ida M P 	Births	Dec 1922	Chelsea 	1a	520	Wills

Born: 26 Jul 1925, Basle, Switzerland

Father: Norman Carl Haag

Mother: Doris Maud de Winton Wills

Married: 1902?, William Barker Ogden

Married: Mar 1922, Bristol, Stephanie Merfydd M Wills ¹

Sources:

1. BMD Marriage Index

Wills	Stephanie M M 	Marriages	Mar 1922	Bristol 	6a	103	Bowring
Bowring	Abner 	Marriages	Mar 1922	Bristol 	6a	103	Wills

Born: Mar 1923, Bridgewater ¹

Father: Abner Bowring

Mother: Stephanie Merfydd M Wills

Sources:

1. BMD Index

Bowring	Robert A H 	Births	Mar 1923	Bridgwater 	5c	437	Wills

Married: Mar 1895, Camberwell, Emily Caroline Nicholls ¹

Notes:

Sheila says changed name on marriage, but son still Jung
Probably nothing in it, but
Jung	George Frederick 	Births	Mar 1863	Camberwell 	1d	559

Sources:

1. BMD Marriage Index

Nicholls	Emily Caroline 	Marriages	Mar 1895	Camberwell 	1d	891	 
Jung	George Charles 	Marriages	Mar 1895	Camberwell 	1d	891	 

Born: 1986

Married: Thomas Andrew Leins

Born: 1982

Married: Daniel Edward Leins

Born: 1960

Died: 2009

Married: Linda D Leins

Born: 1991

Father: Phillip Edwards

Mother: Linda D Leins

Born: 1965

Married: Tracy Goodwin

Married: Nicholas James Goodwin

Born: 1997

Father: Nicholas James Goodwin

Mother: Kelly Leeds

Born: 2006

Father: Daniel Robert Goodwin

Mother: Samantha Buck

Married: Joyce R Leins

Notes:

Also thought to be Pascoe, but no BMD entry from 1890-1900 and too many Browns

Born: 1924

Died: Dec 2013, Cornwall

Married 1: Dec 1946, Sturminster, Harold Lea Nicholls ¹

Married 2: Dec 1951, Sturminster, Clifford J Gould ¹

Father: Douglas Brown

Mother: Joyce R Leins

Notes:

Birth date from Sheila Leins
None of these fit
Brown	Marguerite 	Births	Mar 1924	Sunderland 	10a	1291	Partland
Brown	Marguerite E 	Births	Jun 1924	Wellington, Sh 	6a	1156	Weston
Brown	Marguerite I 	Births	Jun 1924	Portsmouth 	2b	806	Trevet
Brown	Marguerite 	Births	Sep 1924	Birmingham 	6d	491	Harvey
Brown	Marguerite D D 	Births	Sep 1924	Frome 		5c	578	Rawlins
Brown	Marguerite W 	Births	Sep 1924	Grimsby 	7a	957	Rudd
Brown	Marguerite 	Births	Dec 1924	Sunderland 	10a	1145	Langton
the only M K's are - neither which fit (too early or late)
Brown	Marguerite K 	Births	Sep 1911	Birmingham 	6d	117	Brown
Brown	Marguerite K 	Births	Sep 1932	Willesden 	3a	553	Donn

Assumed divorced, she was still alive in 2011, but in a home with no memory

Sources:

1. BMD Marriage Index

Brown	Marguerite K 	Marriages	Dec 1946	Sturminster 	6a	1447	Nicholls
Nicholls	Harold L 	Marriages	Dec 1946	Sturminster 	6a	1447	Brown

Brown	Marguerite K 	Marriages	Dec 1951	Sturminster 	6a	1191	GOULD
Nicholls	Marguerite K 	Marriages	Dec 1951	Sturminster 	6a	1191	GOULD
Pascoe	Marguerite K 	Marriages	Dec 1951	Sturminster 	6a	1191	GOULD
Gould	Clifford J 	Marriages	Dec 1951	Sturminster 	6a	1191	BROWN
Gould	Clifford J 	Marriages	Dec 1951	Sturminster 	6a	1191	NICHOLLS
Gould	Clifford J 	Marriages	Dec 1951	Sturminster 	6a	1191	PASCOE

Totally confusing!

Married: Dec 1946, Sturminster, Marguerite Brown ¹

Sources:

1. BMD Marriage Index

Brown	Marguerite K 	Marriages	Dec 1946	Sturminster 	6a	1447	Nicholls
Nicholls	Harold L 	Marriages	Dec 1946	Sturminster 	6a	1447	Brown