| [Index] |
| Norman WILLIS (1909 - ) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
| Norman WILLIS (1909 - ) + Margaret WHITEHORN |
Frederick Chales WILLIS (1883 - 1963) | Thomas WILLIS (1838 - 1903) | William WILLIS (1798 - 1880) | |
| Mary (WILLIS) (1803 - 1867) | ||||
| Hannah PECK (1847 - 1893) | George PECK (1821 - ) | |||
| Ann (PECK) (1819 - ) | ||||
| Teresa KNIFTON (1882 - ) | Thomas KNIFTON (1840 - 1905) | Thomas KNIFTON (1806 - ) | ||
| Hannah (KNIFTON) (1812 - ) | ||||
| Teresa GILBERT (1851 - 1927) | ||||
| Rachael (GILBERT) (1812 - ) |
| b. abt 1909 |
| m. Margaret WHITEHORN at Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
| Near Relatives of Norman WILLIS (1909 - ) | ||||||
| Relationship | Person | Born | Birth Place | Died | Death Place | Age |
| Grandfather | Thomas WILLIS | 15 Jun 1838 | Whickham, Durham, England | 14 Mar 1903 | Whickham, Durham, England | 64 |
| Grandmother | Hannah PECK | 20 Jun 1847 | Durham, England | 23 Feb 1893 | Gateshead, Durham, England | 45 |
| Grandfather | Thomas KNIFTON | abt 1840 | Church Gresley, Derbyshire, England | abt Oct 1905 | Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England | 65 |
| Grandmother | Teresa GILBERT | 1851 | 1927 | 76 | ||
| Father | Frederick Chales WILLIS | abt 1883 | Whickham, Durham, England | 1963 | Ponteland, Northumberland, England | 80 |
| Mother | Teresa KNIFTON | abt 1882 | Staffordshire, England | |||
| Self | Norman WILLIS | abt 1909 | ||||
| Wife | Margaret WHITEHORN | |||||
| Sister | Teresa WILLIS | Mar 1911 | Tynemouth, Northumberland, England | |||
| Sister | Florence WILLIS | 08 Dec 1912 | Tynemouth, Northumberland, England | 1984 | 72 | |
| Uncle | John Thomas WILLIS | 09 Dec 1868 | Gateshead, Durham, England | 12 Jan 1944 | Gateshead, Durham, England | 75 |
| Aunt | Mary LYNSKEY | abt 1868 | 19 Oct 1941 | Durham, England | 73 | |
| Uncle | George William WILLIS | 18 Apr 1870 | Whickham, Durham, England | 11 Aug 1885 | 15 | |
| Aunt | Mary WILLIS | bef 25 Jul 1872 | Whickham, Durham, England | 16 Nov 1878 | 6 | |
| Aunt | Ann Wanless WILLIS | 12 Feb 1876 | Whickham, Durham, England | 20 Nov 1878 | Whickham, Durham, England | 2 |
| Uncle | Henry Wanless WILLIS | 1880 | Whickham, Durham, England | |||
| Aunt | Lilly WILLIS | 27 Dec 1884 | Whickham, Durham, England | 27 Apr 1886 | Whickham, Durham, England | 1 |
| Aunt | Gertrude KNIFTON | 1871 | 1874 | 3 | ||
| Uncle | Ernest KNIFTON | 1872 | 1915 | 43 | ||
| Aunt | Eva Constance KNIFTON | 1874 | ||||
| Uncle | Thomas KNIFTON | 1876 | ||||
| Aunt | Florence KNIFTON | 1877 | Mar 1919 | Gateshead, Durham, England | 42 | |
| Uncle | Thomas Percy RIDLEY | Oct 1874 | Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England | 02 Aug 1944 | Northumberland, England | 69 |
| Uncle | John KNIFTON | 1880 | 1921 | 41 | ||
| Uncle | Frederick KNIFTON | 28 Mar 1884 | 1954 | 70 | ||
| Uncle | Percy KNIFTON | 1886 | 1926 | 40 | ||
| Uncle | Harold Edgar KNIFTON | 1887 | 1961 | 74 | ||
| Aunt | Evelyn KNIFTON | 1889 | 1908 | 19 | ||
| Aunt | Frances KNIFTON | 1891 | 1974 | 83 | ||
| Aunt | Ethel Louise KNIFTON | 1893 | 1910 | 17 | ||
| Cousin | Hannah WILLIS | 1894 | Gateshead, Durham, England | |||
| Cousin | Ernest Frederick WILLIS | 1897 | Gateshead, Durham, England | |||
| Cousin | John George WILLIS | Sep 1900 | Gateshead, Durham, England | Mar 1904 | Gateshead, Durham, England | 3 |
| Cousin | Constance Knifton RIDLEY | abt Jun 1906 | Castle Ward, Northumberland, England | |||
| Nephew | Living or Recently Deceased | |||||
| Brother in Law | Maurice TAYLOR | |||||
| Brother in Law | Henry STUTCHBURY | |||||
| Events in Norman WILLIS (1909 - )'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| Married Margaret WHITEHORN | Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland | 18 | |||
| abt 1909 | Norman WILLIS was born | 18 | |||
| 1963 | 54 | Death of father Frederick Chales WILLIS (aged 80) | Ponteland, Northumberland, England | 18 | |
| Personal Notes: |
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"He joined the Blue Funnell Line owned by Alfred Holt and Company Liverpool shipping line (I think) as a cadet and rose through the ranks and became First Mate probably before the second war. At the outbreak of WWll he joined the Wavy Navy Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve (so called because of the wavy sleeve stripes that RNVR officers wore to differentiate them from the Royal Navy) still serving with the same company. He was twice torpedoed in the Atlantic but survived. The ships were named after rivers or towns I think and I remenber his was taken out of line for a time for a wartime film to be made with John Wayne, to keep morale up. He may have had his Masters ticket then. After the war my family used to visit him on board ship in the Pool of London when he came in. As his seniority rose so did the size of his ship. It was a large freighter latterly which could take a few passengers and sometimes his wife. As a young boy it was a fantastic day out being shown the engine room, etc. In the 1950s he was offered Commodore of the Fleet but it would have meant moving to Germany from Inverness so he stayed senior Captain until retirement. He died in his garden in Inverness about 6 months after he retired. Unfortunately he was not in contact with my mother (Florence Willis) or Tess (Willis) Taylor following the death of Fred C. Willis as he did not agree with the Will, which is another story." - per
nephew Alan Stutchbury. |
| Source References: |
| 18. Type: E-mail Message, Abbr: e-mails general pool, Title: e-mails general pool |
| - Reference = Norm Willis e-mail 5 Sep 08 (Marriage) |
| - Reference = Norm Willis e-mail 5 Sep 08 (Birth) |
| - Reference = Norm Willis e-mail 5 Sep 08 (Name, Notes) |