Catherine Spencer WILLS (1831

Catherine Spencer WILLS (1831 - 1884)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Thomas Wills CONRAN (1850 - 1915) Henry Lewis (Harry) CONRAN (1851 - 1924) Charles James Curtis CONRAN (1854 - 1939) Marcell CONRAN (1855 - 1935) Kate Marion CONRAN (1863 - 1864)	Catherine Spencer WILLS (1831 - 1884) + Lewis Charles CONRAN (1821 - 1893)	Thomas WILLS (1800 - 1872)	Edward Spencer WILLS (1778 - 1811)	Edward WILLS ( - 1814)
				Elizabeth PRICE (1738 - 1822)
			Sarah HARDING (1776 - 1823)	Thomas HARDING
				Sarah (HARDING)
		Marie Anne BARRY (1801 - 1870)

Pic P1. SACRED
to the memory of
LIEU COL LEWIS C. CONRAN
who died 10 Jan 1893
aged 73 years
and of his wife
CATHERINE SPENCER
who died 27 Aug 1884
aged 52 years

Pic S1. SACRED
to the memory of
LIEU COL LEWIS C. CONRAN
who died 10 Jan 1893
aged 73 years
and of his wife
CATHERINE SPENCER
who died 27 Aug 1884
aged 52 years

Pic 1. SACRED
to the memory of
LIEU COL LEWIS C. CONRAN
who died 10 Jan 1893
aged 73 years
and of his wife
CATHERINE SPENCER
who died 27 Aug 1884
aged 52 years

b. 24 Nov 1831 at Ci, Sydney, NSW

m. 12 Feb 1850 Lewis Charles CONRAN (1821 - 1893) at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

d. 27 Aug 1884 at Geelong, Victoria, Australia aged 52

Near Relatives of Catherine Spencer WILLS (1831 - 1884)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Edward Spencer WILLS	13 Aug 1778	London, Middlesex, England	14 May 1811	Sydney, NSW, Australia	32
Grandmother	Sarah HARDING	Aug 1776	London, Middlesex, England	08 Jul 1823	Sydney, NSW, Australia	46

Father in Law	James Samuel CONRAN
Mother in Law	Penelope BAYNES

Father	Thomas WILLS	05 Aug 1800	Sydney, NSW, Australia	29 Jul 1872	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	71
Mother	Marie Anne BARRY	21 Sep 1801	London, Middlesex, England	19 May 1870		68
Step Mother	Mary Ann MELLARD	1830	Peckham, Camberwell, London, Surrey, England

Self	Catherine Spencer WILLS	24 Nov 1831	Ci, Sydney, NSW	27 Aug 1884	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	52

Husband	Lewis Charles CONRAN	abt 1821	Hopton, Suffolk	10 Jan 1893	Highton, near Geelong, Victoria	72

Son	Thomas Wills CONRAN	06 Nov 1850	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	15 Oct 1915	Madeira	64
Son	Henry Lewis (Harry) CONRAN	26 Dec 1851	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	25 Dec 1924	Thanet, Kent, England	72
Son	Charles James Curtis CONRAN	30 Apr 1854	Coldham Hall, Suffolk, England	1939	Southend On Sea, Essex, England	85
Son	Marcell CONRAN	22 Nov 1855	Stratton Hall, Leicestershire, England	1935	Preston, Victoria, Australia	80
Daughter	Kate Marion CONRAN	1863	Droxford, Hampshire, England	22 Dec 1864	Beaumont, Guernsey	1

Half Sister	Alice WILLS	06 May 1823	Camden, NSW, Australia	14 Apr 1824	NSW, Australia	0
Brother	William Henry WILLS	01 Dec 1827		abt 1828		1
Half Sister	Amelia WILLS	1854	Kensington, London, Middlesex, England
Half Brother	Arthur WILLS	18 Feb 1857	Hammersmith, Middlesex, England	14 Oct 1932	Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	75
Half Brother	Harry Spencer WILLS	13 Sep 1858	Brighton, Sussex, England	1914	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	56
Half Brother	Frederick WILLS	19 Jul 1860	St John's Wood, Middlesex, London, England
Half Brother	Charles Ernest WILLS	15 Nov 1861	St John's Wood, Middlesex, London, England

Daughter in Law	Evelyn Mary FORD
Daughter in Law	Mary (Minnie) Louisa MOLLE	10 Mar 1865	Queensland, Australia
Daughter in Law	Helen BROCK	1855	Guernsey, Channel Islands, England
Daughter in Law	Charlotte Ida MCLACHLAN			1931	Victoria, Australia

Granddaughter	Eleanor Kate CONRAN	1880	Queensland, Australia	1966	Berwick, Victoria, Australia	86
Grandson	Bernard Hamilton CONRAN	1882	Queensland, Australia	1935	Westminster, London, England	53
Grandson	Thomas Wills CONRAN	1884	Queensland, Australia
Grandson	Wilfred Campbell CONRAN	1884		1885	Victoria, Australia	1
Grandson	Gordon CONRAN	1885	Queensland, Australia	1930	Ceylon	45
Grandson	Vivian Arnold CONRAN	1888	Queensland, Australia	1915	Epsom, Surrey, England	27
Granddaughter	Dorothy Margaret CONRAN	1891	Malvern, Victoria, Australia
Grandson	Charles Marcell CONRAN	1893	Armadale, Victoria, Australia	14 Aug 1895	Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	2
Grandson	Eric Lewis CONRAN	1887	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1924	Marylebone, London, England	37
Granddaughter	Nancy (Minnie) CONRAN	1889	Queensland, Australia
Granddaughter	Alleyne CONRAN	abt 1892	Glenelg, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Granddaughter	Mona CONRAN	1881	Ceylon	1964	Tavistock, Devon, England	83

Aunt	Sarah WILLS	23 Apr 1796	England	Dec 1876	St Giles, London, England	80
Uncle	William REDFERN	1774	Canada	17 Jul 1833	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	59
Uncle	James ALEXANDER	1797	Lanarkshire, Scotland	29 Jul 1877		80
Aunt	Eliza WILLS	10 Sep 1802	Sydney, NSW, Australia	30 Sep 1858	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	56
Uncle	Henry Colden ANTILL	01 May 1779	New York, NY, USA	14 Aug 1852	'Jarvisfield', Picton, NSW, Australia	73
Uncle	Edward Spencer WILLS	16 Feb 1805	Sydney, NSW, Australia	1830	London, Middlesex, England	25
Aunt	Elizabeth Selina WILLS	30 Nov 1807	Sydney, NSW, Australia	18 Jan 1811	Sydney, NSW, Australia	3
Uncle	Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS	05 Oct 1811	Sydney, NSW, Australia	17 Oct 1861	'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia	50
Aunt	Elizabeth (MCGUIRE) WYRE	1817	Sydney, NSW, Australia	28 Dec 1907	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	90
Aunt	Jane HOWE	09 Nov 1816	Sydney, NSW, Australia	23 Nov 1880	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	64
Uncle	Capt. John HARRISON	1800	Cumberland, England	21 Jul 1869	Williamstown, Victoria, Australia	69

Cousin	William Lachlan Macquarie REDFERN	1819	Australia	1904	Westminster, London, England	85
Cousin	Joseph Foveaux REDFERN	1823		1830	Sydney, NSW, Australia	7
Cousin	Sarah Elizabeth ALEXANDER	1835	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland	1905	Paddington, London, England	70
Cousin	Margaret Campbell ANTILL	27 Jun 1820	Sydney, NSW, Australia	22 Jul 1849	Camden, Oaks, Picton, Stonequarry, NSW	29
Cousin	John Macquarie ANTILL	30 May 1822	Liverpool, NSW, Australia	1900	Picton, NSW, Australia	78
Cousin	Henry Colden ANTILL	07 Apr 1826	Camden, NSW, Australia	1913	Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia	87
Cousin	Alice Sophia ANTILL	1827	Liverpool, NSW, Australia	1920	London, Middlesex, England	93
Cousin	William Redfern ANTILL	1828	Campbelltown, NSW, Australia	1905	Picton, NSW, Australia	77
Cousin	Thomas Wills ANTILL	1829	Campbelltown, NSW, Australia	18 May 1865	Nelson, New Zealand	36
Cousin	Edward Spencer ANTILL	20 Jul 1832	Picton, NSW, Australia	1917	Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia	85
Cousin	James Alexander ANTILL	1834	Cobbitty, Narellan, NSW, Australia	1920	Rockdale, Sydney, NSW, Australia	86
Cousin	Selina Elizabeth ANTILL	1837	Cobbitty, Narellan, NSW, Australia	1924	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	87
Cousin	Loftus Cliff ANTILL	06 Dec 1839	Stonequarry, Picton, NSW, Australia	1840	Stonequarry, Picton, NSW, Australia	1
Cousin	Thomas Wentworth WILLS	1836	Molongolo Plains, NSW, Australia	02 May 1880	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	44
Cousin	Emily Spencer WILLS	25 Dec 1842	'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia	06 Dec 1925	"Molongolo", Kew, Victoria, Australia	82
Cousin	Cedric Spencer WILLS	01 Dec 1844	'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia	23 Jan 1914	Springsure, Queensland, Australia	69
Cousin	Horace Spencer WILLS	16 Jun 1847	Lexington, Victoria, Australia	08 Oct 1928	Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	81
Cousin	Egbert Spencer WILLS	11 Nov 1849	Lexington, Victoria, Australia	11 Sep 1931	Kew, Victoria, Australia	81
Cousin	Elizabeth Spencer WILLS	07 Jan 1852	'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia	21 Nov 1930	Prahran, Victoria, Australia	78
Cousin	Eugenie (Duckey) Spencer WILLS	28 Jan 1854	Lexington, Victoria, Australia	08 Jul 1937	Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	83
Cousin	Minna Spencer WILLS	01 Mar 1856	"Bellevue", Geelong, Victoria, Australia	14 Feb 1943	Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	86
Cousin	Hortense Sarah Spencer WILLS	16 Aug 1861	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	02 Jul 1907	Maidenhead, Berkshire, England	45
Cousin	Adela Ann HARRISON	11 Sep 1834		23 Jul 1910	Victoria, Australia	75
Cousin	Henry Colden Antill HARRISON	16 Oct 1836	Cj, NSW, Australia	02 Sep 1929	Kew, Victoria, Australia	92
Cousin	George Alfred HARRISON	1838
Cousin	Kate HARRISON	1840		1914	Minto, NSW, Australia	74
Cousin	Alice HARRISON	1842
Cousin	Ernest HARRISON	1845		1937		92
Cousin	Horace Washington HARRISON	1848	Avon, Victoria, Australia	09 Feb 1869	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	21
Cousin	John Arthur HARRISON	1851		1897		46

Niece	Dorothy Marie WILLS	1889	Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1964	Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	75
Nephew	Cedric Spencer WILLS	1881	New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia	1947	Suva, Fiji	66
Nephew	Hugh D WILLS	1881	New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia	1912	British Columbia, Canada	31
Niece	Yulia Alice WILLS	1882	New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia	1915	Colchester, Essex, England	33
Niece	Joan WILLS	1886
Nephew	Cyril Renton WILLS	abt 1888		1934	Emerald, Queensland, Australia	46
Niece	Clarice Constance WILLS	1890	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia	1963	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia	73

Sister in Law	Marie Sarah FAIRBAIRN	1861	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	1947	Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	86
Sister in Law	Alice H S BUTTERSS	abt 1859		1935	England	76
Sister in Law	Alice Mary Ann OLDING	abt 1864	Spring Bay, Tasmania, Australia	1953	Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia	89

Events in Catherine Spencer WILLS (1831 - 1884)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
24 Nov 1831		Catherine Spencer WILLS was born	Ci, Sydney, NSW	Note 1	55
12 Feb 1850	18	Married Lewis Charles CONRAN (aged 29)	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Note 2	52, 55
06 Nov 1850	18	Birth of son Thomas Wills CONRAN	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Note 3	52, 55
26 Dec 1851	20	Birth of son Henry Lewis (Harry) CONRAN	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1861 England census	55
30 Apr 1854	22	Birth of son Charles James Curtis CONRAN	Coldham Hall, Suffolk, England	1861 England census	55
22 Nov 1855	23	Birth of son Marcell CONRAN	Stratton Hall, Leicestershire, England	1861 England census	55
1861	30	Residence	34 Northbrook Rd, Bishops Waltham, Hampshire, England	Note 4
1863	32	Birth of daughter Kate Marion CONRAN	Droxford, Hampshire, England	Note 5	55
22 Dec 1864	33	Death of daughter Kate Marion CONRAN (aged 1)	Beaumont, Guernsey	Note 6	60
19 May 1870	38	Death of mother Marie Anne BARRY (aged 68)			55
1871	40	Residence	St. Peter's Port, Guernsey	Note 7
29 Jul 1872	40	Death of father Thomas WILLS (aged 71)	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Note 8	52, 54
27 Aug 1884	52	Catherine Spencer WILLS died	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	Note 9	52, 60
		Death of step mother Mary Ann MELLARD		Note 10

Note 1: Reg No C1831524 16 - Thomas Wills and Mary A

Note 2: Reg No 29131/1850 - Lewis Charles CONRON and Cath Wills
The Courier (Hobart) 20 Feb 1850
MARRIAGE. At St. Peter's Church, Melbourne, on Tuesday, the 12th instant, by the Rev. Augustus Strong, M.A., LEWIS CHARLES CONRAN, Captain in H.M. 11th Regiment, to CATHERINE SPENCER WILLS, only daughter of Thomas Wills, Esq., of Lucerne, near Melbourne.

Note 3: Reg No 16986/1850 - Lewis Charles Conran and Catherine

Note 4: CONRAN Lewis C (40)- Lt Colonel Hants Volunteers b. Hopton, Suffolk;
Catherine s (29) b Vara Ville, Australia; Thomas W (10) b Lucerne, Aust; Henry L (9) b Melbourne, Aust; Charles J (6) b Coldham Hall, Suffolk; Marcel (5) b Stratton Hall, Leicestershire
WILLS Maryanne (59) - mother in law - wife of landed gentry - b Middlesex, London
Household of nurse, cook,ladies maid, under nurse, kitchen maid, footman , coachman

Note 5: free bmd Kate Marion Conran - Mar 1863, Droxford, Vol2c, p107

(not mentioned with famiy in 1861 England census - assume born after 1861- in England?)

Note 6: The Argus (Melbourne)18 March 1865
DEATHS. CONRAN.—On the 22nd December, 1864, at Beaumont, Guernsey, Kate Marion, only daughter of Lieut. Colonel L. C. Conran.

Note 7: CONRAN Lewis (50) - Ret. Captain H.M. 11th Reg, b England; Catherine (39) b Australia; Henry (19) - midshipman in H.M. navy b Australia; Charles (16)-scholar b England; Marcell (15) - scholar b England
and 3 domestic servants

Note 8: Reg No 7080/1872 - parents Edward and Sarah Hardy - age 71

The Empire 6 Aug 1872
A report reached Melbourne on the 31st July, that Mr. Thomas Wills, of Bellevue, a well-known old colonist, had died during the day. In the early days of Port Phillip he took a very prominent part in public affairs and before separation he was generally considered amongst the most wealthy of the early settlers. After the marriage of his daughter to Major Conran, who at that time was, Commander
of the Forces, subsequently held the position of aide-de- camp to Mr. Latrobe, and Sergeant-at-arm to the first Legislative Council, Mr. Wills paid a lengthy visit to Europe and, since his return has lived in comparative retirement. His brother, Mr. Horatio Wills, who formerly represented South Grant. was killed by the Queensland natives, and his nephew is Thomas Wills, the well-known cricketer.

The Argus (Melbourne) 1 Aug 1872
DEATHS
WILLS.-On the 20th ult., at his residence, Willsmere, Kew, Thomas Wills, Esq., aged 72 years.

Note 9: Reg No 8954/1884 - age 52 - Thos Wills and Mary Ann BArry

Sydney Morning Herald 1 Sept 1884
Deaths
CONRAN.—August 27, at Highton, Geelong,Victoria, Catherine Spencer, wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Conran, and only child of the late Thomas Wills, of Lucerne, Melbourne.
(Only surviving child from the 'marriage' of Thomas and Marie Anne Barry)

Note 10: Ancestry - Jaycee's Family - 2 Feb 1903, Wimbledon, Surrey

Personal Notes:

The Argus 29 Aug 1884
DEATH
CONRAN-On the 27th inst, at Highton, Geelong. Catherine Spencer, wife of Lieutenant-colonel Lewis Conran, and only child of the late Thomas Wills, of Lucerne, Melbourne

Sydney Morning Herald 1 Sept 1884
DEATH
CONRAN.-August 27, at Highton, Geelong,Victoria, Catherine Spencer, wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Conran, and only child of the late Thomas Wills, of Lucerne, Melbourne.

Source References:

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Reference = (Death)

55. Type: Book, Abbr: Edward Wills Family and Descendants, Title: Ancestor Treasure Hunt; The Edward Wills Family and Descendants in Australia 1797 - 1976, Auth: R.V. Pockley, Publ: Wentworth Books - Sydney, Date: 1976

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Reference = (Birth)

- Reference = (Name, Notes)

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Sydney Morning Herald 1 Sept 1884
Deaths
CONRAN.—August 27, at Highton, Geelong,Victoria, Catherine Spencer, wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Conran, and only child of the late Thomas Wills, of Lucerne, Melbourne.

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