[Index]
Elizabeth (MCGUIRE) WYRE (1817 - 1907)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Thomas Wentworth WILLS (1836 - 1880)
Emily Spencer WILLS (1842 - 1925)
Cedric Spencer WILLS (1844 - 1914)
Horace Spencer WILLS (1847 - 1928)
Egbert Spencer WILLS (1849 - 1931)
Elizabeth Spencer WILLS (1852 - 1930)
Eugenie (Duckey) Spencer WILLS (1854 - 1937)
Minna Spencer WILLS (1856 - 1943)
Hortense Sarah Spencer WILLS (1861 - 1907)
 Elizabeth (MCGUIRE) WYRE (1817 - 1907)

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Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS (1811 - 1861)
 Michael (WYER) MCGUIRE (1781 - 1823)











Jane WALLACE (1780 - )











Elizabeth (MCGUIRE) WYRE Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS
Elizabeth (MCGUIRE) WYRE
Pic P1. from 'A Currency Lad'

Pic S1. copied from Michael and Terry's Tree 2009 - ancestry

Pic 1. from 'A Currency Lad'

b. 1817 at Sydney, NSW, Australia
m. 02 Dec 1833 Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS (1811 - 1861) at Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia
d. 28 Dec 1907 at Geelong, Victoria, Australia aged 90
Near Relatives of Elizabeth (MCGUIRE) WYRE (1817 - 1907)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Father in Law Edward Spencer WILLS 13 Aug 1778 London, Middlesex, England 14 May 1811 Sydney, NSW, Australia 32
Mother in Law Sarah HARDING Aug 1776 London, Middlesex, England 08 Jul 1823 Sydney, NSW, Australia 46

Father Michael (WYER) MCGUIRE abt 1781 Meath, Ireland 17 Mar 1823 Sydney, NSW, Australia 42
Mother Jane WALLACE abt 1780 Ireland

Self Elizabeth (MCGUIRE) WYRE 1817 Sydney, NSW, Australia 28 Dec 1907 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 90

Husband Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS 05 Oct 1811 Sydney, NSW, Australia 17 Oct 1861 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia 50

Son Thomas Wentworth WILLS 1836 Molongolo Plains, NSW, Australia 02 May 1880 Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia 44
Daughter Emily Spencer WILLS 25 Dec 1842 'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia 06 Dec 1925 "Molongolo", Kew, Victoria, Australia 82
Son Cedric Spencer WILLS 01 Dec 1844 'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia 23 Jan 1914 Springsure, Queensland, Australia 69
Son Horace Spencer WILLS 16 Jun 1847 Lexington, Victoria, Australia 08 Oct 1928 Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 81
Son Egbert Spencer WILLS 11 Nov 1849 Lexington, Victoria, Australia 11 Sep 1931 Kew, Victoria, Australia 81
Daughter Elizabeth Spencer WILLS 07 Jan 1852 'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia 21 Nov 1930 Prahran, Victoria, Australia 78
Daughter Eugenie (Duckey) Spencer WILLS 28 Jan 1854 Lexington, Victoria, Australia 08 Jul 1937 Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 83
Daughter Minna Spencer WILLS 01 Mar 1856 "Bellevue", Geelong, Victoria, Australia 14 Feb 1943 Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 86
Daughter Hortense Sarah Spencer WILLS 16 Aug 1861 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 02 Jul 1907 Maidenhead, Berkshire, England 45

Sister Catherine (WYER) MCGUIRE abt 1815 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1893 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 78
Sister Ann MCGUIRE abt 1819 Sydney, NSW, Australia

Daughter in Law Sarah Teresa BARBER DUFF 1907
Son in Law Henry Colden Antill HARRISON 16 Oct 1836 Cj, NSW, Australia 02 Sep 1929 Kew, Victoria, Australia 92
Daughter in Law Elizabeth Henrietta (Berry) MACDONALD 26 Dec 1850 Brewarrina, NSW, Australia 25 Jan 1944 Minerva Creek, Springsure, Queensland, Australia 93
Daughter in Law Sarah Eliza BESWICKE 1852 Victoria, Australia 16 Dec 1916 Kew, Victoria, Australia 64
Daughter in Law Mary BESWICKE 27 Jun 1853 Lexington, Victoria, Australia 10 Dec 1930 Balwyn, Victoria, Australia 77
Son in Law Edward Lesley SHAW 16 Jan 1849 Victoria, Australia 08 Apr 1908 London, Middlesex, England 59
Son in Law Peter TYSON abt 1852 1904 Sydney, NSW, Australia 52
Son in Law Thomas George CUE abt 1855 Cork, Co Cork, Ireland 1920 Vancouver, BC, Canada 65
Son in Law Henry (Harold) Blomfield BROWN 1851 Boreham, Essex, England 09 Mar 1923 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 72
Son in Law George Clarence HARDING 1853 St John's Wood, Middlesex, London, England 1913 Hove, Sussex, England 60

Granddaughter Eva Wills HARRISON 11 Aug 1865 Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia 27 Sep 1869 Victoria, Australia 4
Grandson Horace HARRISON 25 Dec 1866 Collingwood, Victoria, Australia 1867 Victoria, Australia 1
Granddaughter Kate Wills HARRISON 26 Feb 1868 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1955 Caulfield, Victoria, Australia 87
Granddaughter Emily Rosalie (Rose) HARRISON 23 Jul 1869 1947 Hove, Sussex, England 78
Grandson Henry Norman HARRISON 28 Jul 1870 09 May 1895 Broad Arrow, WA, Australia 24
Granddaughter Ida Mary HARRISON 20 Jan 1872 Kew, Victoria, Australia 01 Aug 1872 Victoria, Australia 0
Grandson Eric Spencer HARRISON 1874 1874 Victoria, Australia 0
Granddaughter Ruby Spencer HARRISON 25 Mar 1876 Victoria, Australia 1958 Richmond, Victoria, Australia 82
Granddaughter Alma Wills (twin) HARRISON 31 Mar 1882 Kew, Victoria, Australia 1960 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 78
Granddaughter Eileen Spencer (twin) HARRISON 31 Mar 1882 Kew, Victoria, Australia 1882 Beechworth, Victoria, Australia 0
Granddaughter Elizabeth Spencer WILLS 12 Mar 1873 Queensland, Australia 24 Oct 1956 Queensland, Australia 83
Granddaughter Edith Spencer WILLS 10 Jun 1874 Queensland, Australia 15 Sep 1956 Queensland, Australia 82
Granddaughter Emily (Emilyne) Spencer WILLS 16 Aug 1875 Kew, Victoria, Australia 05 Feb 1960 Queensland, Australia 84
Grandson Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS 28 Aug 1876 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia 30 Aug 1960 Springsure, Queensland, Australia 84
Grandson Cedric Spencer WILLS 29 Nov 1877 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia 25 Sep 1957 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 79
Grandson George WILLS abt 1879
Granddaughter Minnie Spencer WILLS 27 Apr 1880 Queensland, Australia 23 Sep 1962 Queensland, Australia 82
Grandson Egbert Spencer WILLS 23 Jul 1881 Queensland, Australia 04 Aug 1888 Queensland, Australia 7
Granddaughter Rose Spencer WILLS 16 Sep 1882 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia 21 Feb 1969 Queensland, Australia 86
Granddaughter Ruby Spencer WILLS 23 Nov 1883 Queensland, Australia 1978 Queensland, Australia 95
Granddaughter Ivy Spencer WILLS 30 Jul 1885 Queensland, Australia 09 Feb 1968 Casino, NSW, Australia 82
Grandson Thomas Wentworth Spencer WILLS 25 Jul 1886 Queensland, Australia 22 May 1963 Queensland, Australia 76
Grandson Colden Spencer WILLS 15 Oct 1888 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia 20 May 1972 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 83
Granddaughter Ethel Mary WILLS 1875 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia 22 Jun 1919 Sandham, Victoria 44
Granddaughter Ada (Ida) Clare WILLS 03 Jun 1880 Springsure, Queensland, Australia 1964 Los Angeles, California, USA 84
Granddaughter Hebe Eugenie WILLS 08 Mar 1885 Queensland, Australia 10 Nov 1948 Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 63
Granddaughter Maud WILLS 1886 1886 0
Granddaughter Eva Irene 'Rene' WILLS 07 Jun 1888 Queensland, Australia 1980 Kew, Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia 92
Grandson Egbert Horatio WILLS 12 Jul 1878 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia 1940 Coburg, Victoria, Australia 62
Grandson Stanley Spencer WILLS 1884 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia 1884 0
Grandson Eric Wilfred WILLS 20 Sep 1891 1974 Box Hill, Victoria, Australia 83
Grandson Edward St Lawrence SHAW 07 Mar 1878 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 1952 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England 74
Granddaughter Lesley Elizabeth SHAW 04 Feb 1879 Creswick, Victoria, Australia 26 Apr 1879 Victoria, Australia 0
Granddaughter Ellen Marian SHAW 04 May 1880 Victoria, Australia 28 Oct 1949 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 69
Granddaughter Doris Minna SHAW 10 Jul 1881 Tarr...., Victoria 1932 Adelaide, Victoria, Australia 51
Granddaughter Elshie Adela SHAW 27 Apr 1883 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 12 Dec 1923 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 40
Granddaughter Phyllis Joan SHAW 18 Sep 1886 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 18 Jun 1887 Malvern, Victoria, Australia 0
Grandson Horace Foster SHAW 06 Jun 1888 Armadale, Victoria, Australia 30 Apr 1968 Glen, Victoria, Australia 79
Grandson Lester Boyd SHAW 06 Nov 1890 Armadale, Victoria, Australia 1960 Sandford, Victoria, Australia 70
Grandson Max Douglas SHAW 17 Jul 1897 Switzerland 1975 Camb, Victoria, Australia 78
Granddaughter Eva Jessie Mazie TYSON 1892 Sydney, NSW, Australia 26 Jul 1972 Prahran, Victoria, Australia 80
Granddaughter Claudia Blomfield-Brown 12 Mar 1884 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 27 Jun 1934 Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 50
Grandson Harold Blomfield-Brown 22 Apr 1885 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 18 Apr 1964 78
Grandson Reginald Blomfield-Brown 24 Jan 1890 Victoria, Australia
Granddaughter Kathleen Ruby Spencer HARDING 1880 Westgate On Sea, Thanet, Kent, England

Nephew Robert Charles HOWE 27 Feb 1820 St Phillips Church of England, Sydney, NSW 14 Jul 1875 Rylstone, NSW, Australia 55
Nephew Robertus Mansfield HOWE 12 Nov 1822 Sydney, NSW, Australia 26 Feb 1824 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1
Niece Annie Wesley HOWE 1824 Sydney, NSW, Australia
Nephew Alfred Australia HOWE 1825 17 Jan 1837 Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia 12
Niece Mary McLeay HOWE 21 Apr 1827 20 May 1827 0
Nephew William Lachlan Macquarie REDFERN 1819 Australia 1904 Westminster, London, England 85
Nephew Joseph Foveaux REDFERN 1823 1830 Sydney, NSW, Australia 7
Niece Sarah Elizabeth ALEXANDER 1835 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland 1905 Paddington, London, England 70
Niece Alice WILLS 06 May 1823 Camden, NSW, Australia 14 Apr 1824 NSW, Australia 0
Nephew William Henry WILLS 01 Dec 1827 abt 1828 1
Niece Catherine Spencer WILLS 24 Nov 1831 Ci, Sydney, NSW 27 Aug 1884 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 52
Niece Amelia WILLS 1854 Kensington, London, Middlesex, England
Nephew Arthur WILLS 18 Feb 1857 Hammersmith, Middlesex, England 14 Oct 1932 Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 75
Nephew Harry Spencer WILLS 13 Sep 1858 Brighton, Sussex, England 1914 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 56
Nephew Frederick WILLS 19 Jul 1860 St John's Wood, Middlesex, London, England
Nephew Charles Ernest WILLS 15 Nov 1861 St John's Wood, Middlesex, London, England
Niece Margaret Campbell ANTILL 27 Jun 1820 Sydney, NSW, Australia 22 Jul 1849 Camden, Oaks, Picton, Stonequarry, NSW 29
Nephew John Macquarie ANTILL 30 May 1822 Liverpool, NSW, Australia 1900 Picton, NSW, Australia 78
Nephew Henry Colden ANTILL 07 Apr 1826 Camden, NSW, Australia 1913 Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia 87
Niece Alice Sophia ANTILL 1827 Liverpool, NSW, Australia 1920 London, Middlesex, England 93
Nephew William Redfern ANTILL 1828 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 1905 Picton, NSW, Australia 77
Nephew Thomas Wills ANTILL 1829 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 18 May 1865 Nelson, New Zealand 36
Nephew Edward Spencer ANTILL 20 Jul 1832 Picton, NSW, Australia 1917 Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia 85
Nephew James Alexander ANTILL 1834 Cobbitty, Narellan, NSW, Australia 1920 Rockdale, Sydney, NSW, Australia 86
Niece Selina Elizabeth ANTILL 1837 Cobbitty, Narellan, NSW, Australia 1924 Chatswood, NSW, Australia 87
Nephew Loftus Cliff ANTILL 06 Dec 1839 Stonequarry, Picton, NSW, Australia 1840 Stonequarry, Picton, NSW, Australia 1
Niece Sarah Eclipse HOWE 1824 At sea 1905 Callan Park, New South Wales, Australia 81
Nephew George Risden HOWE 1825 01 Jul 1889 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 64
Niece Mary Ann Cowell HOWE 17 Jun 1827 Sydney, NSW, Australia 20 Feb 1905 NSW, Australia 77
Niece Marion HOWE 1829
Nephew John Kiwi HOWE 1830 1860 Kawhia, Auckland, New Zealand 30
Niece Ann Risden HOWE 1832
Niece Eliza Frances HOWE 1834 13 Oct 1914 80
Niece Elizabeth Jane HOWE 1836 15 Dec 1916 80
Niece Emily HOWE 1840 1880 Sydney, NSW, Australia 40
Niece Maria Elizabeth LEE 09 Nov 1891
Nephew John Arthur HARRISON 1897
Niece Adela Ann HARRISON 11 Sep 1834 23 Jul 1910 Victoria, Australia 75
Nephew Henry Colden Antill HARRISON 16 Oct 1836 Cj, NSW, Australia 02 Sep 1929 Kew, Victoria, Australia 92
Nephew George Alfred HARRISON 1838
Niece Kate HARRISON 1840 1914 Minto, NSW, Australia 74
Niece Alice HARRISON 1842
Nephew Ernest HARRISON 1845
Nephew Horace Washington HARRISON 1848 Avon, Victoria, Australia 09 Feb 1869 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia 21

Brother in Law Robert HOWE 30 Jun 1795 London, Middlesex, England 29 Jan 1829 Sydney, NSW, Australia 33
Sister in Law Sarah WILLS 23 Apr 1796 England Dec 1876 St Giles, London, England 80
Brother in Law Thomas WILLS 05 Aug 1800 Sydney, NSW, Australia 29 Jul 1872 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 71
Sister in Law Eliza WILLS 10 Sep 1802 Sydney, NSW, Australia 30 Sep 1858 St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 56
Brother in Law Thomas Terry HOWE 02 Apr 1803 Sydney, NSW, Australia
Brother in Law Edward Spencer WILLS 16 Feb 1805 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1830 London, Middlesex, England 25
Sister in Law Mary Ann Risdon HOWE 01 May 1805 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1832 Kawhia, Auckland, New Zealand 27
Brother in Law George Terry HOWE 18 Dec 1806 Sydney, NSW, Australia 06 Apr 1863 Chippendale, NSW, Australia 56
Sister in Law Elizabeth Selina WILLS 30 Nov 1807 Sydney, NSW, Australia 18 Jan 1811 Sydney, NSW, Australia 3
Sister in Law Ann HOWE 06 Feb 1809 Sydney, NSW, Australia 10 May 1811 2
Sister in Law Sarah Risdon HOWE 27 Sep 1810 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1879 Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia 69
Sister in Law Jane HOWE 09 Nov 1816 Sydney, NSW, Australia 23 Nov 1880 Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia 64
Brother in Law William ROOPE 1881 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Events in Elizabeth (MCGUIRE) WYRE (1817 - 1907)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1817 Elizabeth (MCGUIRE) WYRE was born Sydney, NSW, Australia Note 1 54
1822 5 Census Sydney, NSW, Australia Note 2 81
17 Mar 1823 6 Death of father Michael (WYER) MCGUIRE (aged 42) Sydney, NSW, Australia Note 3 54
14 Aug 1823 6 Other Event Sydney, NSW, Australia Note 4
02 Dec 1833 16 Married Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS (aged 22) Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia Note 5 54
1836 19 Birth of son Thomas Wentworth WILLS Molongolo Plains, NSW, Australia Note 6 52, 54
25 Dec 1842 25 Birth of daughter Emily Spencer WILLS 'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia Note 7 52, 54
01 Dec 1844 27 Birth of son Cedric Spencer WILLS 'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia Note 8 52, 54
16 Jun 1847 30 Birth of son Horace Spencer WILLS Lexington, Victoria, Australia Reg No 1850/25772 52, 54
11 Nov 1849 32 Birth of son Egbert Spencer WILLS Lexington, Victoria, Australia Reg No 1850/25773 52, 54
07 Jan 1852 35 Birth of daughter Elizabeth Spencer WILLS 'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia 54, 55
28 Jan 1854 37 Birth of daughter Eugenie (Duckey) Spencer WILLS Lexington, Victoria, Australia Note 9 54, 55
01 Mar 1856 39 Birth of daughter Minna Spencer WILLS "Bellevue", Geelong, Victoria, Australia Note 10 54
16 Aug 1861 44 Birth of daughter Hortense Sarah Spencer WILLS Geelong, Victoria, Australia Note 11 54, 55
17 Oct 1861 44 Death of husband Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS (aged 50) 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia Note 12 52, 53, 54
02 May 1880 63 Death of son Thomas Wentworth WILLS (aged 44) Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia Note 13 52, 53, 54
02 Jul 1907 90 Death of daughter Hortense Sarah Spencer WILLS (aged 45) Maidenhead, Berkshire, England Note 14 54, 55
28 Dec 1907 90 Elizabeth (MCGUIRE) WYRE died Geelong, Victoria, Australia Note 15 54, 55
Note 1: see death notes
see notes - The Currency Lad

Terry Wills correspondence - Elizabeth Wills was born 3/10/1817 in Sydney and died 28/12/1907 in Geelong Victoria and was buried at Kew Vic. It was interesting how I found her birth date in Aunt Ducky (Eugenie) birthday book in her own handwriting – I looked for that date for 20 years and only when I came into possesion of the birthday book did I get the right answer.
She had two sisters Catherine (named after her Mother’s convict ship) was born in Sydney and Died near Springsure She was Mrs Roope, her husband went to look after Cullin la Ringo after the massacre and Anne who was lost to sight after Catherine and Elizabeth were put into the Parramatta orphange after their father drowned in Cockle Bay.
Note 2: WYRE Michael - ropemaker; Catherine, Elizabeth, Anne
No mention of wife Jane.
Note 3: On 17 March 1823 Micheal Wyre and two others were drowned after the upset of their boat in Cockle Bay (Now called Darling Harbour). At the inquest it was recorded that there were three men (all drowned) and a little girl (who survived) in the boat which had accidentally upset, but there is no record of the name of the child.
Note 4: On 14 August 1823 Jane Dwyer [sic] applied to have her three daughters, Catherine aged eight, Elizabeth aged five and Ann aged four, admitted to the Female Orphan School "her husband being recently drowned and herself close to confinment". The admission records of the Female Orphan School show Catherine McQuire [sic] aged eight years and Elizabeth McGuire [sic] aged six years being admitted on 14 August 1823. They were both discharged as pupils on 23 June 1828 after almost five years and were then apprenticed to the school.
As to the youngest daughter, Ann, she is shown in the 1828 census as an "orphan and servant of Thomas Wilson of Parramatta".
Note 5: Married by the Rev. John McGarvie at the home of Mrs Jane McGillivray, Palmer Street, Parramatta. - Geddes family tree - ancestry
Note 6: Reg No V18353071 45B/1835
also V1836258 47
Original birth entry ( sent by Terry Wills) has birth 1836 - some confusion here!!!!!
Note 7: Reg No 1850/25770 - Horatio Spencer Wills and Elizabeth
Why discrepancy in date and reg date? - three kids consecutive reg nos.
Note 8: Reg No 25771 - parents Horatio Spencer Wills and Elizabeth
birth cert of son Cedric Spencer has father Cedric Spencer Wills - grazier - 32 years - born Lexington, Western Dist, Victoria
Note 9: Terry Wills correspondence - Emily Spencer, Egbert Spencer, Horace Spencer, Elizabeth Spencer, Eugenie Spencer (Ducky) and Minna Spencer were all born at Lexington, Hortense Spencer was born at Moolap Victoria and died in Surrey UK
Note 10: died 1943 - age 87 = c 1856
Family trees 1 March 1856

Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer 4 March 1856
BIRTH.
On Saturday last, at Point Henry, Mrs Horace Wills, of a daughter.
Note 11: Empire (Sydney) 17 Sept 1861
BIRTHS
WILLS-On the 16th instant, at Bellevue, Point Henry, Mrs. H. S. Wills, of a daughter.
Note 12: Reg No 356/1862 - Wills and Sarah - 17 Oct 1861


Web: BillionGraves.com Burial Index about Horatio Spencer Wills
Name: Horatio Spencer Wills
Birth Date: 1812
Age at Death: 49
Death Date: 17 Oct 1861
Cemetery: Boroondara Cemetery Kew
Burial Place: Kew, Victoria, Australia

The Argus (Melbourne) 2 Dec 1861
VICTORIA: In its Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction.- In the Will of HORATIO SPENCER HOWE WILLS, late of Belle Vue, in the Parish of Moolap in the County of Grant, in the Colony of Victoria, and of the Cullinglaringo Station on the Nogoa, in the Colony of Queensland, Settler, Deceased
Notice is hereby given that, after the expiration of fourteen days from the publication hereof, application will be made to this Honourable Court, in its Ecclesiastical jurisdiction, that PROBATE of the last WILL and TESTAMENT of the above-named Horatio Spencer Howe Wills, deceased, be granted to Thomas Wills Antill, of the Geelong Branch establishment of the Union Bank of Australia, gentleman, and Elizabeth Wills, the widow of the said Horatio Spencer Howe Wills, deceased, wife of the executors and the executrix named in and appointed by the will of the said Horatio Spencer Howe Wills, deceased, (the other executor, John Rendall Morris, therein named, having renounced probate and execution of the said will, and disclaimed the trusts thereof).
Dated the twenty-ninth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
MARTYR, TAYLOR, and BUCKLAND, Yarra street, Geelong,and Elizabeth street, Melbourne, proctors for the said Thomas Wills Antill and Elizabeth Wills.
Note 13: Reg No 4455 - age 45 - parents unknown
Cause of death - suicide

Australian Cemetery Index - Thomas Wentworth Wills - age 44 - b c1836 - death 2/5/1880- Heidelberg Cemetery


The Argus (Melbourne) 4 May 1880
INQUEST.

SUICIDE OF MR. T. W. WILLS.

Dr. Youl held an inquest at Heidelberg yesterday upon the body of Thomas Went- worth Wills, aged 45 years, who committed suicide on the previous day.
Sarah Theresa Wills, widow of deceased, deposed that her husband had been drinking for years. She took him to the Melbourne Hospital on Saturday last, and he was ad- mitted, because he could not sleep. At 9 o'clock the same night she was told that her husband was on the verandah, waving his hands at some imaginary object. She got him into the house, and he went to bed, but did not sleep. A constable watched him, until a man named Dunmoody came to watch him. On Sunday, at 1 o'clock, the man went to his dinner, and deceased then went into the kitchen, and stabbed himself with a pair of scissors.
David Dunmoody labourer, who was employed to watch deceased, gave corroborative evidence and deposed that deceased tried to choke himself by holding his mouth and nose. When witness went to dinner he put away everything he thought deceased could harm himself with. Both deceased and his wife drank to excess.
The jury found that deceased committed suicide while of unsound mind from excessive drinking.
Note 14: Free bmd - death index - Hortense Sarah S Harding - birth abt 1861

Hortense Sarah Spencer Harding - died 1907, Maidenhead, age 46, Vol 2c, page 203

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 about Hortense Sarah Spencer Harding
Name: Hortense Sarah Spencer Harding
Probate Date: 23 Aug 1907
Death Date: 2 Jul 1907
Death Place: Berkshire, England
Registry: London, England
HARDING Hortense Sarah Spencer of "Coorabelle" Cookham Berkshire (wife of George Clarence Harding) died 2 July 1907 Probate London 23 August to the said George Clarence Harding esquire and Kathleen Ruby Spencer Harding spinster Effects 2163 pounds 16s 11d
Note 15: REg No 1907/12345 - Elizth Wills - age 98 - born c 1809 - died Geelong, Victoria - father WYER Michl

the Advertiser (Adelaide) 1 Jan 1908
THE OLDEST AUSTRALIAN COLONIST. DIES AGED 90.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wills, who died at Geelong on Saturday last at the age of 90, was the oldest Australian colonist. She arrived with her father at Sydney in 1819, and in 1833 when but 16 years of age she was married to Mr. Horatio Spencer Wills, who settled in the Tumut district, New South Wales, in 1837. Mrs. Wills came to Geelong in 1852. She left seven children, 36 grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren.

The Argus (Melbourne) 30 Dec 1907
DEATHS
WILLS.— On the 28th December, 1907, at "The Grove," Newtown, Geelong, at the residence of her son-in-law, H. Blomfield Brown, Elizabeth, widow of the late Horatio Spencer Wills, late of Point Henry, Geelong, and Cullen-la-ringo, Queensland, in her 91st year.

Albury Banner and Wodonga Express NSW 3 Jan 1908
Death of an Old Colonist.
A STIRRING CAREER.
One of the oldest Australian colonists and a pioneer of Victoria, in the person of Mrs. Elizabeth Wills, passed peacefully away at Geelong on Saturday last, in her 91st year. Coming to Sydney in 1819 or 1820 with her parents — her father being a sergeant in the military forces — she was educated at Parramatta, and when but a girl of sixteen married to Mr. Horatio Spencer Wills. In 1837 Mr. and Mrs. Wills settled on land in the Tumut district, in New South Wales. Some three years later, owing to uncertainty of tenure, they left this holding, and travelled by bullock-team to Melbourne, and thence to Lexington, in the Ararat district. Mr. Wills selected land there, and gave the name of Ararat to the mount, because, like the dove, they .'rested there.' From 1840, some twelve years were passed at Lexington, and Mrs. Wills, amongst other incidents of those stirring times, came to regard the visits of ' bush rangers as quite ordinary occurrences. In 1852 Mr. Wills purchased Belle Vue Farm, at Point Henry, Geelong. and also acquired Cullinlaringo Station, in the Leichhardt - district, in Queensland, where, on 17th October, 1861, he paid for his pioneership with his life, being attacked and killed by the blacks. Mrs. Wills and her family continued their residence at Point Henry. Her eldest son, T. W. Wills, well known as Tommy Wills, was a prominent Australian cricketer for many years, and was the organiser and captain of the first aboriginal cricket team that played in Australia, whilst her sons Horace and Egbert were familiar figures in the Geelong football field. Mrs. Wills remained constant to the Geelong district as a place of residence, with the exception of some eight years, which she spent at Hawthorn. She was of a kindly and charitable nature, though just and discriminating in her gifts. Besides many private kindnesses and benevolences, she gave substantial aid, both in buildings and in money, to the Old Colonists' Association, whilst various funds of the Church of England, of which she was a member1, received - material assistance from her. The last years, of her life were quietly and happily passed at the 'Grove,' Geelong, the home of her son-in-law, Mr. H.. Blomfield Brown. Of her family of four sons and five daughters, three of the former and four of the latter survive her, whilst it may be also mentioned that the three generations of her family include 36 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.
Personal Notes:
from death reg of son Cedric in 1914
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http://tww.id.au/family-history-wills/edward-spencer-wills-celene/pafg02.htm#30
Horatio married Elizabeth Wyer on 2 Dec 1833 in Parramatta,Sydney,New South Wales,Australia. Elizabeth was born about 1818 in ,,New South Wales,Australia. She died on 28 Dec 1907 in Retreat Road,Kew,Victoria,Australia. She was buried on 30 Dec 1907 in Boroondara Cemet,Kew,Victoria,Australia.

must have been born in N.S.W. Australia - her father was a convict -
Michael Wyes 23 married Jane Wallace 22 April 11th, 1815. - drowned
when Elizabeth was about 5 or 6 and her sister Catherine was 7 or 8
1822 muster - A23420 Elizabeth Wyer aged 3 was living in Sydney with
father Michael Wyer, Catherine and Ann

Michael Wyre's wife called herself Dwyer and put the girls into an
orphanage - entered as McGrth -1826 remarks on Index to Orphan School
- widow hard struggle deserving woman -
both were entered into service as domestics. Elizabeth at 11 years old
went to Mrs MacGillavery who was a witness at Elizabeth's marriage to
Horatio Wills.
Catherine married William Roope as Catherine Dwyer.
extract from letters from Cedric to his mother - Elizabeth had not
visited her husband's grave but had had three trips to England - Victorian
Immigration - Elizabeth Wills aged 60 1885 Aug Ship Orient into Port B
fiche 454 p 6
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Extract from The Currency Lad by T. S. Wills Cooke
Jane Wallace, a servant aged 24 years was convicted in Dublin in June 1813 and sentenced to seven years transportation. She arrived in Sydney on the "Catherine" on 3 May 1814. The "Catherine had sailed from Falmouth on 8 December 1813.
She married Michael Wyre at St John's Church, Parramatta on 11 April 1815. On 14 August 1823 Jane Dwyer [sic] applied to have her three daughters, Catherine aged eight, Elizabeth aged five and Ann aged four, admitted to the Female Orphan School "her husband being recently drowned and herself close to confinment". The admission records of the Female Orphan School show Catherine McQuire [sic] aged eight years and Elizabeth McGuire [sic] aged six years being admitted on 14 August 1823. They were both discharged as pupils on 23 June 1828 after almost five years and were then apprenticed to the school.
There is no further record of Jane after she had the two girls admitted. No child is registered as having been born to her in 1823 and she simply disappears from the story. As to the youngest daughter, Ann, she is shown in the 1828 census as an "orphan and servant of Thomas Wilson of Parramatta".
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Albury Banner and Wodonga Express NSW 3 Jan 1908
Death of an Old Colonist.
A STIRRING CAREER.
One of the oldest Australian colonists and a pioneer of Victoria, in the person of Mrs. Elizabeth Wills, passed peacefully away at Geelong on Saturday last, in her 91st year. Coming to Sydney in 1819 or 1820 with her parents — her father being a sergeant in the military forces — she was educated at Parramatta, and when but a girl of sixteen married to Mr. Horatio Spencer Wills.
In 1837 Mr. and Mrs. Wills settled on land in the Tumut district, in New South Wales. Some three years later, owing to uncertainty of tenure, they left this holding, and travelled by bullock-team to Melbourne, and thence to Lexington, in the Ararat district. Mr. Wills selected land there, and gave the name of Ararat to the mount, because, like the dove, they .'rested there.' From 1840, some twelve years were passed at Lexington, and Mrs. Wills, amongst other incidents of those stirring times, came to regard the visits of ' bush rangers as quite ordinary occurrences. In 1852 Mr. Wills purchased Belle Vue Farm, at Point Henry, Geelong. and also acquired Cullinlaringo Station, in the Leichhardt - district, in Queensland, where, on 17th October, 1861, he paid for his pioneership with his life, being attacked and killed by the blacks. Mrs. Wills and her family continued their residence at Point Henry. Her eldest son, T. W. Wills, well known as Tommy Wills, was a prominent Australian cricket er for many years, and was the organiser and captain of the first aboriginal cricket team that played in Australia, whilst her sons Horace and Egbert were familiar fig ures in the Geelong football field. Mrs. Wills remained constant to the Geelong district as a place of residence, with the exception of some eight years, which she spent at Hawthorn. She was of a kindly and charitable nature, though just and dis criminating in her gifts. Besides many private kindnesses and benevolences, she gave substantial aid, both in buildings and in money, to the Old Colonists' Association, whilst various funds of the Church of Eng land, of which she was a member1, received - material assistance from her. The last years, of her life were quietly and happily passed at the 'Grove,' Geelong, the home of her son-in-law, Mr. H.. Blomfield Brown. Of her family of four sons and five daughters, three of the former and four of the latter survive her, whilst it may be also mentioned that the three generations of her family include 36 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.
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Source References:
54. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Ancestry Family Trees, Title: Ancestry Family Trees, Auth: Ancestry.com
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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
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