Information Journal.

Groom: John Bernard WILLIS.
Birth place: Given as Colac.

Bride: Mary Anne PONTING.
Birth place: Given as Ararat.

Year married: 1878.
Place: Victoria, Australia.

John died 1936 in St Kilda, Victoria.
Age: 82 years.
Parents named as John WILLIS and Sarah DARCY.

Birth note.
John was born 1854 in Colac, Victoria.
Parents named as John WILLIS and Sarah DARCY.

Mary died 1924 in Fitzroy South, Victoria.
Death recorded as Mary Gerte WILLIS.
Age: 65 years.
Parents named as William PONTING and Winifred Emma DWYER.

Thirteen children located Victoria for John and Mary.
Mary also recorded as Marion Gerte, Gerte Marianne, Ann Gerte and Mary Ann Gerte.

[1]

John Leonard WILLIS.
Born: 1879 Stuart Mills, Victoria.
Died: 1951 Heidelberg, Victoria.
Age: 71 years.

[2]

Charles Francis Aubrey WILLIS.
Born: 1881 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1949 North Sydney, New South Wales.

Married: Amy WELCH.
Year: 1907.
Place: Victoria.

Amy died 1952 in North Sydney, New South Wales.
Parents named as Oliver and Amy.

Birth note.
Amy was born 1884 in Prahran, Victoria.
Parents named as Oliver WELCH and Mary Elizabeth ORAFFERTY.

[3]

Sarah Mary WILLIS.
Born: 1882 Birregurra, Victoria.
Died: 1969 Malvern, Victoria.
Age: 86 years.

Married: Edgar CADDEN.
Year: 1922.
Place: Victoria.

Edgar died 1933 in Clifton Hill, Victoria.
Age: 55 years.
Parents named as John CADDEN and Marianne Adams BICHNELL.

[4]

Bernice Elizabeth WILLIS.
Born: 1886 Garvoc, Victoria.
Died: 1887 Colac, Victoria.
Age: 01 year.

[5]

Frances Mary WILLIS. *
Born: 1887 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1887 Colac, Victoria.
Age: 06 weeks.

[6]

Winifred Mary WILLIS. *
Born: 1887 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1888 Cororooke, Victoria.
Age: 11 months.

[7]

Michael Bernard WILLIS.
Born: 1888 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1948 Wollongong, New South Wales.

[8]

Leonard Joseph WILLIS.
Born: 1890 Colac, Victoria.
Died: -

[9]

Gertrude Bernice WILLIS.
Born: 1891 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1892 Dean, Victoria.
Age: 16 months.

[10]

William Eric WILLIS.
Born: 1893 Dean, Victoria.
Died: 1968 Coburg, Victoria.
Age: 75 years.

[11]

Percival Ignatius WILLIS.
Born: 1894 Dean, Victoria.
Died: 1936 Sydney, New South Wales.

Married: Jessie A BYRNE.
Year: 1926.
Place: Narrandera district, New South Wales.

[12]

Mary WILLIS.
Born: 1896 dean, Victoria.
Died: 1896 Dean, Victoria.
Age: Days.

[13]

Veronica Josephine WILLIS.
Born: 1900 Ballarat, Victoria.
Died: 1956 Melbourne, Victoria.
Age: 57 years.

Married: unknown DUFFY.
Year: -
Place: -

* Frances and Winifred were twins.

Sources:
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria.
Registry of Deaths and Marriages, New South Wales.

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