Group family photograph of the Willis family – William being Sarah’s brother:
Willis family group in front of general store owned by William and Laura Willis, Wrightville, Cobar, NSW. They are left to right; Alfred, Unknown, William, Charlie, Laura(Charle Reynolds sister), Grace Violet, Jessie.
Thanks to my cousin Jim Thorn for providing this photograph.
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How wonderful.
I am delighted to see this photo of my grandfather William Charles Willis – my mother was Janet May Willis the daughter of William Charles Willis and Margaret Driscoll – I have had such a break thru in the family tree this week that I feel as though I have won tatts. I managed to get information on Joseph Wells Willis and I would like to share it with all of the Willis/Reynolds families or anyone else that is related to Joseph Wells Willis and Maria Davidson – please contact me on lane1939@bigpond.com unfortunately the children of William Charles have now all passed away but I will be making the grandchildren aware of this wonderful site. Many thanks for sharing this – Jeanette Lane
Hello Jeanette and welcome cousin! I am excited about your information! I shall be contacting you asap – meanwhile enjoy the site and feel free to use any of the info or pics for your own collection.
I am Jeanette’s sister and she sent me this information which is remarkable really – thank you
Hi Wendy, I am also related to the Willis side my GGrandparents were James Daniel Wells Willis & ellen Clegg, my Grandmother was Jessie Williswho married Leo McDERMOTT. THIS SITE IS GREAT THANKYOU the pictures are just terrific the people outside the shop mentions a child Jessie is that by any chance my grandmother?
Noeline
Hi Noelene, I have looked at the photo also and looked at all the names in the family tree and there was no Jessie in the family tree of Willis/Reynolds amongst the children so it could be your relative – I do not know myself – great to hear from you – Jeanette
Great to see you are all finding this info of assistance – isn’t it wonderful that these photo’s still exist and in such clarity?
Just to fill you in: Joseph Wells Willis and Maryann (nee Davidson) were my Great-Great Grandparents – their daughter Sophia Wegener/Wagner (Willis) was my Great-Grandmother – daughter Bernice (Reid) was my Gran and her son George Reid was my Dad.
Have a read of how the Reynolds name came into the family!
I’ve just found this site which I am so pleased I am the Great Grand daughter of William and Laura Willis and Grand daughter of Alfred Willis that is in this wanderful photo
I have just stumbled across this site looking for information on Joseph Wells Willis and Mary Ann Davidson who were my great great great grandparents through their son William Joseph Wells Willis (my gg grandfather) who married Laura Wegener Reynolds -their daughter Violet Maude (known as Jess and who is in the photo at the Wrightville shop) was my great grandmother who I was lucky enough to meet when I was young. Violet married Henry John Ellis (Cobar 1902) and their daugher Lorna Sarah married my grandfather Russell James Oxford. Thank you for the fantastic site and photos. I have been researching for over 20 years so was thrilled to see the photos. I’ll gladly pass on any information I come across, although you are well ahead of me. I’d be happy to correspond with anyone else who may also be following the Ellis / Willis lines around Forbes, Broken Hill, Tambaroora, Hill End
Hi Colin – sorry for taking so long in replying to this but we have recently relocated back to Belfast and we have been doing all the settling-in stuff and it has been madness around here!
Glad you liked the pics and so glad they were such a nice find for you. It is always fun to find something new eh…?
Feel free, if you haven’t already, to copy and paste them from this site and use them yourself. These things are for sharing!
I would be eager to know of anything else interesting you might have about the Willis family.
Hi,
Does this Willis family have a descendant who married Alan Gallagher from Western Australia. Marjorie Kathleen Gallagher nee Willis was from Cobar and is my mother. She was born in 1915 and had brothers Peter and William (Bill) sisters Grace and Gladys
Hi Keith, I have passed this enquiry on to a relative of mine who has more details about the Willis family in Cobar but it certainly sounds like a match to me! I have your email and will send on any information I receive.
Hi, I am related to the Willis family my grandfather was William (Bill) and his sisters were Grace and Gladys. I have done the family tree right back now that I have found that Joseph Wells Willis was actually Joseph Wells – please contact me on my email address at lane1939@internode.on.net and I will give you all of the information that I have collected. Jeanette
Hi, I am sure I have replied to this email three times now to my knowledge…looking forward to hearing from you.
Hi,
My great-grandfather, Mayer Milston, had a general store in Wrightville from 1898 for some years. I wonder if you know this is the same store or were they in competition?? I remember our family had a similarly posed photo but can no longer locate it.
Best Regards,
David
I really cannot answer that question at the moment David but shall contact a relative who has more info about the family in Cobar and post a reply to you.