William Ezra WillisAge: 65 years1875–1941
- Name
- William Ezra Willis
| Birth | October 26, 1875 34 24 |
| Census | 1900 (Age 24 years) Source: 1900 US Federal Census |
| Marriage | Sarah Elizabeth Kear — View this family May 4, 1903 (Age 27 years) Source: Illinois, Marriages, 1815-1935 |
| Census | 1910 (Age 34 years) Source: 1910 US Federal Census |
| Census | 1920 (Age 44 years) Source: 1920 US Federal Census |
| Census | 1930 (Age 54 years) Source: 1930 Federal Census |
| Census | 1940 (Age 64 years) Source: 1940 US Federal Census |
| Death | August 10, 1941 (Age 65 years) |
| Burial | August 12, 1941 (2 days after death) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
David Willis Birth: December 1840 — Kentucky Death: |
| mother |
Letitia Ann (Annie) Meredith Birth: February 1851 — Kentucky Death: |
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Marriage: — |
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| himself |
William Ezra Willis Birth: October 26, 1875 34 24 — Kentucky Death: August 10, 1941 — Streator, LaSalle, Illinois |
| Family with Sarah Elizabeth Kear |
| himself |
William Ezra Willis Birth: October 26, 1875 34 24 — Kentucky Death: August 10, 1941 — Streator, LaSalle, Illinois |
| wife |
Sarah Elizabeth Kear Birth: October 1876 43 31 — Illinois Death: 1959 |
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Marriage: May 4, 1903 — Dana, LaSalle, Illinois |
| Roy B Lyon + Sarah Elizabeth Kear |
| wife’s husband |
Roy B Lyon Birth: October 1874 — Illinois Death: |
| wife |
Sarah Elizabeth Kear Birth: October 1876 43 31 — Illinois Death: 1959 |
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Marriage: June 28, 1894 — Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois |
| Shared note | In the 1900 US Federal Census for Millerstown, Grayson, Kentucky, William Ezra Willis and Sarah Elizabeth Kear Lyon marry 4 Mar 1903 in Dana, LaSalle, Illinois. The groom's father is David Willis and his mother Annie Meredith. The bride's father is Isaac Kear and her mother Mary Gudgel. In the 1910 US Federal Census for Osage, LaSalle, Illinois, 34-year old Kentucky-born W E [William Ezra] Willis and his 32-year-old Illinois-born wife Elizabeth [Kear Lyon] Willis have been married seven years. Elizabeth has born no children. They have a boarder in their household 20-year-old Illinois-born Joseph Markert [?]. This household is living in a house that William owns, but with a mortgage. Willis is a telegraph operator for the railroad and Joseph is a foreman for the railroad. Neither has had any months with no work in the past year. Everyone is literate and speaks English. William's parents were born in Kentucky. Elizabeth's father was born in England and her mother in Ohio. Joseph's parents were born in Germany. In the 1920 US Federal Census for Streator, LaSalle, Illinois, 75-year-old Ohio-born widow Mary .. His parents were recorded as Letitia Meridith and David Willis, both born in Kentucky. His spouse was Elizabeth Willis. |