William Herbert Willson (1854 - 1914)

Born 10 Dec 1854 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Georgiana Octavia (Hull) Willson — married 1877 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 4 Aug 1914 at age 59 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

William Herbert Willson was born in 1854 in the parish of St Clement, Cambridge, the seventh child of George Wilson and Mary Hyde.

1861 Census William is a resident of Thompson Lane, Cambridge. Scholar aged 6 1871 Census William is a resident of St Giles, Cambridge. Photographer aged 16 1877 Marriage to Georgeana Hull in Cambridge 1881 Census is a resident of 6 Gold Street, Cambridge. Boatman aged 24 1888 Register of Electors resident of 156 East Road, Cambridge 1891 Census is a resident of East Road, Cambridge. Bootman age 36 1900/1 Cambridge Burgess List is a resident of Sheeps Green 1901 Census is a resident of St Andrew the Less (Robinson Crusoe Island) . Boatman age 45 1911 Census is a resident of St Andrew the Less (98 Norfolk Street). Unemployed Domestic Gardener age 59

They had 8 children together between 1879 and 1893. William Herbert Willson died 4 Aug 1914 in Great Yarmouth from apparent suicide by drowning. Reports on the inquest in references.

Sources

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GCN5-W5N
• http://millroadcemetery.org.uk/willson-georgina/