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Name: Harry Wills
Age: 34
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Wills
Gender: Male
Where born: Cheltenham

Civil parish: Kings Norton
Ecclesiastical parish: St Pauls Balsall Heath
Town: Balsall Heath
County/Island: Worcestershire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation: photograhic artist

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Kings Norton
Sub-registration district: Kings Norton
ED, institution, or vessel: 26
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 2353
Folio: 9
Page Number: 12
Household Members: Name Age
Harry Wills 34
Mary Wills 32
Mabel Wills 6
John Wills 4
Arthur Wills 1

Wonder where he is in 1881

1911
( original says Harry J B )

Harry L B Wills 55 - fine art dealer -Cheltenham, Derby
Mary Wills 53
Jessie Wills 29 - dau
Mabel Wills 28 - dau
John Wills 26 - son
Arthur Wills 21 - son
Daisy Wills 16 - dau
Albert Wills 9 - son


states married 30 years ... 6 children born, all living

As there are 6 listed, looks like Sophia was born before the marriage so possibly not born Wills

Back to the question about the marriage cert then

Does it give any occupation for the father ?

On the original of this 1911 it has Jessie Clara Wills listed as niece born Derby then crossed out:

GORDON, Henrietta Head Single F 60 1851 Private Means Leicester

RG number: RG14 Piece: 19241
Reference: RG14PN19241 RG78PN1151 RD407 SD2 ED24 SN19
Registration District: Leicester
Sub District: North East Leicester
Enumeration District: 24
Parish: Leicester

Address: 86 Mere Road Leicester County: Leicestershire

Was Henrietta her mother's sister?

Marriages Jun 1882 (>99%)
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Gordon Mary Jane Derby 7b 847
Robinson Samuel Derby 7b 847
WARNER Frances Ann Derby 7b 847
WILLS Harry James B Derby 7b 847

Different Sophia I think
baptism shows different father


Name: Sophia Wills
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 4 Nov 1877
Father's Name: Edward Wills
Mother's Name: Mary Anne Wills
Parish or Poor Law Union: St Clement, City Road
Borough: Islington
Register Type: Parish Registers

Sister's baptism:

England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906

Name: Jessie Clara Wills
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 7 Mar 1883
Christening Place: Derby, Derbyshire, England
Father's Name: Harry James Board Wills
Mother's Name: Mary Jane

Name: Jessie Clara Wills
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 7 Mar 1883
Christening Place: Derby, Derbyshire, England
Father's Name: Harry James Board Wills
Mother's Name: Mary Jane

1901

William Smith 68 - widower
Annie S Smith 36 - dau
Sophia J Wills 23 - adopted daughter
Bertha H Hunt 13 - servant

According to the probate record for her father that you have on your Ancestry tree it looks like she had a sister Jessie Clara?

Have you figured out who Jessie Clara Wills is who is mentioned on the probate record

Possible birth:

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Sophia Wills
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1877
Registration district: Holbron
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1b
Page: 815

Which census have you found her on ?

Have you got the name of father from a marriage cert ?

Name: Harry James Board Wills
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1856
Registration district: Cheltenham
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 324



Name: Harry James Board Wills
Probate Date: 16 Aug 1919
Death Date: 13 Jan 1919
Death Place: Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales
Registry: Carmarthen

I'm trying to find birth details of my grandmother. Born abt 1877 London. Lived with Smith family in derbyshire. Father listed as Harry James Board Wills. Thanks