Find Ancestors

from Andy

Hello Andy, welcome to the boards.

Hmm - what is it you want to know? What do you already know about her?

I agree, there was an Alice Semple born 1866 in Middlesex!

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906

Name: Alice Semple
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 18 Feb 1866 - born 17 Jan
Father's Name: John Gustavus Semple - Butcher
Mother's Name: Mary Semple
Parish or Poor Law Union: St Marylebone
Borough: Westminster
Register Type: Parish Registers

Abode: Earl Street

The Banns for her marriage were read in London, where her husband to be lived

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921

Name: Alice Semple - of parish of St Mary, Eastbourne
Spouse Name: Edward Alexander Willis - of Ilminster Gardens, London Hill
Record Type: Banns
Event Date: 27 May 1888
Parish: Battersea St Mary
Borough: Wandsworth
Register Type: Parish Register

They married in Eastbourne

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Jun 1888
BOND Charles Eastbourne 2b 107
Semple Alice Eastbourne 2b 107 <<
WHITE Elizabeth Eastbourne 2b 107
WILLIS Edward Alexander Eastbourne 2b 107 <<

This could be her with husband in 1891:

WILLIS, Edwd Alex Head Married M 28 1863 Clerk To Stock & Share Dealer ater, London
WILLIS, Alice Wife Married F 25 1866 Kilburn, London
WILLIS, Fredk Edwd Saxby Son Single M 1 1890
HAWKER, Elizabeth Anne Servant Single F 24 1867 Domestic Servant Farmington, Gloucestershire

Piece: 454 Folio: 126 Page: 1
Registration District: Wandsworth
Civil Parish: Streatham
Municipal Borough: Wandsworth

Address: 54, Endlesham Road, Streatham, Wandsworth County: London

Looks like she could have been widowed at a young age:

Deaths Sep 1892
Willis Edward Alexander 29 Wandsworth 1d 402



England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966

Name: Edward Alexander Willis
Probate Date: 6 Oct 1892
Death Date: 4 Aug 1892
Death Place: Surrey, England
Registry: London, England

A stockbroker of Fernhouse, Endlesham Road, Balham, Surrey.
Probate to widow Alice. Effects £6647 15s 2d. Resworn 1894 £9491 14s 8d

Alice had remarried by 1911 but her husband is recorded elsewhere according to the image.

HANAGAN, Alice Wife Married 16 years F 45 1866 London Paddington
WILLIS, Frederick Edward Sexby Son Single M 21 1890 Medical Student London Balham

RG number: RG14 Piece: 2317
Reference: RG14PN2317 RG78PN78A RD26 SD5 ED32 SN75
Registration District: Wandsworth
Sub District: Streatham
Enumeration District: 32
Parish: Wandsworth Borough

Address: 6 Beechcroft Mansions Hopton Road S W Streatham County: London

The 1891 for her family explains why she married in Eastbourne:

SEMPLE, John G Head Married M 57 1834 Butcher Greenwich, Kent
SEMPLE, Mary Wife Married F 51 1840 Borden, Kent
SEMPLE, Frederick W Son Single M 27 1864 Butcher Marylebone, London
SEMPLE, Annie H Daughter Single F 22 1869 Marylebone, London
SEMPLE, William A Son Single M 20 1871 Butcher Kilburn, London
SEMPLE, Mary G Daughter Single F 17 1874 Kilburn, London
SEMPLE, John H Son Single M 15 1876 Butcher Camden Town, London
SEMPLE, Florence Daughter Single F 13 1878 Scholar Highgate, London
SEMPLE, Charlotte Daughter F 10 1881 Scholar Highgate, London
SEMPLE, Thomas P Son M 8 1883 Scholar Eastbourne, Sussex
GODFREY, Mary E Servant Single F 20 1871 General Servant Brighton, Sussex

Piece: 774 Folio: 44 Page: 21
Registration District: Eastbourne
Civil Parish: Eastbourne
Municipal Borough: Eastbourne

Address: Sunnyside, St Leonards Road, Eastbourne County: Sussex

From the newspaper archives:

Publication:London Standard
Publication date:Thursday 07 June 1888

Marriages
WILLIS SEMPLE - June 5. at St. Mary's Church, Eastbourne, by the Rev. H. G. Miller. Edward Alexander Willis, of Clapham, to Alice, second daughter of J. G. Semple, Esq., of Sunny Side, Eastbourne.

1901

Name: Hubert Hanagan
Age: 46
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1855
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Alice Hanagan
Gender: Male
Where born: Roscommon, Ireland

Civil Parish: Lambeth
Ecclesiastical parish: Emmanuel
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration District: Lambeth
Sub-registration District: Norwood
ED, institution, or vessel: 21
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Schedule Number: 288
Piece: 438
Folio: 77
Page Number: 43
Household Members: Name Age
Hubert Hanagan 46
Alice Hanagan 35 - Paddington
F E S Willis 11 - Balham
Kate Cross 26 - servant

Class: RG13; Piece: 438; Folio: 77; Page: 43

Hubert shown as medical practioner

I think the 1901 and 1911 are FLANAGAN

??

Marriages Dec 1894 (>99%)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Flanagan Herbert St.Giles 1b 1006a
Willis Alice St.Giles 1b 1006a


Different spelling of surname




Name: Alice Flanagan
Birth Date: abt 1866
Date of Registration: Mar 1951
Age at Death: 85
Registration District: Hampstead
Inferred County: London
Volume: 5c
Page: 1231

1911
Name: Herbert Flanagan
Age in 1911: 51
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860
Relation to Head: Foreman
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Roscommon, Ireland
Civil Parish: Islington
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street Address: 54 Canonbury Road, Canonbury, London N
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 22
Estimated Marriage Year: 1889
Occupation: SURGEON
Registration District: Islington
Registration District Number: 10
Sub-registration District: Islington South East
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Piece: 920
Household Members: Name Age
Simpson Ladell 56
C B C Ladell 63
Dora Elizabeth May Ladell 26
Herbert Flanagan 51
Wilhelm Schramm 20
Hannah Tindall 46

Pleased you found that Glitterbaby - I was going boggle eyed!

Good team work

If he was a Flanagan then not found a death registration for him as yet

There are mentions of both Hubert Flanagan and Frederick Edward Saxby Willis in the UK Medical Registers.

Perhaps Alice's son's career path was influenced by her second husband?

Might this be his death?

England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007

Name: Hubert Flanagan
Birth Date: abt 1855
Date of Registration: Mar 1925
Age at Death: 70
Registration District: Wandsworth
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume: 1d
Page: 619

ADDED:

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Name: Hubert Flanagan
Probate Date: 10 Mar 1925
Death Date: 1 Jan 1925
Death Place: Surrey, England
Registry: London, England

Of 2 Stanhope Road, Streatham. Probate to Frederick Edward Saxby Willis, physician. Effects £803 7s 6d.

That looks good MarieCeleste

Alice's probate:

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Name: Alice Flanagan
Probate Date: 5 Jan 1952
Death Date: 27 Jan 1951
Death Place: Surrey, England
Registry: London, England

ADDED:
Of Starlings Green, East Dene, East Horsley, Surrey. Died 15 Netherhall Garens, Hampstead.
Probate to Frederick Edward Saxby Willis MC, Doctor of Medicine. Effects £391 5s.

Name: Frederick E S Willis
Birth Date: abt 1890
Date of Registration: Mar 1953
Age at Death: 63
Registration District: Hampstead
Inferred County: London
Volume: 5c
Page: 1174


Name: Frederick E Saxby-willis
Birth Date: abt 1890
Date of Registration: Mar 1953
Age at Death: 63
Registration District: Hampstead
Inferred County: London
Volume: 5c
Page: 1174

His probate:

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-196
Name: Frederick Edward Saxby Willis
Probate Date: 28 Jul 1953
Death Date: 2 Jan 1953
Death Place: London, England
Registry: London, England

Of 33 Holne Chase, London NW11 and 71 Harley Street, London W1.
Probate to widow Rosalie Mary Willis and Robert James Cecil Willis, Lieutenant Colonel HM Army. Effects £1027 13s 11d