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I have been going through the admission Register for Clint Road Council School and I have come across the following

William Henry Willis born 22nd October 1889 son of Thomas Willis, of 176, Wavertree Road. His brother John E Willis went to the same school.

I've found the following baptisms, some of which are at St. Cyprians. Slightly confused by the two children called William with, apparently, the same parents though, especially as it's the William Thomas Willis that is born on the same day as the William Henry you found in the school records!

Some of the dates don't add up either!

Baptisms:

St. Cyprian, Edge Hill
Name: William Thomas Willis
Date: Oct 29 1889
Born Oct 22 1889
Parents: Thomas Henry & Emma Martha Willis
Father's Occupation: Barber
Address: 176 Wavertree Road

St. Catherine, Edge Hill
Name: William Henry Willis
Date: Dec 8 1889
Parents: Thomas Henry & Emma Willis
Father's Occupation: Barber
Address: 176 Wavertree Road

St. Cyprian, Edge Hill
Name: Thomas Frederick Willis
Date: Feb 9 1891
Born: Jan 21 1891
Parents: Thomas Henry & Emma Willis
Father's Occupation: Hairdresser
Address: 176 Wavertree Road

St. Catherine, Edge Hill
Name: John Edward Willis
Date: Sep 13 1891
Born: Jan 22 1891
Parents: Thomas Henry & Emma Martha Willis
Father's Occupation: Barber
Address: 176 Wavertree Road

St. Catherine, Edge Hill
Name: Dorothy Edith Willis
Date: Sep 10 1893
Born: July 28 1893
Parents: Thomas Henry & Emma Martha Willis
Father's Occupation: Hairdresser
Address: 176 Wavertree Road

Family still at 176 Wavertree Road in 1901 but Thomas has a different wife:

Thomas Willis, 40, Hairdresser, b. Ireland
Susan Willis, 27, b. Scotland
William Willis, 11, b. Liverpool
John Willis, 10, b. Liverpool
Dorothy Willis, 8, b. Liverpool
George Willis, 4, b. Liverpool

Piece: 3488
Folio: 133
Page Number: 25
Household schedule number: 148

Death: Emma Martha Willis, age 34, W. Derby, Jun Q 1899

Marriage: Thomas H Willis & Susan Fenton, 1901, West Derby, Register Office or Registrar Attended. (From Lancs BMD)

Looks like his first wife has died as his wife is called Susan Willis on the 1901 census. Married Susan Fenton in 1901. She is a sick nurse in Formby in 1911. I cannot locate the Willis family in 1911.

Got the family in 1911.

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/2352/ ... turnRecord

Beat me to it - just found them on 1911 too. Still perplexed by the two Williams and the two children born within a day of each other and baptised at different churches! Off to look for birth records!

Births:

William Thomas Willis – can’t find one born in Liverpool on the date given on the baptism. Only one is Dec Q 1889, Islington, London.

William Henry Willis – Dec Q 1889, West Derby

Thomas Frederick Willis – can’t find any in 1891 in Liverpool.

John Edward Willis – Mar Q 1891, West Derby

Edith Dorothy Willis (not Dorothy Edith) – Sep Q 1893, West Derby

Baptisms:

St. Catherine, Edge Hill
Name: James Fenton Willis
Date: Sep 4 1901
Parents: Thomas Henry & Susan Willis
Father's Occupation: Hair Dresser
Address: 176 Wavertree Road

St. Catherine, Edge Hill
Name: Archibald Thomas Willis
Date: Jul 22 1903
Parents: Thomas Henry & Susan Willis
Father's Occupation: Barber
Address: 176 Wavertree Road

St. Catherine, Edge Hill
Name: Kathleen Anna Willis
Date: Sep 19 1906
Parents: Thomas Henry & Susan Willis
Father's Occupation: Hair Dresser
Address: 170 Wavertree Road