Melinda Willis (1863-1946)

  • Name:

  • Melinda Willis1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • 1863

  • Camerton, Somerset1 2

  • Visited Parents:

  • 20 Jun 1920 (age 56-57)

  • Visit by daughter Maud

  •  

  • She took her son Horace with her

  • spouse:

  • 17 Oct 1926 (age 62-63)

  • Death of spouse Orlando

  • Census:

  • 6 Apr 1940 (age 76)

  • Cook, Chicago, Illinois3

  •  

  • Address: 1832 Washtenaw Avenue

    living with her son Reginald and his family. The household consisted of Reginald, his wife Jane, their children Marion (age 13) and Ruth (age 6), and Melinda.

  • Death:

  • 18 Dec 1946 (age 82-83)

  • Cook, Chicago, Illinois4

Marriage

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1901, 1901 Census for Household of Orlando Langley in Bristol, Gloucestershire

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1921, Entry in List of Alien Passengers to United States for Orlando and Melinda Langley

  • Spouse:

  • Orlando Langley (1863?-1926)

  • Children:

  • Maud Rose E. Langley (1885-bef1930)

  • Marriage:

  • 6 May 1884 (age 21)

  • Parish Church of St Paul5 6

  •  

  • Address: Bath, Somerset

  • Census for household:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 37-38)

  • Bristol, Gloucestershire1

  •  

  • Address: Loxton House, Avondale Road

    The household consisted of Orlando, his wife Malinda, and their children Maud (age 16), Oliver (age 15), Stanley (age 12) and Reginald (age 6).

  • Travelled (family):

  • 26 Jul 1921 (age 57-58)

  • Southampton7

  •  

  • Address: 2209 Warren Avenue, Chicago, Illinois

Sources

1.

1901 England, Wales & Scotland census, Loxton House, Avondale Road, Bristol, Gloucestershire, RG13/2391, Folio 53, Page 24, Schedule 128, head of household: Orlando Langley, National Archives.

2.

England and Wales Birth Registration Index, Malinda Willis, Q1 1863, Clutton, Vol 5c Page 713, General Register Office.

3.

1940 United States census, 1832 Washtenaw Avenue, Cook, Chicago, Illinois, Enumeration District 103-2147, Page 5A, Family 95, head of household: Reginald Langley, United States National Archives.

4.

Death certificate of Melinda Langley, 18 December 1946, Illinois State Archives.

5.

England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, Orlando Langley and Melinda Willis, Q2 1884, Bath, Vol 5c Page 1094, General Register Office.

6.

Parish Register for Marriage of Orlando Langley and Melinda Willis, St Paul, Bath, Somerset, 6 May 1884, Somerset Records Office.

7.

Passenger List: Orlando Langley and Melinda Langley, 26 July 1921, United States National Archives.