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Willis (family)
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Joseph Willis was born on October 21 1877 in Northumberland, England. He married Ann Appleby on October 1, 1903 at Seghill County, Northumberland. Willis arrived in Nanaimo around 1910. His wife and daughters Nancy (born 1904) and Edna Mary (born 1906) arrived in 1913. Willis was employed by the Western Fuel Corporation as an engineer. The family lived at 14 Gillespie Street for many years. Joseph died in 1946, Ann died in 1957.